Spares and Pairs has held regular dances on weeknights for around 60 years. We're going to try something new: adding dances on the second Sunday afternoon of each month. Madness? Maybe. Our first Sunday dance will be on March 9. Check the section below for details.
Our next Thursday night dance will be on March 13. Get your green on and join us for a celebration of St. Patrick and of our club (green is our color!). We'll also have a bunch of photo albums and memorabilia available to look at (and take home, if you like). Memories start at 6 pm, dance at 7 at the Bloomington Center for the Arts, with Larry Fruetel calling and Doug Brodeen cueing. May the road rise up to meet you -- and lead you to Bloomington!
We want to try out a new dance time slot: second Sundays of the month. This March 9, we'll be holding our first Sunday dance. We'lll run from 3:30-5 pm and there will be a Mainstream workshop for an hour before then. If you're a new Mainstream dancer or want more floor time and can angel or you want to work on that one call that always puzzles you, you'll have the opportunity to polish your steps.
Our usual location (Bloomington Center for the Arts), Sunday, March 9, 2:30 (workshop starts) to 5:00 pm. Larry Fruetel will call. Please note: no rounds at this dance!
Watch this page for news of more Sunday dances!
Spares and Pairs dances Mainstream and offers round dances on the second Thursday of each month, from 7 pm to 9 pm. Our Dance Listings page tells you about our upcoming dances.
We are at the Bloomington Center for the Arts, 1800 West Old Shakopee Road, Bloomington, Minnesota. Parking on east side of the building is closer to the room in which we dance.
Singles, couples, and families are welcome. Come visit us!
For general information, call Darwin at 480-318-1793. If weather on the day of the dance is questionable, call 651-602-9898 after 3 pm on the day of the event. If we're canceling, the voicemail message will say so. Otherwise, we're on!
Spares and Pairs was formed 60 years ago to give solo dancers a place they knew they could dance among couples and we do that even today Spares and Pairs is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and a proud member of Square Dance Minnesota, Inc. Our mission is to promote and teach square dancing in all its heritage forms.