Fox Valley Mixers

**Announcements**


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Our dances this season will have SSD and Plus level tips. New starting time! Squares 7:30 to 10:00.

Please check Chicagoland Square Dance Information (MCASD) and this website for any changes.

Our next Lessons Intro event is currently scheduled for Sunday January 5, 2025. Doors open at 6:00 PM. Dancing starts at 6:30 PM and lasts for about 2 hours. We also take new people the next week January 12, 2025. It is held at the Baker Community Center, 101 South Second Street, (Rt. 31), St. Charles, Illinois. This is one block South of Rt. 64.

Welcome!


NEED FUN, EXERCISE AND NEW FRIENDS?
TRY SQUARE DANCING!

Ask any square dancer and they will tell you dancing makes them happy and keeps them healthy.

SQUARE DANCING IS:

GOT PRECONCEIVED IDEAS ABOUT SQUARE DANCING?

We welcome people in all sorts of outfits – jeans, tee-shirts, long skirts, western gear or fancy dress.

Today’s square dance music is a mix of traditional, popular, classics, and rock – basically, any music with a steady beat.

Teens to seniors are welcomed to the lessons program where they will be joined in squares with experienced dancers who provide assistance while learning, practicing and dancing.

Dance Info


The Fox Valley Mixers Square Dance Club normally dances at the Baker Community Center, 101 South Second Street (Rt. 31), St. Charles, IL, on the 2nd and/or 4th Saturdays each month. Squares are 7:30 - 10:00 p.m. Please see our 2024/25 Schedule for any late changes.

We have a wonderful wood floor and lots of friendly smiling dancers ready to welcome you to our dances! We look forward to seeing you soon!

2024/25 Schedule


SQUARES: 7:30-10:00PM

Baker Community Center, 101 South Second Street (Rt. 31), St. Charles, IL.
Print Schedule

Baker Community Center
101 South Second Street (Rt. 31)
St. Charles, IL.
Print Schedule

DateCaller
September 14 Tom Manning
schooldaysbw.jpg School Day Fun
September 28 Bob Asp
Land of Oz LandOfOz.jpg
October 26 Doug & Don Sprosty
WitchesDancingMoonlightw.jpg Witchy Woman
November 9 Mike Hogan
Sadie Hawkins Hoedown SadieHawkinsw.jpg
November 23 Bobby Poyner
TurkeyBrigadew.gif Turkey Brigade
December 14 Jack Pladdys
We Request Your Presence Santa_Dancingw.jpg
January 11 Bobby Poyner
HappyBirthdayEveryonew.jpg Happy Birthday To All
January 25 Candice Hansen
Dare to Dream DreamcatcherAngelWingsw.jpg
February 8 John Harden
PenguinPromenadew.gif Penguin Parade
February 22 Bobby Poyner
Mardi Gras Gala mardi-gras2w.jpg
March 8 Don & Doug Sprosty
spaceandplanet4w.gif 2025 Space Odyssey
BLACKLIGHT DANCE
March 22 Curt Braffet
It’s A Zoo ZooAnimals.gif
April 12 Bobby Poyner
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PROGRESSIVE TIPS
April 26 Bob Asp
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May 10 Tom Manning
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June 14 Curt Braffet
Dad’s Day Delight smilingfox75.gif
July 12 Bobby Poyner
SummerSun.png Fishing For Fun
August 9 Dan Nordbye
What’s New Pussycat’s? CatsDancingw.jpg
DateCallerTheme
September 14 Tom Manning
schooldaysbw.jpg School Day Fun
September 28 Bob Asp
Land of Oz LandOfOz.jpg
 
October 26 Doug & Don Sprosty
WitchesDancingMoonlightw.jpg Witchy Woman
 
November 9 Mike Hogan
Sadie Hawkins Hoedown SadieHawkinsw.jpg
November 23 Bobby Poyner
TurkeyBrigadew.gif Turkey Brigade
 
December 14 Jack Pladdys
We Request Your Presence Santa_Dancingw.jpg
 
January 11 Bobby Poyner
HappyBirthdayEveryonew.jpg Happy Birthday To All
January 25 Candice Hansen
Dare to Dream DreamcatcherAngelWingsw.jpg
 
February 8 John Harden
PenguinPromenadew.gif Penguin Parade
February 22 Bobby Poyner
Mardi Gras Gala mardi-gras2w.jpg
 
March 8 Don & Doug Sprosty
spaceandplanet4w.gif 2025 Space Odyssey
BLACKLIGHT DANCE
March 22 Curt Braffet
It’s A Zoo ZooAnimals.gif
 
April 12 Bobby Poyner
westerndancew.jpg Western Showdown
PROGRESSIVE TIPS
April 26 Bob Asp
1040 Blues 1040Etcw.jpg
 
May 10 Tom Manning
smileyface50w.gif Soda Pop
 
June 14 Curt Braffet
Dad’s Day Delight smilingfox75.gif
 
July 12 Bobby Poyner
SummerSun.png Fishing For Fun
 
August 9 Dan Nordbye
What’s New Pussycat’s? CatsDancingw.jpg

Location


Baker Community Center

101 South Second Street (Route 31)
One Block South of Route 64
St. Charles, Illinois 60174
Link

Baker Community Center
Map to Baker Community Center

Parking is free in the lot behind Baker, on the street and in the four-story parking garage just across Rt. 31.
(Go east on Walnut to enter it).

Square Dance Lessons


Are you interested in learning how to Square Dance?

We hope so!

In Square Dancing eight people form a Square. A caller sings out the calls to music and the dancers perform the calls. All eight dancers work together as a team to end up in the right place at the end.

Before a person can become a Square Dancer, they must take Lessons to learn and practice the calls. Once they learn a certain number of calls, they can attend a dance and enjoy the fun.

Our program starts with a Free “Introduction to Square Dance” Event, where we explain Square Dancing, demonstrate a Dance, and get you involved in a Dance as a taste of what you will learn. The program will be fully explained to attendees at this event.

Our next Lessons Intro event is currently scheduled for Sunday January 5, 2025.. We also take new people the next week January 12, 2025. Doors open at 6:00 PM. Dancing starts at 6:30 PM and lasts for about 2 hours. It is held at the Baker Community Center, 101 South Second Street, (Rt. 31), St. Charles, Illinois. This is one block South of Rt. 64.

There have been many changes throughout the years in Square Dancing. Both Clothing and Music have been modernized.

Today’s Square Dancing is Not your Grandparents Square Dance. Nor is it like the Square Dance class you took in Middle School. So come out and try it.

Health Benefits of Dancing


Dancing can be a way to stay fit for people of all ages, shapes and sizes. It has a wide range of physical and mental benefits which may include:

Square Dancing Hawaiian Luau
Blacklight Dance Christmas Dance
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The Fox Valley Mixers Square Dance Club is an associate group of the St. Charles Park District
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