Melbourne Colonial Dancers Inc. 

Some of the Melbourne Colonial Dancers, in full costume, putting on a display at a National Folk Festival in Canberra.
The functions put on by the Melbourne Colonial Dancers are:-

Dances at Abbotsford (Wednesdays)

Classes and Dances at Ashburton (Thursdays), and

Two balls every year. The next will be the Titanic Ball on 23 June 2012.

We invite you to have a good look at this website, and if you think that you might enjoy this type of dancing then we would love you to join us. You do not have to bring a partner with you.
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Dances at Abbotsford
What's so good about Colonial Dancing
Classes at Ashburton
Upcoming Events
Our Colonial Balls
Our Dance Program
Display Group
The Band
Contacts
Young People Meet
Rules of Incorporation

 

Your first Wednesday night dance with us is FREE

 On this website we do try to answer some of the most frequently asked questions. Colonial dances, or "bush dances", dominated the dance scene up until World War 1. They are a mixture of set dances and couples dances, which makes them unique among the social dances. The set dances are excellent “mixers”. The dancers are arranged in lines, squares or circles. There is nothing quite like couples dances for making friends!!

For the set dances there is a “caller” who announces what to do throughout the dance. A practice beforehand, or a demonstration, or just a quick explanation is usually given before the dance.

Membership is only $10 a year. For that you get a discounted entry to the regular Wednesday night functions and the Thursday night dances at Ashburton. The Christmas Barbeque is free for members. You also get the normal voting and speaking rights at the club Annual General Meeting.

Many members have found it very helpful to be told of updates to this website by E-Mail. Most updates have information about imminent events or photos of recent ones. Any-one can click here to send an E-Mail to a group called "Melbourne Folkies" that will have you included on our E-Mail list. Click here to find out about Melbourne Folkies.