Port Angeles Contra Dance

At the Black Diamond Community Hall

2025 Contra Dance
Black Diamond Schedule

1/4/2025
The Contraband
Lindsey Dono calling

2/8/2025
Chicken Feathers
Joe Michaels calling

3/8/2025
Na Mara
Caller TBA

4/12/2025
The Contraband
Eric Curl calling

5/10/2025
The Canote Brothers
Laura Me Smith calling

6/14/2025
Band and Caller TBA

Dances held at

Black Diamond
Community Hall

1942 Black Diamond Rd.,
Port Angeles, WA 98363

2nd Saturday of every month

Free Lesson begins at 7pm,
Dance 7:30-10:30pm

Sliding Scale Admission
Adults $10-20
Under 18 1/2 price

Upcoming Events

2015-2016 Dance Schedule

The Schedule for `15-`16 is posted

Hands four! The schedule for the year is online. It will be an exciting year with a special dance in November. We’re starting off with something POWERful called the Power House Band.

Before the first dance, on 9/5, from 3pm to 5pm the caller David Kaynor will lead a fiddling workshop for all those who wish to fiddle. Also before the first dance, on the same day, there will be a potluck at 5:30, providing an opportunity for people to connect after the summer.

Bring a friend and get ready for contra dance!

June 6, 2015 Contra!

Summer is coming! You know what that means-dance while you still can! For our last dance of the year, we welcome Michael Karcher.

Michael has been having the time of his life calling around the U.S. and Canada over the last four years. He has honed a friendly and relaxed style of teaching and calling, to the delight of dancers across North America.

He can be found at www.michaelkarchercalling.com, or his facebookpage https://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Karcher-dance-caller/834660163271895.

From Seattle, fiddler Ruthie Dornfeld and guitarist Forrest Gibson merge their New England and Wild West backgrounds to create a dynamic musical team. Dornfeld, as a 15 year resident of Boston, was a mainstay of the thriving contra dance scene there; meanwhile Gibson was playing blues guitar in a cabin in the woods in the wilds of Alaska. They met after both ended up moving to Seattle; musical sparks flew and the result is the no holds barred, full volt style you’ll hear at the Contra Dance.

There is a workshop at 7:30pm. The dance begins at 8:00. All other dance details are on the “About Our Dance” page on this website.

Northwest Folklife Festival

Take note contra dancers! The Northwest Folklife Festival is just around the corner. For four days, May 22-25, you can dance yourself silly with hundreds of other dancers. Some of the best callers in the nation will be calling.
Don’t miss out!