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Events in April 2025

  • PCDC Friday English Dance: *** Different Venue Tonight ****( David Macemon (Positional Calling) with Erik Weberg, George Penk, Heather Pinney

    PCDC Friday English Dance: *** Different Venue Tonight ****( David Macemon (Positional Calling) with Erik Weberg, George Penk, Heather Pinney

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    Fri Apr 4, 2025

    PCDC Friday Night English Dance

    Dancing starts at 7:30. 

    Newcomers are always welcome.  We waive the admission fee the first time you attend.  An introductory session is available at 7:15 upon request.

    No street shoes permitted beyond entryway.  Only clean soled shoes permitted on the dance floor.

    No partner required

    Admission:  Sliding Scale.  Pay what you can. Recommended range $7.00 - $20.00

    For more information about English Dance, please see: https://portlandcountrydance.org/english-country-dance/ 

    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.

    Questions?  Email  ecd-chair@portlandcountrydance.org

     *** Different Venue Tonight :
    Christ Church Episcopal  
     1060 Chandler Road
    Lake Oswego

    1060 Chandler Road
    Lake Oswego, Oregon 97034
    (503) 636-5618
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  • PCDC 1st Monday Free Contra Slow Jam

    PCDC 1st Monday Free Contra Slow Jam

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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

    McMenamins Kennedy School
    5736 NE 33rd Ave
    Portland, Oregon 97211
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  • PCDC FREE Community Jam Session

    PCDC FREE Community Jam Session

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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:

    PCDC Sessions (google.com)

    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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  • PCDC Friday English Dance: Brooke Friendly (Positional Calling) with Erica Liebert, Erik Weberg, Lisa Scott

    PCDC Friday English Dance: Brooke Friendly (Positional Calling) with Erica Liebert, Erik Weberg, Lisa Scott

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    Fri Apr 11, 2025

    PCDC Friday Night English Dance

    Dancing starts at 7:30. 

    Newcomers are always welcome.  We waive the admission fee the first time you attend.  An introductory session is available at 7:15 upon request.

    No street shoes permitted beyond entryway.  Only clean soled shoes permitted on the dance floor.

    No partner required

    Admission:  Sliding Scale.  Pay what you can. Recommended range $7.00 - $20.00

    For more information about English Dance, please see: https://portlandcountrydance.org/english-country-dance/ 

    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.

    Questions?  Email  ecd-chair@portlandcountrydance.org

     Location: Burlingame Water Tower Dance Hall
    8936 SW 17th Av
    Portland, Oregon 97219

    Burlingame Water Tower Dance Hall
    8936 SW 17th Av
    Portland, Oregon 97219
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  • PCDC 2nd Saturday Contra: The Hat Band w/Gordy Euler

    PCDC 2nd Saturday Contra: The Hat Band w/Gordy Euler

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    Sat Apr 12, 2025

    PCDC 2nd Saturday Contra: The Hat Band w/Gordy Euler

    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!

    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.

     

    (L’Etoile French Immersion School)
    68 SW Miles St
    Portland, Oregon 97219
    503-823-3180
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  • PCDC 2nd Sunday English Dance for experienced dancers: Brooke Friendly (Positional Calling) with Fine Companions

    PCDC 2nd Sunday English Dance for experienced dancers: Brooke Friendly (Positional Calling) with Fine Companions

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    Sun Apr 13, 2025

    The 2nd Sunday English Dance for Experienced Dancers is an opportunity to dance to the music of Fine Companions (and Friends).

    Calling: Brooke Friendly
    Music:  Fine Companions: Betsy Branch, Bill Tomczak, Erik Weberg, Lisa Scott

    The dances will be a balance of familiar dances and unfamiliar dances.

    The callers will encourage dancers to incorporate style points such as quality of movement, timing, transitions and dancing with the music.

    We ask that dancers be comfortable dancing standard English Dance figures including:
    - Heys in various orientations
    - Regular and Double figure eights
    - Triple minor progressions
    - Dancing with couples outside of your group of 4
    - Straight and draw poussettes.

