What is it?
Club Slick is our award winning 50’s & 60’s Rock ‘n’ Roll club that gets together to jive and have a rockin’ good time once a month at the Burnside Ballroom. Pictures are available in the 'Club Slick' photo gallery.
In January 2005 Club Slick was the proud recipient of both the City of Burnside and South Australian ‘Australia Day Community Event of the Year’ awards. Pictures are available in the 'Special Events' photo gallery.
For those looking for entertainment at their next function why not consider booking our Club Slick Demonstration team? Contact Graeme Brown at the office on 8369 1122 to discuss your options but be warned - the team loves audience participation!!!
Background
In August 2002 a group of young people starred in the Society’s Slick Rock ‘n’ Roll Show & Dance. These performers had committed to rehearsals every Sunday afternoon for 6 months and in that time had learnt to jive and then learnt their roles for the show. The show was a huge hit but there was one burning question on everyone’s lips.
‘What are we going to do now the show is over?’
Members (individuals and their families) were looking for more opportunities for young people to socialise and develop skills that would enable them to participate in a range of community activities. Getting together regularly to learn to jive had been popular and with the intent of involving as many young people as possible in its development, Club Slick was launched in October 2002.
Almost 5 years on and Club Slick is going from strength to strength with numbers at the monthly dance nights averaging around 150 and putting on a Rock ‘n’ Roll show has become an eagerly anticipated annual event. Club Slick also has a Demonstration Team which plays a significant role in promoting the Club. (refer to the Community Relations page for more information).
Who is it for?
Anyone 10 years of age and older with an intellectual disability is welcome to come along and share in the fun as are their friends and family. Please note a carer must stay with children aged 10 to 13. Check out the information box on the right for the dance dates to put in your calendar for 2008.
It is possible to become a member of Club Slick with benefits including:
- Discount admission
- Membership ID card
- Free raffle ticket on Club night
- Discounts on Club Slick memorabilia
- DSSSA quarterly magazine
- Eligibility to perform in the Demonstration Team
- Invitation to join the cast of the annual Rock ‘n’ Roll show.
Membership
Membership costs $33 p.a. If you are interested in becoming a member, click on the link in the information box at the top of this page.
Individuals who are full members of the Society already have the above entitlements and therefore do not need to take out a separate Club Slick membership.
Objectives
Club Slick gives young people a unique opportunity to access and participate in a safe and appropriately supervised environment with key objectives being the development of:
- a socially acceptable dance style with a partner
- self help social and communication skills
- friendships
- a positive attitude to their disability
- self esteem and confidence
- appropriate social and sexual behaviour
- self regulation in food and drink consumption
- independence
And of course the most important objective of all is that participants have FUN!!!
A committee is responsible for the running of Club Slick and is comprised of Society staff, parents, young people with Down syndrome and outside volunteers. Some of the roles committee members undertake on Club night include working at the admission tables, sales and raffles table, drinks and snack bar and assisting with dance tuition.
The Club is run according to a strict set of rules relating to behaviour, purchase of drinks and snacks and etiquette.
JUNIOR CLUB SLICK
VENUE: Burnise Ballroom
401 Greenhill Road, Tusmore
Junior Club Slick is a 50's and 60's rock 'n' roll dance/social skills program for participants aged 5 to 12 years of age with an intellectual disability. Junior Club Slick is based on the successful 'Club Slick' model that has operated monthy at the City of Burnside Ballroom over the last 4 years.
Objectives
To develop:
- dance skills
- self help, social and communication skills
- friendships
- a postive attitude to their disability
- self esteem and conficence
- appropirate social-sexual behaviour
- self regulation in the consumption of food and drinks
- independence
and most of all to have fun!!!
For further information click here.
