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Dance With Us 2026 Lesson Series Registration Open!

Dance With Us 2026 Lesson Series Registration

LESSONS BEGIN SEPTEMBER 10, 2026


$240 Registration fee includes: weekly lessons most Thursday nights from September to January, club membership and admission to 3 Chi-Town social dances!

(Note: For current CTS members taking the lessons again, the registration fee is $160 and you can register using the online form below, but when you are transferred to the PayPal link, please disregard and pay in person at class or via Zelle)

Graduates can dance at Chi-Town Squares and other area clubs, as well as across the country.

Mainstream Square Dancing is fun, fast paced, and easy to learn.

Casual attire, a wide variety of music genres, and there’s no partner needed!

Registration and fee payment is available online (below) or in person at Chi-Town Squares events. Note the online registration submission will take registrants to PayPal, but registrants have the option of paying then, or separately via PayPal, Zelle, by mail (see paper registration for address) or in person anytime up to September 10, 2026.

Register Online
PAy WIth Zelle
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Print a Paper registration form

Location:

Ebenezer Lutheran Social Hall

1650 W. Foster Ave., Chicago

Questions: info.chitownsquares@gmail.com

Chi-Town Squares is Chicago's LGBTQ+ Modern Square Dance Club

Crossfire 2026 Registration and Info

The Great Chicago Crossfire 2026

“The Case of the Missing Diamond”

Oct. 2 - 4, 2026

featuring

Don Moger,

Michael Maltenfort,

and Dave Mischler

Fee Schedule

$90 by July 15, 2026

$100 by Sept. 5, 2026

$115 thereafter and at the door

$40 Non-Dancer Rate

***Special $80 Rate for first-time Crossfire attendees***


session Rate $20 is available (4 Sessions = Friday Night, Saturday Early, Saturday Late, and Sunday)

Print/View Crossfire Schedule

Dance levels: Social Square Dancing, Plus, Advanced, and Challenge 1 in 2 halls of dancing

Location: Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 1650 W. Foster Ave., Chicago, IL 60640, One block west of Ashland

Registration and Payment Instructions

Registration

Print a Registration Form

Paper registrations may be mailed or submitted at Chi-Town Squares events.

registrations may Also be submitted online; the button below goes to an online registration form (After People Submit the Form, They are Automatically directed to a payment-by-PayPal form which they can either use to pay, or skip and pay later BY another METHOD.)

Register Online

Payment

Registrants can pay:

  • at time of online registration above by PayPal

  • mail in a Check TO:

    c/o SCOTT HAWKINS

    6812 N. WAYNE 2G

    CHICAGO, IL 60626

  • in person at events,

  • below at any time with Zelle (refer to “Fee Schedule” above for payment amounts) or

  • ANYTIME By PayPal BELOW.

Paypal Payment Only
Pay with Zelle

Crossfire 2026 T-Shirts will be for sale - still $20!

Transportation, Location and Local Dining INFO
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New Payment Option: Zelle!

For those who prefer, here you can renew membership, pay the registration fee for Crossfire or other items, or even make a donation to keep the club kickin’ for another year, via Zelle!

If you have a Zelle account/app simply scan the QR code above to connect with Chi-Town Squares Zelle account at treasurer.chitownsquares@gmail.com and send us money! Be sure to put in the memo details of what you are paying for (Crossfire, merchandise, membership renewal, etc.)

Fly-Ins!

Here we are passing along to those interested the current omnibus PDF from the All Join Hands Foundation. These contain flyers for fly-ins, conventions and other national and international square dance organization content. Because we live in a complicated world, please contact the specific poster/organization for each event/posting, for the most up-to-information about registrations, re-schedulings and cancellations:

May 2026

Membership Renewal and Donations

CHI-TOWN SQUARES

Below are links to renew Chi-Town Squares annual club membership (beginning June 1, 2026, membership is $80, $40 for out of state folks) as well as donate to the club’s general and other related funds. Fees and donations can also be paid through Zelle (info at https://www.chitownsquares.org/announcements/zelle, be sure and indicate in the memo what fee you are paying or what fund you are making a donation to.) And if your address, email, or phone number has changed, you can send updates to Membership.ChiTownSquares@gmail.com

Renew Your Membership

You can renew your membership online by using the PayPal form below. If you wish to pay by check, you can print the Membership Renewal Form at the bottom of this page and bring the check and the form to a Chi-Town event.

Your membership runs from June 1 to May 31 each year. 

Membership Type
Your Name
Phone Number & Email

Donate to Chi-Town Squares!

You can use the buttons below to make online donations to Chi-Town Squares.  Chi-Town Squares is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, recognized as such by the IRS, and your donations are tax-deductible.

Chi-Town Squares General Fund

Provides for general operating expenses.

Lin Jarvis Caller Fund

Provides club callers with scholarships to Caller School.

The Larry Burke Scholarship Fund

Provides help with dues & value cards for Chi-Town members who are struggling with finances.

All Join Hands Foundation

All Join Hands Foundation, Ltd, is dedicated to supporting the funding of projects that will preserve and promote LGBTQ+ square dancing and other associated dance forms.

CONTACT US
PAPER MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FORM