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:
April 5, 2014 Dance features French-Canadian band: La Famille Leger
Irresistible music from Quebec for April dance!
Saturday, April 5, 2104. Teaching begins at 7:30 pm, dance 8:00 – 11:00. Requested donation $8 adult, $4 under 18. In the Black Diamond Community Hall, Port Angeles.
Our perennial favorite family band always rocks the house! Here’s a YouTube video of just half their band, and I bet you can’t sit still listening to them 🙂 (Devon and Dejah)
“Born of a time when family and friends would gather in the warmth of the kitchens of Québec and New Brunswick to play and dance time-honoured tunes together, La Famille Léger keeps that rich tradition vitally alive. The Légers play the dancing music of French Canada – the music handed down through generations in the New World, the music of back porches and kitchen parties. Patriarch Louis Léger leads the band on the one-row melodeon (a type of button accordion), son Devon plays fiddle, Devon’s mom Barbara plays guitar and his wife, Dejah is on piano. This proudly “old school” family band will have your own family dancing and joining in on the fun”
Eric Curl from Seattle is our caller for this dance. Eric started calling in 1996 in California and Colorado before moving Seattle in 2007. He works for Boeing as a mechanical engineer, and is now in demand to call dances in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia. Eric calls smooth-flowing dances that keep dancers of all abilities moving.
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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