Calendar
Events in November 2023
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Joyride 1st Wednesday Contra w/ caller William Watson
Joyride 1st Wednesday Contra w/ caller William Watson
Wed Nov 1, 2023Joyride 1st Wednesday contra dance with caller William Watson
For more information, please see our Joyride Website
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SALEM Community Dance: The Pringle Creek Band w/Laurel Thomas
SALEM Community Dance: The Pringle Creek Band w/Laurel Thomas
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Thu Nov 2, 2023The Salem Folklore Community continues their First Thursdays Community 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.
Laurel Thomas will call. The Pringle Creek Band will play.
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.
Salem VFW Hall630 Hood Street NESalem, Oregon 97301 -
PCDC Portland English Country Ball Weekend 2023
PCDC Portland English Country Ball Weekend 2023
All day
Fri Nov 3, 2023 – Sat Nov 4, 2023Portland English Country Dance Ball Weekend 2023
All the details and registration information can be found on the Ball Website: https://portlandecdball.info/
As if September 5th, PCDC is no longer verifying vaccination/booster and no longer requires a signed waiver.
Events:
Friday Night Pre-Ball Dance (Open to all)
November 3 : 7:30 - 10:30
Caller: David Macemon
Musicians: Laura Kuhlman, George Penk, Richard ScherLocation:
Oaks Park Dance Pavilion
7805 Oaks Park Way
Portland, OR 97202"Day-of Ball Workshop" (Ball Preregistration Required )
November 4: 12:00 - 2:00
Caller: Erik Weberg
Musicians: Fine Companions
Location:
Oaks Park Dance Pavilion
7805 Oaks Park Way
Portland, OR 97202The Ball (Ball Preregistration Required )
November 4: 7:00 - 11:00
Caller: Erik Weberg
Musicians: Fine CompanionsLocation:
Oaks Park Dance Pavilion
7805 Oaks Park Way
Portland, OR 972027805 SE Oaks Park WayPortland, Oregon 97202503-206-4284 -
PCDC Portland English Country Ball Weekend 2023
PCDC Portland English Country Ball Weekend 2023
All day
Fri Nov 3, 2023 – Sat Nov 4, 2023Portland English Country Dance Ball Weekend 2023
All the details and registration information can be found on the Ball Website: https://portlandecdball.info/
As if September 5th, PCDC is no longer verifying vaccination/booster and no longer requires a signed waiver.
Events:
Friday Night Pre-Ball Dance (Open to all)
November 3 : 7:30 - 10:30
Caller: David Macemon
Musicians: Laura Kuhlman, George Penk, Richard ScherLocation:
Oaks Park Dance Pavilion
7805 Oaks Park Way
Portland, OR 97202"Day-of Ball Workshop" (Ball Preregistration Required )
November 4: 12:00 - 2:00
Caller: Erik Weberg
Musicians: Fine Companions
Location:
Oaks Park Dance Pavilion
7805 Oaks Park Way
Portland, OR 97202The Ball (Ball Preregistration Required )
November 4: 7:00 - 11:00
Caller: Erik Weberg
Musicians: Fine CompanionsLocation:
Oaks Park Dance Pavilion
7805 Oaks Park Way
Portland, OR 972027805 SE Oaks Park WayPortland, Oregon 97202503-206-42841st Saturday Contra: Jesse Partridge w/ Pleasantly Frantic1st Saturday Contra: Jesse Partridge w/ Pleasantly Frantic
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Sat Nov 4, 2023
Pleasantly Frantic is: Landon Kuhn/bass, Meg Tepley/flute, Ben Blechman/fiddle, Erica Liebert/fiddle, JP Douglas/piano
Jesse Partidge (Olympia, WA) will use non-gendered role terms
Newcomers'session at 7:00; dance from 7:30 - 10:30
Admission: $6 - $20 sliding scale
Masks are optional. Proof of Covid vaccine is no longer required.
All are welcome! No partner or experience needed.
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Contra Remix: Gender-free Queer-friendly DJ'd contra dancing
Contra Remix: Gender-free Queer-friendly DJ'd contra dancing
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Sun Nov 5, 2023Contra Remix is back, with caller and DJ Noah Grunzweig!
