Eugene English Dance: Alixe Dancer and Chuck Ryer calling to recorded music
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Sat Nov 1, 2025
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 November 2025
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Eugene English Dance: Alixe Dancer and Chuck Ryer calling to recorded music First Saturday Contra Dance with The Euphemists and caller ERic Curl First Saturday Contra Dance with The Euphemists and caller ERic Curl
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Sat Nov 1, 2025Band: The Euphemists
Caller: Eric Curl (nongendered role terms)
Location: Fulton Hall, 68 SW Miles St, Portland
Time: 7:00 - 10:30 pm. Newcomers' session at 7:00; Dance starts at 7:30
Admission: $15 per person is our break-even point; $6 - $20 Sliding scale
All are welcome. No partner or experience is required, dances are taught on the spot. Enjoy this healthy activity to live fiddle music with friendly people. Comfortable shoes recommended. Fragrance free, please.
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PCDC 1st Monday Free Contra Slow Jam PCDC 1st Monday Free Contra Slow Jam
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Mon Nov 3, 2025PCDC 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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Joyride first Wednesday contra dance with caller Eric Curl Joyride first Wednesday contra dance with caller Eric Curl
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Salem Contra Dance: Pringle Creek w/ Gordy Euler [Portland] Salem Contra Dance: Pringle Creek w/ Gordy Euler [Portland]
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Thu Nov 6, 2025![Salem Contra Dance: Pringle Creek w/ Gordy Euler [Portland]](https://portlandcountrydance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/salem-contra-1024x768.jpg)
The Salem Folklore Community continues their First Thursdays Contra Dance series in 2025. Join us 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.
Pringle Creek will make music (Dennis Rothrock, Louise Rothrock, Shawn Morford, Jeff Graham), and Gordy Euler from Portland will call with gender-neutral terms.
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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Portland English Ball Weekend Portland English Ball Weekend
All day
Fri Nov 7, 2025 – Sun Nov 9, 2025
2025 Portland English Country Dance Ball Weekend
November 7,8,9
Oaks Park Dance PavilionSaturday November 8
The Ball
Registration Required
Caller: Laura Hatch (calling using a mix of positional and gendered terms)
Musicians: Fine Companions (Bill Tomczak, Betsy Branch, Erik Weberg, Lisa Scott)
Sound Engineer: John OorthuysFriday November 7
Pre-Ball Dance
Open to everyone (admission not included in Ball registration)
Callers: Dilip Sequeira & Rachel Pusey (Calling positionally)
Musicians: Laura Kuhlman, Erica Liebert, Jenny Peterson
Sound Engineer: John OorthuysSunday November 9
Sunday Ball Brunch
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Portland English Ball Weekend Portland English Ball Weekend
All day
Fri Nov 7, 2025 – Sun Nov 9, 20252025 Portland English Country Dance Ball Weekend
November 7,8,9
Oaks Park Dance PavilionSaturday November 8
The Ball
Registration Required
Caller: Laura Hatch (calling using a mix of positional and gendered terms)
Musicians: Fine Companions (Bill Tomczak, Betsy Branch, Erik Weberg, Lisa Scott)
Sound Engineer: John OorthuysFriday November 7
Pre-Ball Dance
Open to everyone (admission not included in Ball registration)
Callers: Dilip Sequeira & Rachel Pusey (Calling positionally)
Musicians: Laura Kuhlman, Erica Liebert, Jenny Peterson
Sound Engineer: John OorthuysSunday November 9
Sunday Ball Brunch
Ball attendees only7805 SE Oaks Park WayPortland, Oregon 97202503-206-42842nd Saturday Contra: Peter and the Wolf Tones w/Laurel Thomas 2nd Saturday Contra: Peter and the Wolf Tones w/Laurel Thomas
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Sat Nov 8, 2025
Our Saturday night series at Fulton Hall continues! Peter and the Wolf Tones will play for our dancing pleasure (George Penk, fiddle; Heather Pinney, piano, fiddle; Jesse Schafer, cello, guitar). Laurel Thomas 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!Note that this evening is a "House Band" dance run by George Penk, and not a PCDC event.
