Saturday night is Simchat Torah, which means now is the time in Judaism when we dance. (Are any of you old enough to catch the Sprockets allusion?) Huzzah to Chabad for this snazzy marriage of modern and tradition.
(I don’t have the heart to ask anyone in my new congregation why, oh why, we are celebrating tonight.)
Old enough for Sprockets? Oh yes, I am.
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Hag sameah!
If you go to a Reform shul (which I think you do, after looking at the site) there is only one day of chag at the end of Sukkot. This means that Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are collapsed into a single day. Therefore it was correct to do hakafot on Friday night.
Hope that helps.