Port Angeles Contra Dance
At the Black Diamond Community Hall
Spring 2026 Dance Schedule
January 3
Backwoods Hucksters
Joe Michaels calling
February 7
The Contraband
Carol Piening calling
March 7
Laurie Andres, Ruthie Carroll, Amy Carroll
Koren Wake calling
April 4
Andrew & Heather Norcross with Joe Fulton
Laura Me Smith calling
May 2
Andrew & Heather Norcross with Paul
Hannah Chamberlain calling
June 6
Band TBA
Anne Peterson and Ash Goren calling
Black Diamond Contra Dance goes on hiatus during the summer and returns in the fall.
Join us at the
Black Diamond
Community Hall
1942 Black Diamond Road,
Port Angeles, WA 98363
1st Saturday of every month
(no dances in summer)
Lesson begins at 7 pm
Dance 7:30–10:30 pm
Sliding Scale Admission
Adults $10–20 (cash only)
Under 18: ½ price
Next Dance:
Contra dance, Saturday May 5th 2018
Susan Michaels
Calling to
Red Crow
Susan Michaels has been calling squares, contras, and family dances for more then 30 years, building community, facilitating joy, and just plain having fun. Susan believes it is in calling in life to teach people how to hold hands in a circle and move to music. She loves all kinds of choreography… but specializes in dance with drive and flow that hold on to the roots of barn dancing but take off in new directions. Susan brings her special brand of dry quirky humor with her to every dance event and has a unique gift for making newcomers, 2 left-footers, and shy persons blossom through dance.
Red 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 to create a unity in the hall.
Other Contra Dances in the Region:
- Port Townsend Community Dance: Contact Dave Thielk for details.
- Victoria: Dancing across the water in BC! See link for schedule.
- Olympia: Dancing at South Bay Grange the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month.
- Bellingham: Dancing at Fairhaven Library the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Saturdays (Sept–June)
- Seattle:
- Lake City Contra Dance at the Seattle Latvian Center every Thursday
- Emerald City Contra Dance at the Phinney Neighborhood Center every Friday
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