Port Angeles Contra Dance
At the Black Diamond Community Hall
Fall 2026 Dance Schedule
August 20 (Thursday)
Special dance at Gardiner Community Center
The Contra Kings
David Thielk calling
September 18 (Friday)
Dawn Chorus
Lindsey Dono calling
October 3
Springtide
Victoria Beauchesne calling
November 10 (Tuesday)
Ice Cream Truckers
George Marshall calling
December 5
The Contraband
Elisabeth Monica calling
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
Upcoming Dance:
Special Dance with Colin Hume: Tues, Sept 16th
Special Dance: Colin Hume stops off on his international tour to call a dance in Port Angeles! (with Rosewind Country Dance Band)
http://www.colinhume.com
Tuesday, Sept 16th, 2014
7:00 to 10:00 PM
Requested Donation: $9 (under 18: $4)
Colin Hume has called at Dance courses in Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark and Canada, and for Dance Weeks in the U.S.A. at Pinewoods in Massachussetts, Mendocino in California, Brasstown in North Carolina and Buffalo Gap in West Virginia, plus a week of Dancing down the Nile in Egypt with Peter Barnes and Mary Lea.
He enjoys calling Contra, Squares, English and other forms of dance, and Americans now seem to be understanding his sense of humor better.
He hasn’t called on the West Coast since 2007, so maybe it’s time to give him another try!
The Rosewind Country Dance Band has been playing for Contra Dances and English Country Dances in Port Townsend for about 5 years. Melodies are carried by the strong twin fiddling of Libby Schnick and Dan Post; with Marsha Wiener carrying the rhythm on piano, Libby Reid on mandolin and guitar, and Dick Lynn on guitar and flute. Fred Nussbaum does a little of everything on cello and mandolin.
Other Contra Dances in the Region:
- Port Townsend Community Dance: Dancing monthly Sept–June in Quimper Grange.
- 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
Want even more contra? Check out these amazing dance weekends:
- Supersonic (February; Seattle)
- Cascade Promenade (March; dancing the I5 Corridor from Seattle to Eugene)
- Raindance (April; Portland)
- Northwest Folklife (Memorial Day weekend; Seattle)
- Star Through Seattle (September; Seattle)
- Northwest Queer Contra Camp (October; Vashon)
- Autumn Allemande (November; Victoria BC)
- Rose City Dance-A-Rama (November; Portland)
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