The Mavericks Welcome Visitors – Singles and Couples!

Our dances are held on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month

New! — Basic / Mainstream Workshop at 7:30 pm
Mainstream and Rounds from 8 – 10 pm
Pay Parade: $5 per person
Refreshments served at the end of the dance

Royal Oak Women's Institute Hall at 4516 West Saanich Road

Find Us

Mavericks Theme Dances

Various Others' Upcoming Events

Summer Dances

Mavericks Visitations

Clubs And Dance Nights

Mavericks Calendar

Mavericks Theme Dances for 2018 - 2019 Season

2019	2019 Themes
Jan 18	Roar & More to the 20s
Mar 1	Mavericks 67th Birthday Dance — Festivals and Birthdays (Rescheduled to Mar 1)
Mar 15	Cruise to the Caribbean
Apr 19	Tribute to Don Williams & Friends
May 3	Favourite Tunes - Wrap-up Dance

2018	2018 Themes
Sep 21	Grand Ole Opry
Oct 19	England Swings!
Nov 16	Mav & Ricks Soda Shoppe Hop
Dec 21	Red Christmas Galore

Various Others' Upcoming Events

Please note, that while we've made every effort to be accurate, things change and mistakes are made.
​Please double check with the people hosting each specific event for up to date information and details.

Square Dancing

​Frontier Twirlers

• 60th Birthday Dance - Langford Legion - March 30th
  • entry $7.50 per person

Star Twirlers

• March 29th: Special Mainstream Dance at 8:30 pm at Colwood Hall
  • As the trail in dance for the BC Fed weekend being held in Victoria​
• May 13th: 41st Birthday Dance
  • Plus Program at 8 pm at Colwood Community Hall

Country Cousins

• Class Graduation Celebration
  • Sunday, March 31st, 2019
  • details TBA
• Red, White, and Blue Pot Luck and Dance, welcoming back our US Friends on April 27th
  • Potluck at 6:00 pm ; Plus at 7:30 pm ; Mainstream with Rounds at 8:00 pm
  • This is a multi club Victoria event hosted by the Country Cousins

​Victoria & District Caller Teachers Association
​ / Lower Vancouver Island Western Square And Round Dance Association
V&DCTA and LVIWSRDA

Second Annual Free Dance​

• April 28th: The Second Annual Free Dance at 1:15 pm at Colwood Hall
  • The program will be Mainstream with Rounds : A panel of Callers and Cuers
  • Dancers are welcome to stay for the LVIWSRDA AGM at 3 pm

​​Spring Roundup

• Sunday, May 5th at Colwood Hall
  • Pre-Rounds : 1:30 to 2:00 pm
  • Banner Parade and Mainstream Dance : 2:00 to 4:30 pm
  • A panel of Callers and Cuers
  • Admission at the door
    • Adults : $6
    • Teens : $3
    • New Dancers : Half Price

Round Dancing

Dance A Rounds

• Drop in classes continue on Tuesday Nights
• Club dances on the first and third Wednesday of the month
• Wind-up dance, May 1st, 2019

​Rainbow Rounders

• Two New Dancer classes currently running – Cha and Rumba and Two Step and Waltz​
• Club Dances Tuesday Nights
• Wind-up dance, May 7th, 2019

Summer Round Dances

• Phase 2 and 3 with Cuer Connie Ritchie
• Colwood Community Hall
• Monday Nights from 8 - 10 pm
  • May 27
  • June 3, 17, 24
  • July 8, 29
  • August 19, 26​

Spring-Summer Events

Celebrate the Western Stars Blast Off Weekend with the Ripple Rockets

• May 17, 18, 19, 2019
• Quinsam Hall, Campbell River
• Register Here​

​June Bug Dance Sponsored by the Sand Dollars Square Dance Club

• Sunday, June 9th, 2019
• Bradley Centre in Coombs
• 2:00 – 2:30 pm : Rounds
• 2:30 – 4:30 pm
  • Featuring Caller-Cuer Couple Ray & Debbie Schmidt with
  • Old Time Dance with music by the Port Alberni Fiddlers
• Coffee, Tea, and Cookies available all afternoon
• Admission: $10

Catch the Wave Come to Dance | Stay to Play

• July 19 & 20, 2019
• Friday — Fanny Bay Hall, 7:30 – 10:00 pm : Admission $7
  • Fran and Roger Archambault  +  Guest Cuer
• Saturday — Free Street Dance, 11:00 am  – 1:00 pm – Corner of 5th and England
  • Fran and Roger Archambault – with – Gord and Yvette Ruedig
• Saturday — Group Picnic, 4:00 pm – Fanny Bay Hall
  • Bring your own picnic . . .  We'll provide the hot dogs!
• Friday — Fanny Bay Hall, 7:30 – 10:00 pm : Admission $7
  • Fran and Roger Archambault – with – Gord and Yvette Ruedig  +  Guest Cuer

