Luskville hosts seniors’ square dancing social

October 3, 2017

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A seniors’ dance was held Saturday night at the Luskville Community Centre, encouraging partygoers to bring their own booze and be ready to scuff up the dance floor. Billed as a traditional square dance, the Brysonnaires entertained the crowd, even starting a half hour early to accommodate the eager group.

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LUSKVILLE Sept. 30, 2017
Seniors packed up their coolers and plated a favourite potluck contribution when they came out en masse for a square dance Saturday night at the Luskville Community Centre.
Organized as a Canada 150 event and featuring live music by the Brysonnaires, over 125 people came out to the free event, with many showing up an hour ahead of schedule. The dance also coincided nicely with International Seniors Day, marking another reason to celebrate.
“The feedback from locals was that they wanted a community get together,” said Nicole Touchette, one of the evening’s organizers. “Being [Canada’s] 150th anniversary, we decided we’ll have a traditional dance.”

The event was also put on with a bit of a secret, secondary motive – to help unite the communities between Quyon and Luskville. Organizers believe there is some animosity between the areas and hope to host events where they can encourage further mingling for the communities.
“We hope to bring the people together, to see that we live in the same community,” said Touchette. “We want them to know that we’re the same people as they are.”
Though the tables may have started segregated between Luskville and Quyon, it wasn’t long before the floor was filled with groups as the Brysonnaires led them through the steps.
Billed as a BYOB and potluck, people filed in with their little coolers and plates stuffed with finger sandwiches, cookies, cakes and all kinds of homemade treats. Many had called organizers beforehand, asking what they could bring, and were delightfully surprised to hear that they only need to bring something to share with their neighbours.
Organizers were initially worried for the night’s turnout, but many people came out an hour ahead of schedule, showing up just past 7 p.m. when the start time was for eight. This forced the band into starting early, though they threw out no complaints about doing so.
The event was held in partnership with the Municipality of Pontiac, who donated the money to hire the band for the evening’s entertainment.

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