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 December 1st 2018
Laura Mé Smith
calling to
The Goldengems
Laura Mé Smith, has been calling since the 1980s (she emphasizes that she has not been calling since the beginning of time) Her succinct teaching and quick wit delight dancers near and far, young and old, brand new and experienced. Equally comfortable with contra dances, English Country dances, and squares, she’ll keep your toes tapping and your mouth grinning long after the band goes home.
find friendship through the music they share and a common love of beautiful, melodic, rhythmically interesting tunes. Their repertoire comes from a wide range of old and new music traditions including Old Time, Scandinavian, French Canadian, and the British Isles. They focus on harmony and twin fiddling (Channing Showalter and Annie Schermer) with rich and supportive rhythms on cello (Clea Taylor) and driving guitar (Sam Vogt). The 5 string banjo and melodica are also known to make appearances from time to time. The Goldengems are based in Northwest Washington and are named after a lovely golden apple.
Special Dance with George Marshall — Tuesday Nov. 13, 2018
Special Dance, Special Time 6:30 – 10:00 pm. The usual place: Black Diamond Community Hall
George Marshall is a full-time musician, caller and dance teacher from Massachusetts, touring nationally year-round. His specialty is teaching and calling the New England-style contra dances he has collected throughout the country. George is renowned for his knack of matching music to dance and for his smooth, concise teaching and presentation.
George always travels with a fantastic band. This year it is Buddy System — they play acoustic and electronic music for contra dances, techno contras, concerts, and festivals. Noah VanNorstrand (fiddle, mandolin, foot percussion) and Julie Vallimont (piano, accordion, jawharp) have taken the country by storm since they started performing together in 2014. They’ve played for dancers in more than twenty states, at some of the biggest dance festivals in the country.
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