This is a queer loving space that supports the expression, exploration, and rejection of gender & sex identities. The terms used to identify partnered positioning in our dance are Larks and Robins.
Community welcome and newcomers' lesson at 6:30; dance 7-10
Admission: $6-$20 sliding scale
Location: Norse Hall, upstairs - 111 NE 11th Ave, Portland
Covid policy: Masks required
More details at ContraRemix.com
111 NE 11th AvPortland, Oregon 97232503-972-3329 -
FREE Community Jam Session
FREE Community Jam Session
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Thu Nov 9, 2023Leaders: George Penk & Betsy Branch
Time: 7-9pm
Location: Betsy's house in SE Portland (email sharonjeanallen@yahoo.com for the address)
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 5th Saturday Open Band and at community jam sessions. The repeated monthly schedule through Spring is:
||: George | Betsy | jam :||
For more information and to get on the email announcement list:
sharonjeanallen@yahoo.com
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(MASK OPTIONAL) PCDC Friday Night English Dance: Ric Goldman Calling with Erica Liebert, Meg Tapley, JP Douglas, Jon Neff
(MASK OPTIONAL) PCDC Friday Night English Dance: Ric Goldman Calling with Erica Liebert, Meg Tapley, JP Douglas, Jon Neff
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Fri Nov 10, 2023MASK Optional Dance
Per PCDC Guidelines: Vaccinations/boosters are no longer being verified and new attendees no longer have to compete a waiver.
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 - $15.00
For more information about English Dance, please see: https://portlandcountrydance.org/english-country-dance/
If you test positive for COVID after attending a PCDC event, please email igotcovid@portlandcountrydance.org to tell us when you tested positive, what event you attended, and any symptoms you might want to mention. We will never reveal your identity.
Questions? Email our English Dance Committee Chairperson
Location: Burlingame Water Tower Dance Hall
8936 SW 17th Av
Portland, Oregon 97219Burlingame Water Tower Dance Hall8936 SW 17th AvPortland, Oregon 97219 -
PCDC 2nd Saturday Contra: The Fiddle Hellions w/William Watson
PCDC 2nd Saturday Contra: The Fiddle Hellions w/William Watson
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Sat Nov 11, 2023
Our Saturday night series at Fulton Hall continues! The Fiddle Hellions (Sue Songer, Betsy Branch, George Penk) will make music for us. William Watson will use 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
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(MASKS OPTIONAL) PCDC 2nd Sunday English Dance for experienced dancers: Fine Companions and friends
(MASKS OPTIONAL) PCDC 2nd Sunday English Dance for experienced dancers: Fine Companions and friends
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Sun Nov 12, 2023If you test positive for COVID after attending a PCDC event, please email igotcovid@portlandcountrydance.org to tell us when you tested positive, what event you attended, and any symptoms you might want to mention. We will never reveal your identity.
This is a mask optional event. Vaccinations and boosters are not required, but encouraged.
The 2nd Sunday English Dance for Experienced Dancers is an opportunity to dance to the music of Fine Companions (and Friends).
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 English Dance Committee Chairperson
Admission: Sliding Scale $10 - $15.
Location: A Renaissance School of Arts and Science Ballroom
234 S Bancroft St
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PCDC English Country Dance Committee meeting
PCDC English Country Dance Committee meeting
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Mon Nov 13, 2023The English Country Dance Committee meetings are held in odd months, on-line, from 7:00 – 9:00.
Meetings are open to all PCDC members. If interested in attending and/ or volunteering, please email ecd-chair@portlandcountrydance.org
Online - contact organizer for accessPCDC PDX Contra Committee meetingPCDC PDX Contra Committee meeting
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Mon Nov 13, 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 Special Contra: The Faux Paws w/George Marshall AT POLISH HALL
PCDC Special Contra: The Faux Paws w/George Marshall AT POLISH HALL
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Tue Nov 14, 2023We have a special event dance with talent from far-flung locations! The Faux Paws will play; George Marshall from Massachusetts will call.
"The Faux Paws are an innovative and virtuosic folk and roots dance music trio comprised of GRAMMY®-nominated saxophonist Chris Miller, Noah VanNorstrand (Great Bear, Buddy System), and Owen Morrison. Theywill lay down a driving, nonstop groove that is sure to get you moving."