    If you are not familiar with these figures we recommend that you attend the PCDC Friday Night English Dance to become comfortable with these figures before attending the 2nd Sunday English Dance for Experienced Dancers. (Note: No street shoes permitted beyond the entrance of the Renaissance School )

    For more information about English Dance, please see: https://portlandcountrydance.org/english-country-dance/ 

    Questions?  Email our ecd-chair@portlandcountrydance.org

    Admission: Sliding Scale $10 - $20.

    Location: A Renaissance School of Arts and Science Ballroom
    234 S Bancroft St
    Portland, OR 97239

    234 S Bancroft St
    Portland, Oregon 97239
    971-221-2311
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  • PCDC 2nd Monday Free ECD Slow Jam

    PCDC 2nd Monday Free ECD Slow Jam

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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 

     

     

    McMenamins Kennedy School
    5736 NE 33rd Ave
    Portland, Oregon 97211
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    PCDC PDX Contra Committee meeting

    PCDC PDX Contra Committee meeting

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    Mon Apr 14, 2025

    The Portland Contra Committee meets (usually) on 2nd Monday's to support the needs of Contra dance events and dancers.

    Meeting locations vary and may be online.  Meetings are open to all PCDC members.  If interested in attending, volunteering, or would like a Zoom link, please email contra-chair@portlandcountrydance.org.

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  • PCDC Board Meeting

    PCDC Board Meeting

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    Tue Apr 15, 2025

    • All PCDC members are welcome
    • Meeting in person and by Zoom
    • Contact info@portlandcountrydance.org for the location and Zoom link
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  • PCDC Friday English Dance: Laura Hatch (Gendered Calling) with Erica Liebert, Greta Hazilla-Dean, Amy Kwon, J.P. Douglas

    PCDC Friday English Dance: Laura Hatch (Gendered Calling) with Erica Liebert, Greta Hazilla-Dean, Amy Kwon, J.P. Douglas

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    Fri Apr 18, 2025

    PCDC Friday Night English Dance

    Dancing starts at 7:30. 

    Newcomers are always welcome.  We waive the admission fee the first time you attend.  An introductory session is available at 7:15 upon request.

    No street shoes permitted beyond entryway.  Only clean soled shoes permitted on the dance floor.

    No partner required

    Admission:  Sliding Scale.  Pay what you can. Recommended range $7.00 - $20.00

    For more information about English Dance, please see: https://portlandcountrydance.org/english-country-dance/ 

    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.

    Questions?  Email  ecd-chair@portlandcountrydance.org

     Location: Burlingame Water Tower Dance Hall
    8936 SW 17th Av
    Portland, Oregon 97219

    Burlingame Water Tower Dance Hall
    8936 SW 17th Av
    Portland, Oregon 97219
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  • 3nd Saturday Contra: Countercurrent [Olympia] Plus George Penk & Betsy Branch w/Victoria Fox [Olympia]

    3nd Saturday Contra: Countercurrent [Olympia] Plus George Penk & Betsy Branch w/Victoria Fox [Olympia]

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    Sat Apr 19, 2025

    3nd Saturday Contra: Countercurrent [Olympia] Plus George Penk & Betsy Branch w/Victoria Fox [Olympia]

    Back again for another Fantastic Frolic at Fulton, this Saturday April 19th Countercurrent (Alex Sturbaum, Brian Lindsay) will be joined by local Fiddle Hellions George Penk and Betsy Branch for an evening of excitement and (I assume) a massive rosin cloud laced with horsehair-shrapnel-particulate. 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!

