Calendar
Events in August 2023
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PCDC 2nd Saturday Contra: Coriolis w/Ric Goldman - MASKS OPTIONAL!
PCDC 2nd Saturday Contra: Coriolis w/Ric Goldman - MASKS OPTIONAL!
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Sat Aug 12, 2023
Our Saturday night series at Fulton Hall continues! Three experienced local musicians in Coriolis will make music for us, with Dave Hamlin on mandolin, Victor Fiore on fiddle, and Jon Neff on Guitar and possibly bass. Ric Goldman will use gender-neutral terms. All folks must be vaxxed and boosted. MASKS OPTIONAL THIS EVENING!If you have not been to a PCDC event since 2020, you can help expedite the entry process by filling out our contact tracing form!7:00 pm newcomer/refresher lesson7:30 pm dancing starts10:30 dancing endsSome dancers head to a pub for "afters" -- all are welcome! -
PCDC PDX Contra Committee meeting
PCDC PDX Contra Committee meeting
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Mon Aug 14, 2023The 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 4th Saturday Contra: Corwin Zekley & Grace Fellows [Bellingham] w/Suzanne Girardot [Seattle] - MASKS OPTIONAL THIS EVENING!
PCDC 4th Saturday Contra: Corwin Zekley & Grace Fellows [Bellingham] w/Suzanne Girardot [Seattle] - MASKS OPTIONAL THIS EVENING!
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Sat Aug 26, 2023
Our Saturday night series at Fulton Hall continues! Corwin Zekley (fiddle) and Grace Fellows (piano) will come all the way down from Bellingham to play for our dancing please. Seattle caller Suzanne Girardot will use gender-neutral terms. All folks must be vaxxed and boosted. MASKS OPTIONAL THIS EVENING!If you have not been to a PCDC event since 2020, you can help expedite the entry process by filling out our contact tracing form!7:00 pm newcomer/refresher lesson7:30 pm dancing starts10:30 dancing endsSome dancers head to a pub for "afters" -- all are welcome! -
House Concert put on by Goldcrest: Dave Wiesler, Daron Douglas & Paul Oorts
House Concert put on by Goldcrest: Dave Wiesler, Daron Douglas & Paul Oorts
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Thu Aug 31, 2023Three seasoned musicians of national reputation and steeped in the folk dance traditions of Appalachia, New England, and the British Isles come together to form the band Goldcrest. Named for a British songbird with close relatives in the Americas, Goldcrest features fiddler Daron Douglas, pianist Dave Wiesler, and multi-instrumentalist Paul Oorts in a trio producing country dance music of exceptional quality and unsurpassed variety.
WHAT: House Concert put on by Goldcrest: Dave Wiesler, Daron Douglas & Paul Oorts
WHEN: Thursday August 31st 2023 Concert at 7:30pm
WHERE: a private home NE Portland
Suggested donation $15-20 bring $ They will have CD’s for sale!
DESCRIPTION: What happens when you set an English Country Dance band loose to do a house concert? In the case of Goldcrest, it’s French
songs, English ballads, and extended versions of Dave’s dance tune compositions. From a jam in the back of a dance tour bus in Scotland, through a round robin tune composition project at camp, to the firefly event when we recorded during the pandemic, we are pleased to present an evening of music and “meet the band.”
Join us for “Goldcrest: the mysterious workings of an English country Dance bandRSVP: To reserve a seat the address contact Isabelle imzifcak@gmail.com
COVID-related notes:
To protect the health of our beloved traveling musicians (with COVID exposure in mind),
Attendance will be limited to 35 guests
Masks optional but because we will be indoors in close quarters. Windows will be OPEN.