Square and Round Dancing

Stanford Quads

Stanford Quads is an APD Plus club that meets on Sunday nights in Palo Alto, CA. The club caller is internationally known John Sybalsky.

Annual Hoedown

We try to hold an annual hoedown every year in September just before the new class begins.

The next hoedown will take place on September 27, 2008, at St. Andrews Methodist Church, 4111 Alma Street, Palo Alto.

Square Dance class will start October 19, 2008

Here is a class flier in PDF format.

Here is a list of calls we learned in the 2007-2008 class.

Here is a list of calls we learned in the 2006-2007 class.

You can see a typical teaching order for the entire season.

Dance Times and Location

We meet on Sunday nights starting at 7:00 p.m. at Fairmeadow Elementary School, 500 E Meadow (corner of Cowper), Palo Alto, CA.

When class is not in session (usually May through September), we dance the APD Plus level from 7:00-9:00, followed by a few Advanced and Challenge star tips with increasing levels until we run out of time or dancers (normally at least A2 and C-1, sometimes as high as C-3).

Singles, couples and families are welcome. Conventional square dance attire is not expected.

The cost is $5/person.

Here are maps to help you find the dance location:

fairmeadow map

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Upcoming Events

2008
Sep 7	Guest caller: Bob Algea
Sep 21	Guest caller: Scot Byars
Sep 27	Stanford Quads Challenging Plus Hoedown, John Sybalsky, John Flora, Palo Alto, CA St. Andrews Methodist Church, 4111 Alma Street, Palo Alto, CA
Sep 28	DARK
Oct 5	Guest caller: Scot Byars
Oct 10-12	SCVSDA Jubilee, Mike Callahan, Mike Jacobs, Mike Kellogg, San Jose, CA Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, Tully and 7th, San Jose, CA Cuers: Eileen and Bob Silvia [Find a hotel]
Oct 12	DARK - see you at Jubilee
Oct 19	Beginner Class starts tonight
Nov 9	Guest caller: Ken Sale

You can find more local events by searching the calendar for Newer Dancer and Plus dances and festivals.
There is an excellent calendar for the Northern California gay square dance community.
Check out the SCVSDA Bay Area Dance Calendar for local Plus and Beginner dances.

Photo Album and Club Chatter

This online photo album has photos from our annual hoedown, Jubilee, the Halloween party, and many other events.

This series of "Club Chatter" articles was originally written for The Prompter.

Articles and Newsletter

Here are some newsletters (PDF format) from the current class:

November 18, 2007 - Square Dance Etiquette, Quads History, Hand Positioning
December 9, 2007 - Square Dance Jargon
January 13, 2008 - Other Area Classes, Teaching Orders, Callerlab

Here is an article about Quads that was published in the San Jose Mercury News on October 4, 2003.

Here is an article about Quads-style Square Dancing by the Mathematical Association of America.

Here are some Club Chatter Articles from The Prompter, 2004 to present.

Here are some articles from older newsletters (around 1994-1995). Some of their information, especially regarding area dances and square dance apparel shops, is outdated. We will delete these when all these topics have been covered in the current newsletter series.

Mailing List

The Quads maintains a low-traffic mailing list for announcements of upcoming events, dark nights, guest callers and the like. You can join it by sending mail to "quads-subscribe" at yahoogroups.com, or visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quads/.

Contact

Bill van Melle and Pat Ho
(650) 948-4935

Joe Dehn

Stanford Quads is not sponsored by, endorsed by, or affiliated with Stanford University.

Last updated Tuesday 26 August 2008