    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.
    (L’Etoile French Immersion School)
    68 SW Miles St
    Portland, Oregon 97219
    503-823-3180
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  • PCDC 3rd Monday FREE Contra Slow Jam

    PCDC 3rd Monday FREE Contra Slow Jam

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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

     

    McMenamins Kennedy School
    5736 NE 33rd Ave
    Portland, Oregon 97211
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  • PCDC Friday English Dance: Cynthia Stenger (Mixed Positional and Gendered Calling) with Erica Liebert, Carl Thor, Norman Farrell, Landon Kuhn

    PCDC Friday English Dance: Cynthia Stenger (Mixed Positional and Gendered Calling) with Erica Liebert, Carl Thor, Norman Farrell, Landon Kuhn

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    Fri Apr 25, 2025

    PCDC Friday Night English Dance

    Dancing starts at 7:30. 

    Newcomers are always welcome.  We waive the admission fee the first time you attend.  An introductory session is available at 7:15 upon request.

    No street shoes permitted beyond entryway.  Only clean soled shoes permitted on the dance floor.

    No partner required

    Admission:  Sliding Scale.  Pay what you can. Recommended range $7.00 - $20.00

    For more information about English Dance, please see: https://portlandcountrydance.org/english-country-dance/ 

    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.

    Questions?  Email  ecd-chair@portlandcountrydance.org

     Location: Burlingame Water Tower Dance Hall
    8936 SW 17th Av
    Portland, Oregon 97219

    Burlingame Water Tower Dance Hall
    8936 SW 17th Av
    Portland, Oregon 97219
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    Portland Raindance at Norse Hall: Red Case Band, Riptide, Will Mentor, Gaye Fifer

    Portland Raindance at Norse Hall: Red Case Band, Riptide, Will Mentor, Gaye Fifer

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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.

    https://www.dancearama.org

    Cost is $185; and for dancers 30 and under 35, $100. Register on-line and pay by check, PayPal, or credit card.

    Raindance Flier

    111 NE 11th Av
    Portland, Oregon 97232
    503-972-3329
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  • Portland Raindance at Norse Hall: Red Case Band, Riptide, Will Mentor, Gaye Fifer

    Portland Raindance at Norse Hall: Red Case Band, Riptide, Will Mentor, Gaye Fifer

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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.

    https://www.dancearama.org

    Cost is $185; and for dancers 30 and under 35, $100. Register on-line and pay by check, PayPal, or credit card.

    Raindance Flier

    111 NE 11th Av
    Portland, Oregon 97232
    503-972-3329
    Map Norse Hall
  • Portland Raindance at Norse Hall: Red Case Band, Riptide, Will Mentor, Gaye Fifer

    Portland Raindance at Norse Hall: Red Case Band, Riptide, Will Mentor, Gaye Fifer

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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.

    https://www.dancearama.org

    Cost is $185; and for dancers 30 and under 35, $100. Register on-line and pay by check, PayPal, or credit card.

    Raindance Flier

    111 NE 11th Av
    Portland, Oregon 97232
    503-972-3329
    Map Norse Hall
    Special Fourth SUNDAY dance at Norse Hall: Red Case Band, Riptide, Will Mentor, Gaye Fifer

    Special Fourth SUNDAY dance at Norse Hall: Red Case Band, Riptide, Will Mentor, Gaye Fifer

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    Sun Apr 27, 2025

    Special Fourth SUNDAY dance at Norse Hall: Red Case Band, Riptide, Will Mentor, Gaye Fifer

    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 ter

    This special Sunday dance is OPEN TO ALL

    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!

    $15 - $30 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.

     

    111 NE 11th Av
    Portland, Oregon 97232
    503-972-3329
    Map Norse Hall
  • PCDC 4th Monday Free ECD Slow Jam

    PCDC 4th Monday Free ECD Slow Jam

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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

    McMenamins Kennedy School
    5736 NE 33rd Ave
    Portland, Oregon 97211
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    PCDC Northwest Passage Committee Meeting

    PCDC Northwest Passage Committee Meeting

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    Mon Apr 28, 2025

    The Northwest Passage Dance Camp committee meets (usually) on 4th Mondays to plan and organize our annual ECD residential camp over Labor Day weekend.

    Meeting locations vary and may be online.  Meetings are open to all PCDC members.  If interested in attending, volunteering, or would like a Zoom link, please email  chair@nwpdancecamp.org.

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