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. -
Portland English Ball Weekend Portland English Ball Weekend
All day
Fri Nov 7, 2025 – Sun Nov 9, 20252025 Portland English Country Dance Ball Weekend
November 7,8,9
Oaks Park Dance PavilionSaturday November 8
The Ball
Registration Required
Caller: Laura Hatch (calling using a mix of positional and gendered terms)
Musicians: Fine Companions (Bill Tomczak, Betsy Branch, Erik Weberg, Lisa Scott)
Sound Engineer: John OorthuysFriday November 7
Pre-Ball Dance
Open to everyone (admission not included in Ball registration)
Callers: Dilip Sequeira & Rachel Pusey (Calling positionally)
Musicians: Laura Kuhlman, Erica Liebert, Jenny Peterson
Sound Engineer: John OorthuysSunday November 9
Sunday Ball Brunch
Ball attendees only7805 SE Oaks Park WayPortland, Oregon 97202503-206-4284Cancelled: PCDC 2nd Sunday English Dance Cancelled: PCDC 2nd Sunday English Dance
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Sun Nov 9, 2025The 2nd Sunday Experienced dance will be taking a break. We hope to restart this series in the Fall
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PCDC 2nd Monday Free ECD Slow Jam PCDC 2nd Monday Free ECD Slow Jam
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Mon Nov 10, 2025PCDC 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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PCDC Special TUESDAY Contra dance at POLISH HALL: CounterCurrent w/George Marshall PCDC Special TUESDAY Contra dance at POLISH HALL: CounterCurrent w/George Marshall
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Tue Nov 11, 2025
Countercurrent (from Olympia: Alex Sturbaum and Brian Lindsay) will play for our dancing pleasure. Caller George Marshall (Belchertown, Massachusetts) 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
Some dancers head to a pub for "afters" -- all are welcome!LOCATION: Polish Hall: 3832 N. Interstate AvenuePolish Hall -
PCDC ECD Committee Meeting PCDC ECD Committee Meeting
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Wed Nov 12, 2025The English Country Dance Committee meetings are held in odd months, on-line, from 6:30 – 8:00.
Meetings are open to all PCDC members. If interested in attending and/ or volunteering, please email ecd-chair@portlandcountrydance.org
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PCDC 2nd Thurs Jam Session PCDC 2nd Thurs Jam Session
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Thu Nov 13, 2025Time: 7-9pm
Location: Private residence in Portland (email sharonjeanallen@yahoo.com for the address)
Contra dance tunes jam session. All acoustic instruments, all levels welcome. (Really! No one is counting how many wrong notes get played!)
FREE! No cost to participants!
We meet the 2nd Thursday of each month to learn tunes 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 jam sessions and, for those who wish, at 5th Saturday Open Band contra dances. Every third month rather than learn new tunes, we jam on the ones we've learned plus whatever else people want to play. The repeated monthly schedule is as follows:
||: George | Betsy | jam :||
For location details and to get on the email announcement list:
sharonjeanallen@yahoo.com
For more info and an archive of tunes:
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Rose City Dance-a-Rama at Norse Hall: Wild Asparagus, The Engine Room, George Marshall, Lisa Greenleaf Rose City Dance-a-Rama at Norse Hall: Wild Asparagus, The Engine Room, George Marshall, Lisa Greenleaf
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Fri Nov 14, 2025
Why settle when you can have the very best. You deserve it. While others may get by on industrial asparagus, you are offered the special chance to partake of the all organic, Wild Asparagus. This fresh juicy treat will be available in Portland on the third weekend of November. We’ve saved you a big serving.
Bucking up the experience even more, you don't need to have training to enjoy The Engine Room. The power and smooth purring of the motor will drive you around the dance floor.
Directing your adventure and helping you to be in the right place at the right time, we have the Captain of contra calling, George Marshall.
Alongside and assisting you to glide and slide like an Olympic ice skater, will be Lisa Greenleaf, the Gold Standard of New England Callers.
Registration for this rave is now open and going fast. Your favorite partners will be there and looking to dance with you.
Cost is $195; and for dancers 30 and under 35, $125. Register on-line and pay by check, PayPal, or credit card Dancearama-2024-11-15-Flier
111 NE 11th AvPortland, Oregon 97232503-972-3329PCDC Friday English Dance: Cynthia Stenger (Gendered Calling) with Erik Weberg, Lisa Scott, Leslie Hirsch PCDC Friday English Dance: Cynthia Stenger (Gendered Calling) with Erik Weberg, Lisa Scott, Leslie Hirsch
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Fri Nov 14, 2025Dancing 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
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Rose City Dance-a-Rama at Norse Hall: Wild Asparagus, The Engine Room, George Marshall, Lisa Greenleaf Rose City Dance-a-Rama at Norse Hall: Wild Asparagus, The Engine Room, George Marshall, Lisa Greenleaf
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Sat Nov 15, 2025 Why settle when you can have the very best. You deserve it. While others may get by on industrial asparagus, you are offered the special chance to partake of the all organic, Wild Asparagus. This fresh juicy treat will be available in Portland on the third weekend of November. We’ve saved you a big serving.
