About Us
The Portland Country Dance Community is a non-profit organization that promotes, preserves, and teaches traditional English and American music and dance in metropolitan Portland, Oregon. Our activities and programs include:
| English Country Dances: | ⋅ Friday evenings at Burlingame Water Tower Dance Hall (vaccination proof required – click link for details). ⋅ 2nd Sunday afternoons from October thru July, Advanced Dance at The Renaissance School (currently on hold due to COVID). |
| Contra Dances: | ⋅ PCDC hosts the 2nd, 4th and 5th Saturday evenings of every month at Fulton Community Center (currently on hold due to COVID). |
| Family Dances: | ⋅ The 2nd Saturdays in October, November, January, February, March and April at Fulton Community Center (currently on hold due to COVID). |
| Special Dances: | ⋅ Portland Megaband Benefit Contra Dance, 2nd Saturday in March. ⋅ Portland English Country Ball, 4th Saturday weekend in October. ⋅ New Year’s Contra Dance. |
| Dance Weekends: | ⋅ Portland Raindance, our spring in-town dance weekend, the last weekend in April (cancelled for 2021). ⋅ Northwest Passage, our Labor Day Weekend residential Dance Camp (cancelled for 2021 due to COVID). |
| Music Jams and Classes: | ⋅ Dance Tune Sessions, 2nd Thursdays. ⋅ Informal member-led music jam sessions, Tuesdays for Contra tunes, and 4th Wednesdays for English Country Dance tunes. |
| Virtual Concerts | ⋅ Portland Live, our showcase of local musical talent, 3rd Sundays. Join us on Zoom with socializing before and after, or on our Portland Live YouTube channel. |
| PCDC Grants: | ⋅ PCDC Grants Fund – to help PCDC members attend dance and music camps and workshops. |
Please be aware of our Safe Dancing Policy.
A more complete description of PCDC can be found in the PCDC bylaws.
Financials are available by request .