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Recently, Jim Molloy has been the Advanced instructor with the help of Dale Shannon, and Chuck moved back to the Basic/Mainstream and Plus classes. Our first Advance Class finished A1 in three years and A2 the following two years.
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Later, Gerry would take on the Plus classes as well while Chuck went to teaching Advanced full time. As the Grand River Squares grew, Gerry Wheeler, a former Cleveland City Country Dancer who had moved to Grand Rapids, taught the Basic/Mainstream class while Chuck instructed the Plus and Advanced Class. When the club was ready, we used the end of the club night to begin Plus. Because of the club’s small size, it took five years to complete a full Basic/Mainstream class.
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When the Network decided to let go of their building, we rented space from First (Park) Congregational Church, 10 Park Place, where the Squares presently dance.ĭancing 4-8 dancers during the first few years presented many challenges. When the Network moved to 909 Cherry St., we moved with them. The Squares moved to the new LGBT Network Building at 2316 S. Fountain Street Church offered their Fellowship Hall for a location that first winter. With help from Karl Jaeckel, who furnished the music and dancing material and much encouragement from the gay square dance community, the club began, dancing with seven dancers and a phantom. After he attended the IAGSDC conventions in 19, Chuck was ready to start the club. Chuck had learned to square dance at Michigan State University with the M.S.U. The Grand River Squares was founded on February 9, 1988, by Chuck Novak.
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