AT THE POLISH HALL, 3832 N. Interstate Avenue
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.
We have a new start time for 2023: 7 pm for newcomer/refresher lesson, 7:30 pm for dancing.
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(MASK REQUIRED) PCDC Friday Night English Dance: Cynthia Stenger Calling with George Penk, Heather Pinney and Leslie Hirsch
(MASK REQUIRED) PCDC Friday Night English Dance: Cynthia Stenger Calling with George Penk, Heather Pinney and Leslie Hirsch
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Fri Nov 17, 2023MASK Required Dance
Per PCDC Guidelines: Vaccinations/boosters are no longer being verified and new attendees no longer have to compete a waiver. Well-fitting masks are required for all, except the caller and musicians when they are on the stage.
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 - $15.00
For more information about English Dance, please see: https://portlandcountrydance.org/english-country-dance/
If you test positive for COVID after attending a PCDC event, please email igotcovid@portlandcountrydance.org to tell us when you tested positive, what event you attended, and any symptoms you might want to mention. We will never reveal your identity.
Questions? Email our English Dance Committee Chairperson
Location: Burlingame Water Tower Dance Hall
8936 SW 17th Av
Portland, Oregon 97219Burlingame Water Tower Dance Hall8936 SW 17th AvPortland, Oregon 97219 -
3rd Saturday Contra: Campaign for Reel Time w/Laurel Thomas
3rd Saturday Contra: Campaign for Reel Time w/Laurel Thomas
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Sat Nov 18, 2023
Mark your calendars now for the next Saturday night dance at Fulton Hall. The Campaign for Reel Time will play (Betsy Branch, fiddle; Mark Douglass, keyboard; Bill Tomczak, clarinet, saxophone, percussion) will make wonderful music. Laurel Thomas will call, using 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 lesson7:30 pm dancing starts10:30 dancing endsSome dancers head to a pub for "afters" -- all are welcome! -
(MASK Optional) PCDC Friday Night English Dance: Mary Stevens-Zarich & Peter Zarich Calling with Campaign For Reel Time: Betsy Branch, Bill Tomczak, Mark Douglass
(MASK Optional) PCDC Friday Night English Dance: Mary Stevens-Zarich & Peter Zarich Calling with Campaign For Reel Time: Betsy Branch, Bill Tomczak, Mark Douglass
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Fri Nov 24, 2023MASK Optional Dance
Per PCDC Guidelines: Vaccinations/boosters are no longer being verified and new attendees no longer have to compete a waiver.
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 - $15.00
For more information about English Dance, please see: https://portlandcountrydance.org/english-country-dance/
If you test positive for COVID after attending a PCDC event, please email igotcovid@portlandcountrydance.org to tell us when you tested positive, what event you attended, and any symptoms you might want to mention. We will never reveal your identity.
Questions? Email our English Dance Committee Chairperson
Location: Burlingame Water Tower Dance Hall
8936 SW 17th Av
Portland, Oregon 97219Burlingame Water Tower Dance Hall8936 SW 17th AvPortland, Oregon 97219 -
PCDC 4th Saturday Contra: The Overtones [Corvallis] w/Kelly Tabor
PCDC 4th Saturday Contra: The Overtones [Corvallis] w/Kelly Tabor
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Sat Nov 25, 2023
Our Saturday night series at Fulton Hall continues! The Overtones (Shari Ame, fiddle; Bo Leyden, flute, mandolin; Evelyn Idzerda, keyboard; Tracy Daugherty, percussion; Marjorie Sandor, guitar) will head up from Corvallis to play for our dancing pleasure. Kelly Tabor will call the dances using 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 lesson7:30 pm dancing starts10:30 dancing endsSome dancers head to a pub for "afters" -- all are welcome! -
November/December PCDC Board Meeting
November/December PCDC Board Meeting
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Tue Nov 28, 2023The PCDC Board meets (usually) on the 3rd Tuesday of the month to address tactical and strategic issues facing the organization.
Meeting locations vary. Meetings are open to all PCDC members.
If interested in attending email board-chair@portlandcountrydance.org