Port Angeles
Contra Dance
2020 Contra Dance
Black Diamond Schedule
1/4/2020
Kate Powers and David Rivers
Lindsey Dono calling
2/1/2020
David Rivers and Kate Powers
Susan Michaels calling
3/7/2020
Ground Lift
Michael Karcher calling
4/4/2020
Heliotrope
Gwen Rouseau calling
5/2/2020
Dave Bartley and Anita
Greg Frock calling
6/6/2020
Kate Powers and David Rivers
Susan Michaels calling
Dances held at
Black Diamond
Community Hall
1942 Black Diamond Rd.,
Port Angeles, WA 98363
1st Saturday of every month
Free Lesson begins at 7pm,
Dance 7:30-10:30pm
Suggested Donation
Adults $8, 12-18 $4, 0-11 Free
Upcoming and Past Events
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.
Contra Dance, Saturday April 7th, 2018
Carol Piening
calling to
Country Capers
Carol Piening ventures forth from Olympia, Washington, to call dances around the Pacific Northwest. She’s been at it for twenty-some years, and likes to get dancers, both experienced and inexperienced, moving and having fun.
Country Capers, hailing from Poulsbo Washington, Have been playing together for over three decades now. They come to us bringing tunes with wings of both modern and ancient notes of Scottish and Irish music as well as Norwegian and sweetish influences as well. Their music is sure to inspire us to dance. The band is made up of duo Jane Landstra & Ken Embrey on fiddles, guitar, concertina, and piano, or trio with David Denz on wooden flute and cittern, and Irish exilian bagpipes.
Other Contra Dance Groups
Port Townsend Contra Dance: Every 3rd Saturday
Victoria BC: 2nd and 4th Saturday
Olympia: 2nd and 4th Saturday
Bellingham: 1st, 3rd, 5th Saturday