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Edition number 5 is available for download here.

Edition 4 of Keeping in Touch is available here.

The latest edition of “Keeping in Touch” is available from our website. Here is the link.

Very sad to hear of Bill’s passing.  He always made me feel better than I did.  He will be long remembered.  My People and Bill’s People go back 100 years,  to when ‘Goodnight’ started in 1921.  No Song brings back more memories to me of my life at Goodnight and Mid Victoria than ‘These areContinue reading “My Tribute to Bill Hickey”

It is with sadness that we inform everyone of the death of Bill Hickey. Bill will be missed by all who knew him and our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends. Bill died on 8 May in his sleep. We will miss you Bill.

What do we do when we cannot go  out to dance?  We stay at Home and dance.  One person or two people or 4 if you can do the Cheeseburger!  If you can’t, ask the young people.  Those people under 80! My song and dance for this week, try  YouTube Col Hardy’s “Black and WhiteContinue reading “A Message from Ray S”

After circulating the first ‘Keeping in Touch’, it was really overwhelming, how many people responded really positively and it was obvious that people were missing the regular contact with dancing and dancers – the dancing itself, the company, the camaraderie and the OTD family, the music, the exercise and the relationships between us all.                                                                       Continue reading ““Keeping in Touch” 27 April 2020″

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to thank so many people, for giving me such an amazing 80th birthday on 1 April.  I have not been big on my birthday’s even though I was one of those lucky people that had the best parents.  My father died when I was 12 and I think ofContinue reading “A Message from Ray”

Hi. Julie Wilson from Kyneton here. In this current situation of self-isolation and self-distancing, I thought that maybe we members of K&DOTDC and the local dance community could keep in touch and offer support and care to each other, to keep our friendships alive and our connections open. I think that our dancers throughout theContinue reading “Keeping in Touch, April 2020”

The Kyneton and District Old Time Dance Club would like to wish everyone a Happy Easter. We will all be looking forward to being able to dance together soon, stay safe and stay at home until that time. All members having birthdays during this time will be admitted free to our first dance when weContinue reading “Happy Easter”