Events

Swing Your Partners is a new folk dance club for the Sherborne, Milborne Port and Templecombe areas based in Milborne Port and offering an opportunity to get involved in social dancing which not only brings great benefits in terms of mental and physical health, but above all is GREAT FUN. 

The club will be offering all sorts of country dance, but with an emphasis on square dances and contra dances which are currently enjoying a huge revival of interest from young people in the United States and elsewhere. Suitable for all ages and abilities, the monthly club meetings will offer an optional half hour “complete beginners” lesson at the start of each evening aimed at helping you get the most enjoyment out of the programme of dancing which follows. 

There will usually be live music and always an experienced caller to teach the moves. The inaugural meeting will be held in Church House, Bathwell Lane, Milborne Port, on Friday May 29th when the music will be provided by local accordionist Chris Toyne.

The programme starts at 7.30pm with a beginners class; dancing for all from 8 – 10pm and thereafter an optional social in the local pub conveniently located just a couple of hundred yards away.

Cost £5 - no bar but soft drink available and welcome to byo. For more information about this event contact Colin Everest : [email protected] and for more information about contra dance see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr5tZ6jeYXs