Square Dance with Betsy Taylor (301) 589-4868 betsytay@erols.com

Each year since its revival in 1998, Montgomery County has held a Holiday Parade in downtown Silver Spring on the Saturday before or after Thanksgiving. Each year the Taylor Made Square Dancers, joined by other square dancers, have marched and danced, until 2007. That year, we were not able to participate because the caller's husband Al was recuperating from surgery.

We resumed participating in 2008 with 14 dancers.

The parade route will begin at the Ellsworth Drive exit ramp of the Town Center line-up garage, turning right on Ellsworth and left on Georgia Avenue, and will end at Silver Spring Avenue and Georgia. The Parade will be broadcast live, from 10:00 AM to Noon, on WNC8 (News Channel 8).

Further information about the parade can be found on the Silver Spring Downtown Web Site here.

Circle Left before new Silver Spring Fire Dept.	Waving at spectators on Georgia Ave.
Right and Left Grand on Ellsworth Drive	Swing Your Partner on Ellsworth Drive

TAYLOR MADE SQUARES had 12 dancers in the November 21, 2009 Montgomery County Holiday Parade. The weather was perfect by the time the parade started – about 60 and sunny. We arrived at the grand-stand right at the 10:30 advertising break on News Channel 8. Because the parade was broadcast live, this meant that the TV audience has no idea we were there! However, the spectators on the street were yelling “Square Dancers! Square Dancers!” enthusiastically when they saw us coming, and we have heard from friends and neighbors that we did a great job. Two of the 12 dancers were from this fall’s Monday night beginners, so we kept the choreography simple, except for Grand Square from a “six pack” (2 head couples, 2 side lines of 4).