Mansfield, Ohio · Plus & Rounds · Since 1968
Plus square dancing with rounds between the tips, on the second Saturday of every month from September through May, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Mansfield. Planting friendships since 1968.
Rooted in Mansfield
Squaring up since 1968.
Four couples who loved to square dance planted this club in the summer of 1968. Fifty-some seasons later, we’re still swinging partners every second Saturday, and still the friendliest crowd in Richland County.
- 750+dancers graduated from our lessons
- 28years of lessons with caller Danny Beck
- 1995the year we moved to Holy Trinity
Our season: September → May
Dance night
Second Saturday, every month of the season.
Check the calendar for the actual dates, callers, cuers and special dances. Singles and couples welcome; come early for rounds at 7:00.
On the calendar
Coming up on the floor
Snapshots
Pick a photo, any photo.
Our story
A trail of seeds, planted one dance at a time.
- 1952
Records in the barn
Dick & Betty Gahm first square dance at the Grange Hall. Friends practice to records in their barn.
- 1968
A club is planted
Four couples start the Johnny Appleseed Squares in August. The first dance, September 28, with caller Warren Burk.
- 1973
Rounds join the program
The first club dance with round dancing, cued by Len Miller.
- 1975
Octoberfest
The first Octoberfest Dance at Ashland College, with six callers. It ran every fall through the ’90s.
- 1995
A home on Cook Road
Dances move to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Mansfield, still our home today.
- 1998
Danny Beck takes the mic
Danny Beck of Norwalk starts teaching our new-dancer lessons, and he’s still at it.
- 2018
Fifty years
A 50th anniversary dinner for past and present members, then cake and ice cream at the dance.
Learn to square dance
From seed to square.
Lessons are on Thursday nights, 7:00 – 9:00 PM, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church with caller Danny Beck. $5 a lesson per dancer. Bring a friend, or come on your own.
- 01
Come to a lesson
Thursday nights with Danny Beck. No partner and no experience needed.
- 02
Learn the calls
A few new calls each week, with “angels” (club dancers) right beside you.
- 03
Graduate
More than 750 dancers have graduated from Johnny Appleseed lessons.
- 04
Dance anywhere
Plus squares and rounds, at our dances and at clubs all over Ohio.
Come dance with us.
2nd Saturday of each month, September through May · 7:30 – 10:00 PM
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 525 W. Cook Road, Mansfield, OH 44907