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  • 2023 AGM and Pink Social

    Thanks to all who attended the AGM this evening. It’s a pleasure to announce that the current committee will continue for a second year without any changes. We then followed this with our Pink Social where our dancers looked gorgeous in their pinks and reds! Lots of dancing, lots of food, lots of prizes… lots…

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  • January 2023 – A visit from the Lightning Lads!

    Well, 2023 started off with a bang thanks to Darren & David, the Lightning Lads from Belfast. We had a packed dancefloor of members all eager to learn 4 new and current dances from the Lads. They even commented at how well you all did picking up the new moves. Well done and huge thanks…

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  • Christmas 2022

    Christmas 2022

    Thanks to all the Prairie Dogs who came to our Christmas event this evening (13th December) and contributed to the delicious buffet. Hope you went home with full tummies and warm hearts! Well done to the prize winners (thanks for arranging the raffle Amie and Heather!).

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  • Non-stop Western Night – Nov ’22

    What a great NonStop Western Night! So many people, 35 dances completed – a special shout for David for putting together that dance list, thinking about gaps where people could get drinks or have breaks. Very well planned! Thanks everyone who came along! 

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  • Hallowe’en 2022

    Hallowe’en 2022

    What a great time we had for our Halloween night. Many thanks to all our dancers, Darren & David for DJing, Heather & Amie for the raffle prizes and Kirsty for the difficult decision of choosing the 3 Crabs as our costume winners. As ever, a huge Thank You to everyone who brought food –…

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  • Last Outdoor dance of 2022

    Thank you everyone who turned out this afternoon… the entertainment continued beyond 5:00pm with some members singing on the karaoke. But that’s it for us this year outdoors – into our autumn and winter season we go. Thanks again to The Rem Bar for supporting us over the Summer with our outdoor sessions… we’ll be back before…

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  • Beginner’s Night 2022

    What a cracking night we had at Beginner’s Night. 16 new guests, 3 new dances taught and danced well, (Thanks David!). A delicious buffet thanks to Amie and Heather and a great raffle. So lovely to see so many great potential new dancers who’ve seen us at Prides across the summer season and wanted to come along. We hope all…

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  • After Pride @ The Thompsons Arms

    Huge thanks to Phillip Hughes and everyone at The Thompsons Arms for having us back over the Bank Holiday Weekend! We hope you are now having a well deserved rest! The Prairie Dogs x

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  • Manchester Pride 2022

    Manchester Pride 2022

    What a tremendous event this year’s Manchester Pride parade was! Such a phenomenal atmosphere and a pleasure to return to such a big event in our own unique way. Thanks to our water bearers, Scott, Phillip and Charlotte, and our bike riders Dan, Billiejoe and Steve. Thanks also to Roy and Adrian for carrying our banner, introducing us to the city. Thanks to our many…

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  • Saturday 13th August – Levenshulme Pride 2022

    Many thanks to Levenshulme Pride for inviting the Prairie Dogs back to the Klondyke to demonstrate some line dancing in the beer garden. When ‘beer garden’ was mentioned, it didn’t take much persuading bit it was the middle of a heatwave, so to paraphrase – Mad Prairie Dogs and Everyman, go out in the midday…

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