16th Annual Penticton Peach Festival

• August 7 - 10th, 2019
• Shatford Centre, 760 Main St
• Panel of Callers and Cuers
• $50 per person for all 4 days (18 and under: $25)
• Wednesday
  • Registration and Casual Dancing ; Pre-Rounds ; Mainstream Dance
• Thursday
  • Casual Dancing ; Roundoree (33% Phase 2, 67% Pase 3 & 4) ; Pre-Rounds ; Mainstream Dance
• Friday
  • New Evening Format (no Pre-Rounds) : Mainstream with 2 Rounds of 2 levels between each tip
• Saturday
  • Peachfest Parade in the morning
  • Aquaducks ; Plus Dance ; Pre-Rounds ; Mainstream Dance
• For more info please call 250-493-4248, or email peach-festival@hotmail.com

The Powell River Star Dusters' Across the Pond Weekend West Coast Square Dance [WCSD]

• August 15, 16 & 17th, 2019
• Before August 1 : $25 each ; As of August 1 : $28 each   [Drop in fee : $10 each per dance]
• Thursday Night
  • Trail in Dance at the Star Dusters Hall - WCSD
  • A Panel of Callers and Cuers
• Friday Night
  • West Coast Square Dance at Willingdon Beach Pavilion
  • All Singing Calls with Gord Ruedig & Rounds with Connie Ritchie
  • Fire works to Follow
• Saturday at the Star Dusters Hall
  • Breakfast, then Mainstream with Rounds (Panel)
  • Pot Luck Dinner, then Across The Pond Dance - WCSD
  • Featured Callers Gordon Ruedig & John Corrigian ; Rounds with Deb Schmidt
• Call 604-233-4345 for more information

Summer Dances – Wednesday Nights

V&DCTA Summer Dances Cancellation Policy

• The Wednesday Night Summer dance will be cancelled IF
  • at 12 pm [Noon]
    • the forecast temperature for Saanich at 8 pm is 25°C or above according to The Weather Network
    • and/or
    • the Air Quality Health Index for Victoria/Saanich is 8 or higher according to AQHI Canada

Check the cell phone apps or go to:

• ​The Weather Network Website for Saanich
  • ​Click Here for Saanich Weather Online ​
• The Government of Canada Air Quality Website for Victoria
  • Click Here for Victoria/Saanich - Air Quality Index​​
• Environment Canada Cell Phone App
  • [ Both Temperature and Air Quality at a glance – No ads and Free ]
  • Apps (for iOS or Android) : Click Here​
• The Weather Network Apps
  • [ Ads and In-app purchases + Lots of issues reported in iOS Store ]
  • Apps (for iOS, Android, Blackberry, or Windows 7) : Click Here

Kickoff Hall Fundraiser : 8 pm – 10 pm

• Location TBA
• Date TBA

Weekly Dances : 8 pm – 10 pm

• Royal Oak Women's Institute Hall : 4516 W Saanich Rd, Victoria, BC V8Z 3G4
• Dates TBA

​Wrap-up Hall Fundraiser : 8 pm – 10 pm

• Location TBA
• Date TBA

Mavericks Visitations

Date	Who The Mavericks Are Visiting
Oct 26, 2018, Friday	Promenaders (Mavericks wear club colours: blue and white)
Nov 24, 2018, Saturday	Country Cousins (Mavericks wear club colours: blue and white)
Dec 15, 2018, Saturday	Frontier Twirlers ​– Christmas Dance
Feb 8, 2019, Friday	Promenaders ​(Mavericks wear club colours: blue and white)
Mar 29, 2019, Friday	Star Twirlers – Special Mainstream Dance (Mavericks wear club colours: blue and white)
Mar 30, 2019, Saturday	Frontier Twirlers – 60th Birthday Dance
Apr 26, 2019, Friday	Promenaders – 62nd Birthday Dance
May 11, 2019, Saturday	Country Cousins – 63rd Birthday Dance

Clubs and Dance Nights

Club	Dance Nights
Mavericks	First and Third Fridays (Royal Oak)
Frontier Twirlers	First and Third Saturdays (Colwood)
Promenaders	Second and Fourth Fridays (Royal Oak)
Country Cousins	Second and Fourth Saturdays (Royal Oak)
Star Twirlers	Plus - Mondays and Wednesdays ; Advanced - Tuesdays (see the schedule and locations on their website)
Dance A Rounds	1st and 3rd Wednesday at 8pm - Waltz & Two Step Phase II+ ​(Royal Oak)
Rainbow Rounders	Tuesday Nights ​(Colwood Community Hall)
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Summer Dances	​Wednesday Nights ​(Royal Oak, plus a fundraiser dance each at Colwood Community Hall, and Royal Oak)

If you're on a phone and can't see all of the calendar - turn it sideways (to landscape, and then you can change the calendar to Agenda if you want to).