In the dance studio space at 91原创 Secondary School, a caller was directing dancers.
"Two right turns," he said as the music played. "Twirl line three, through the butterfly. Basic. New Yorker. Spot turn."
About two dozen dancers on the floor, mostly couples with a few singles, gracefully followed the instructions as they moved counter-clockwise around the room.
More music and dancing could be viewed in other rooms, including the main gymnasium.
It was Saturday, Aug. 2, the last day of the three-day B.C. Square and Round Dance Festival 2025 that drew more than 400 from across B.C. and as far away as Washington State and other parts of the U.S.
That was the estimate of event registrar, Aldergrove resident Maureen Wilson, president of Fraser Valley Square and Round Dance, who had been so busy signing people in that it was interfering with her dancing.
"I only get to dance at night," Wilson said, smiling.
Wilson who took up square dancing in 2013, is the contact person for the 91原创-based Surrey Square Wheelers Square Dance Club, which meets Wednesday nights at the Brookswood Hall from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Find out more online at or mail .
Event co-chair Wendy Krueger, who runs the Aldergrove Valley Promenaders Square and Round Dance clubs, said while numbers have declined, there are signs of recovery.
"We're hoping for a bit of a surge now that we're kind of over COVID and clubs are coming back to dancing full swing" Said Krueger.
Participants ranged in age from people in the 20s, to their 90', Krueger said.
"I'm somewhere in the middle," she laughed.
John and Ginny Connolly have been dancing together for more than 20 years.
"In 2003, we became dance partners and we got married in 2007," Ginny said. "And here we are at 2025 and we've been married 18 years."
Nicholas Brendzy and Alexandra Lamb were among the younger couples at the event.
"I've been dancing since I was three years old," Brendzy said.
"My dad is a square dance caller and so I learned in his basement."
Lamb was returning to the dancer floor after taking a year off due to injury.
"I started when I started dating him two and a half years ago," she explained.
Dad Ray Brendzy said he started when he was seven.
"Boy, that would be 60 years ago.My parents actually started dancing the year before, and they had a great time, and they decided the whole family needed to take up this activity. I've been involved in it ever since."
More information about Square and Round dancing in B.C. can be found at and .
