Calendar

Week of Jun 16th

  • PCDC 3rd Monday Free Contra Slow Jam

    PCDC 3rd Monday Free Contra Slow Jam


    Mon Jun 17, 2024

     

    PCDC sponsors a contra slow jam on the 1st and 3rd Mondays from 7-9 PM in the community room at McMenamins Kennedy School, 5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR 97211.

    The events are free and open to all acoustic musicians, whether you play by dots or by ear.

    The contra jam plays tunes from the Portland Collection and the waltz books edited by Bill Matthiesen.

    If you don’t have the books, we’re happy to share. Come make music with us!!

    Questions:  Email Kathy Story, PCDC President

     

    McMenamins Kennedy School
    5736 NE 33rd Ave
    Portland, Oregon 97211
  • PCDC 4th Saturday Contra: Church for Dogs w/Jacqui Grennan [Los Angeles]

    PCDC 4th Saturday Contra: Church for Dogs w/Jacqui Grennan [Los Angeles]


    Sat Jun 22, 2024

    Our Saturday night series at Fulton Hall continues! Please welcome Church for Dogs in their Fulton debut, playing for our dancing pleasure. Local musicians Cameron DeWhitt (claw hammer banjo), Kate Gregory (fiddle), and Jon Roberts (piano) bring extensive and varied musical backgrounds to the stage, and have played for contras elsewhere. Jacqui Grennan will visit from Los Angeles to call dances with gender-neutral terms.

    Covid precautions are suspended indefinitely!  We will continue to monitor potential exposures at PCDC events and adjust policies as needed. Refer to the PCDC Covid policy for details.

    7:00 pm newcomer/refresher lesson
    7:30 pm dancing starts
    10:30 dancing ends
    Some dancers head to a pub for "afters" -- all are welcome!

    (L’Etoile French Immersion School)
    68 SW Miles St
    Portland, Oregon 97219
    503-823-3180