Eugene English Dance: David Macemon with Amey Herman and Ruth Anne Fraley
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Sat Oct 5, 2024
Eugene Garden Club
Calendar
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.
Events in October 2024
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PCDC 1st Monday Free Contra Slow Jam PCDC 1st Monday Free Contra Slow Jam
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Mon Oct 7, 2024PCDC 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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PCDC FREE Community Jam PCDC FREE Community Jam
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Thu Oct 10, 2024Leader: 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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PCDC 2nd Monday Free ECD Slow Jam PCDC 2nd Monday Free ECD Slow Jam
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Mon Oct 14, 2024PCDC 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 SchoolPCDC PDX Contra Committee meeting PCDC PDX Contra Committee meeting
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Mon Oct 14, 2024The 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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PCDC 3rd Monday Free Contra Slow Jam PCDC 3rd Monday Free Contra Slow Jam
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Mon Oct 21, 2024PCDC 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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PCDC 4th Monday Free ECD Slow Jam PCDC 4th Monday Free ECD Slow Jam
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Mon Oct 28, 2024PCDC 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