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

October 4, 2014 Dance with Vivian & Phil Williams

Vivian & Phil Williams play for dance Saturday, Oct. 2nd

Vivian and Phil Williams play the hoedowns, reels, waltzes, dance tunes, and songs that came to the Pacific Northwest with the pioneers over the Oregon Trail, and later immigrants. This dynamic, foot stomping music is played on acoustic instruments – fiddle, guitar, banjo and mandolin – as it was in the old days. It brings back the images of relaxing after a hard day on the Trail, the Saturday night dance in the Grange Hall, and the simple pleasures of having a good time playing music with friends and neighbors after the day’s chores are done. 

“Vivian Williams has long been heralded as a master of Celtic, old-time and bluegrass styles. Williams is a prize winning fiddler with long experience of playing for dances around her native Seattle, and her playing has the lift and drive needed for good barn dancing.” Sing Out Magazine

Caller Amy Carroll

Amy  has been folk dancing longer than she can remember and has been calling dances since 1987. She calls traditional American folk dances: contras, squares, circles and play party games for all ages and ability levels. She has called at public contra dances,  preschools, elementary schools, weddings, bars, grange halls, auctions, birthday parties, festivals, theNorthwest Folklife Festival and worked as a dance artist-in-residence at the elementary level. Given 8 people, 5 minutes, and a couple dozen square feet, Amy can create a dance.

Details

Dance starts with a workshop on the basics at 7:30, then dancing from 8:00 to 11:00. Admission is by donation. The Black Diamond Community Hall is at 1942 Black Diamond Rd., Port Angeles. Come and have a great time!

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 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

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