This calendar shows local and PCDC affiliated events. To see more (and to be able to filter by type of events) go to our extended regional calendar.
Wed Apr 2, 2025
Joyride's First Wednesday contra dance with caller Susan Petrick
Here's a current flier for this event.
Please see the Joyride web site for details about this event:
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Thu Apr 3, 2025
The Salem Folklore Community continues their First Thursdays Contra Dance series in 2023. They will hold their next dance from 6:30 to 9:00 at the VFW Hall (630 Hood St. NE). Masks and vaccinations recommended, but not required. They hope to create a welcoming atmosphere for both new and experienced dancers, with circles, squares, and contras designed to foster success and fun for all.
Admission is on a sliding scale, $5-10 per person, cash only at the door.
Newcomer session at 6 pm
Dancing 6:30-9:00 pm
For more info contact salemfolklore@gmail.com of check out the Salem Folklore Facebook page.
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Sat Apr 5, 2025
Band: The Stage Crew
Caller: Eric Curl, Olympia (robins and larks)
7:00 - !10:30 pm. Newcomers' session at 7:00; dance starts at 7:30
$6 - $20 Sliding scale admission
All are welcome. No partner or experience is required. Enjoy healthy activity to live fiddle music with friendly people. Fragrance free, please.
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Mon Apr 7, 2025
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
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Thu Apr 10, 2025
Leader: TBA
Location: TBA (email sharonjeanallen@yahoo.com)
No cost to participants! All instruments, all levels welcome!
Once per quarter we'll gather for a community jam session. Tunes will be played by ear from the common contra dance repertoire. For recordings of tunes taught at past 2nd Thursday Tune Teaching sessions, see:
If you are interested in learning more tunes by ear, the Contra Tune Teaching Sessions are FREE and meet the 2nd Thursday of the month. Tunes are taught by George Penk or Betsy Branch, alternating between SW and SE Portland. The focus is on developing a common repertoire to play by ear at jams and at 5th Saturday Open Band contra dances. The repeated monthly schedule is:
||: George | Betsy | jam :||
For more information and to get on the email announcement list:
sharonjeanallen@yahoo.com
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Fri Apr 11, 2025
Band: Coriolis. Caller: Shell Stowell. Lesson 7 pm, Dance 7:30-10.
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Sat Apr 12, 2025
Our Saturday night series at Fulton Hall continues! The Hat Band will play for our dancing pleasure. The band features Syd Newell (fiddle), Jon Neff (guitars), and Meg Tapley. Gordy Euler will call dances using gender-neutral terms.
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!
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Mon Apr 14, 2025
PCDC sponsors an ECD slow jam on the 2nd and 4th 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 ECD jam plays tunes from the Barnes Collection. If you don’t have the books, we’re happy to share. Come make music with us!!
Questions: Email Kathy Story, PCDC President
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Sat Apr 19, 2025
Our Saturday night series at Fulton Hall continues! Countercurrent Plus (Alex Sturbaum, Brian Lindsay, and friends) will head down from Olympia to play for our dancing pleasure. Victoria Fox will have her Fulton debut, and call using gender-neutral terms.
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!
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Sun Apr 20, 2025
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Mon Apr 21, 2025
PCDC sponsors a contra slow jam on the 1st and 3rd Mondays 7pm-9pm 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
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Fri Apr 25, 2025
Dance Anylists are releasing predictions of blowout growth in the raindancing sector of the contra market. Some new Morningstar research on margins points to an all-time high for dance ROI expected in the fourth weekend of April. Irrational exuberance is likely to cause contra dancing to be trading at a 78% premium. It has the potential to infect the whole dance floor.
Strategists are advising that Portland Raindance is uniqly positioned to maximize the personal exhilaration of all who add Raindance to their portfolio. Big moves are expected and the volatility will be high.
If you are disappointed in your investments in pork bellies and potash, you would do well to rebalance your basis and put both feet into Portland Raindance. It is trading today at a very reasonable price to earnings ratio. Your benefits will have you sitting pretty for the rest of the year.
Registration for this rave is now open and going fast. Your favorite partners will be there and looking to dance with you.
Cost is $185; and for dancers 30 and under 35, $100. Register on-line and pay by check, PayPal, or credit card.
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Sat Apr 26, 2025
Dance Anylists are releasing predictions of blowout growth in the raindancing sector of the contra market. Some new Morningstar research on margins points to an all-time high for dance ROI expected in the fourth weekend of April. Irrational exuberance is likely to cause contra dancing to be trading at a 78% premium. It has the potential to infect the whole dance floor.
Strategists are advising that Portland Raindance is uniqly positioned to maximize the personal exhilaration of all who add Raindance to their portfolio. Big moves are expected and the volatility will be high.
If you are disappointed in your investments in pork bellies and potash, you would do well to rebalance your basis and put both feet into Portland Raindance. It is trading today at a very reasonable price to earnings ratio. Your benefits will have you sitting pretty for the rest of the year.
Registration for this rave is now open and going fast. Your favorite partners will be there and looking to dance with you.
Cost is $185; and for dancers 30 and under 35, $100. Register on-line and pay by check, PayPal, or credit card.
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Sun Apr 27, 2025
Dance Anylists are releasing predictions of blowout growth in the raindancing sector of the contra market. Some new Morningstar research on margins points to an all-time high for dance ROI expected in the fourth weekend of April. Irrational exuberance is likely to cause contra dancing to be trading at a 78% premium. It has the potential to infect the whole dance floor.
Strategists are advising that Portland Raindance is uniqly positioned to maximize the personal exhilaration of all who add Raindance to their portfolio. Big moves are expected and the volatility will be high.
If you are disappointed in your investments in pork bellies and potash, you would do well to rebalance your basis and put both feet into Portland Raindance. It is trading today at a very reasonable price to earnings ratio. Your benefits will have you sitting pretty for the rest of the year.
Registration for this rave is now open and going fast. Your favorite partners will be there and looking to dance with you.
Cost is $185; and for dancers 30 and under 35, $100. Register on-line and pay by check, PayPal, or credit card.
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Sun Apr 27, 2025
On SUNDAY, as part of Portland Raindance, national touring bands Riptide and Red Case Band will make music for our dancing pleasure. National callers Will Mentor and Gaye Fifer will use gender-neutral terms.
7:00 pm newcomer/refresher lesson
7:15 pm dancing starts
10:30 dancing ends
Some dancers head to a pub for "afters" -- all are welcome!
$15 - $25 Admission ~ Pay what you can.
(Free for Raindance participants)
Covid protocols: Though not required, masks and up-to-date vaccinations are recommended to help keep our community healthy. We continue to monitor potential exposures at PCDC events and adjust policies as needed. Refer to the PCDC Covid policy for details.
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Mon Apr 28, 2025
PCDC sponsors an ECD slow jam on the 2nd and 4th 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 ECD jam plays tunes from the Barnes Collection. If you don’t have the books, we’re happy to share. Come make music with us!!
Questions: Email Kathy Story, PCDC President