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History - the beginnings
1993
THE CACTUS CLUB,
London’s first gay line and partner dance club begins at The
Bell in King’s Cross with deejay Jo Purvis and instructor Peter
Flockhart.
1994
Peter and Nick begin
LINES AND SQUARES, a line and square dancing tuition
night on Tuesdays at The Bell.
THE CACTUS CLUB goes twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays.
Other gay line dance clubs begin to appear in London and across the
country as the line dance craze takes off nationally.
Nick keeps his hand in teaching and dee-jaying regularly for BRIGHTON
RAWHIDE and MIDNIGHT COWBOYS dance weekends, and helps launch PRAIRIE
DOGS in Manchester, the only other gay line dance club in
the UK still in existence today.
BIG BEAR COUNTRY, an early attempt at a bear’s line dance night,
is launched by Nick and Peter at THE FATHER REDCAP in Camberwell,
but fails to take off, and only lasts a few weeks.>>more
Nick, aka DJ Cowbear (and formerly known as Redneck Nick), co-founder,
DJ and dance instructor at Lines & Bears since 1995
2010
the cactus club is back
After 15 years of Lines and Bears and
reviewing our regular customers we have changed our name to the cactus
club
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