The Rainforest Council for the Arts is sponsoring a Contra Dance on Friday, May 6th, at the Rainforest Art Center in Forks. Dance lessons will be offered at 7PM, and the dance starts at 7:30PM. Desserts will be available. Admission is a suggested $6.00 donation.This...
Sonya KaufmanwithRuthie Dornfeld and Forrest GibsonSonya Kaufman is an energetic young caller who has been contra dancing for as long as she can remember. She started calling for contra dances in college, and has been calling regularly for dances throughout the...
Good dancers! We’d like your help in designing a Youth Dance Weekend West. Please take the survey below and tell us what you’d like to see at an event intended to empower and facilitate youth leadership and community involvement in our dance community. The...
Canote BrothersandMarlin ProwellWe welcome back Marlin Prowell, a well known caller from Bellingham. “Marlin has an easy-going way of teaching so that your feet know what to do before your mind has time to worry about it. If you’ve never danced a step in your life,...
Laura Mae Smith and The Possum CarversWe welcome back Laura Mae Smith, who has been calling since the 1980 (she emphasizes that she has not been calling since the beginning of time). Her succinct teaching and quick wit delight dancers near and far,...
Red CrowandMichael KarchercallingRed Crow has played for us before; it’s always a pleasure to have them back. They play soaring traditional Celtic and contemporary tunes for West Coast contra dances, and specialize in merging their music with the dancers...
January 2Joe Michaels and The Powerhouse Band The PowerHouse band in September, 2015January 9Lindsey Dono and the Gallimafry Band There is a workshop at 7:30pm. The dances begin at 8:00. All other dance details are on the “About Our...
A Contra Dance in Memory of Bob Boardmanalso remembering Nancy Vivolowith music by the Possum Carversand caller Carol Piening Carol (left) has called for us several times. She always brings a variety of music and dance to keep everyone joyfully...
SPECIAL CONTRA DANCE George MarshallandThe SyncopathsNOV 23, 2015. Dance begins 7pm; intro lesson 6:30. George Marshall was introduced to square and contra dancing in the early seventies while working as a summer trail crew volunteer in the White Mountains of...
CountercurrentandLindsey Dono Countercurrent formed officially in 2014, but began over half a decade earlier. Brian Lindsay and Alex Sturbaum met as freshmen at Oberlin College in 2009, where they bonded immediately over their love of traditional...