Bucking up the experience even more, you don't need to have training to enjoy The Engine Room. The power and smooth purring of the motor will drive you around the dance floor.
Directing your adventure and helping you to be in the right place at the right time, we have the Captain of contra calling, George Marshall.
Alongside and assisting you to glide and slide like an Olympic ice skater, will be Lisa Greenleaf, the Gold Standard of New England Callers.
Registration for this rave is now open and going fast. Your favorite partners will be there and looking to dance with you.
Cost is $195; and for dancers 30 and under 35, $125. Register on-line and pay by check, PayPal, or credit card Dancearama-2024-11-15-Flier
111 NE 11th AvPortland, Oregon 97232503-972-3329Set to Music English Dance: Laura Hatch calling to recorded music Set to Music English Dance: Laura Hatch calling to recorded music
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Sat Nov 15, 2025
You are cordially invited to an English Country Dance party! Come enjoy a delightful evening of exciting, exuberant, and beautiful dances, both new and old. No partner or previous experience required!
Ages 13 through adult. $15 per dancer in advance, $20 at the door if any are left. Limited to 100 dancers.
Hope to see you on the dance floor!
More information is available on the Set to Music Facebook page.
Tickets on on sale a couple of weeks prior to the event. Tickets can be purchased here.
Questions? Email Laura: settomusicecd@gmail.com
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Rose City Dance-a-Rama at Norse Hall: Wild Asparagus, The Engine Room, George Marshall, Lisa Greenleaf Rose City Dance-a-Rama at Norse Hall: Wild Asparagus, The Engine Room, George Marshall, Lisa Greenleaf
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Sun Nov 16, 2025 Why settle when you can have the very best. You deserve it. While others may get by on industrial asparagus, you are offered the special chance to partake of the all organic, Wild Asparagus. This fresh juicy treat will be available in Portland on the third weekend of November. We’ve saved you a big serving.
Bucking up the experience even more, you don't need to have training to enjoy The Engine Room. The power and smooth purring of the motor will drive you around the dance floor.
Directing your adventure and helping you to be in the right place at the right time, we have the Captain of contra calling, George Marshall.
Alongside and assisting you to glide and slide like an Olympic ice skater, will be Lisa Greenleaf, the Gold Standard of New England Callers.
Registration for this rave is now open and going fast. Your favorite partners will be there and looking to dance with you.
Cost is $195; and for dancers 30 and under 35, $125. Register on-line and pay by check, PayPal, or credit card Dancearama-2024-11-15-Flier
111 NE 11th AvPortland, Oregon 97232503-972-3329SPECIAL 3rd Sunday OPEN Contra: Wild Asparagus and The Engine Room with George Marshall and Lisa Greenleaf at NORSE HALL SPECIAL 3rd Sunday OPEN Contra: Wild Asparagus and The Engine Room with George Marshall and Lisa Greenleaf at NORSE HALL
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Sun Nov 16, 2025On SUNDAY, as part of Rose City Dance-a-Rama, national touring bands Wild Asparagus and The Engine Room will make music for our dancing pleasure. National callers George Marshall and Lisa Greenleaf will use gender-neutral terms.
6:30 pm newcomer/refresher lesson
6:45 pm dancing starts
10:00 dancing ends
Some dancers head to a pub for "afters" -- all are welcome!$15 - $25 Admission ~ Pay what you can.
(Free for Dance-A-Rama 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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PCDC 3rd Monday FREE Contra Slow Jam PCDC 3rd Monday FREE Contra Slow Jam
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Mon Nov 17, 2025PCDC 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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PCDC Friday English Dance: Laura Hatch (Mixed Positional and Gendered Calling) with The Hat Band: Jon Neff, Syd Newell, Meg Tapley PCDC Friday English Dance: Laura Hatch (Mixed Positional and Gendered Calling) with The Hat Band: Jon Neff, Syd Newell, Meg Tapley
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Fri Nov 21, 2025Dancing 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
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PCDC 4th Saturday Contra: The Euphemists w/Eric Curl [Seattle] PCDC 4th Saturday Contra: The Euphemists w/Eric Curl [Seattle]
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Sat Nov 22, 2025 Our Saturday night series at Fulton Hall continues! The Euphemists will play for our dancing pleasure (Dave Goldman, keyboard; Alan Snyder, fiddle; Kaye Blesener, trombone; Greg Martin, saxophone; Stephanie Shea, saxophone). Eric Curl will head down from Seattle to call dances using gender-neutral terms.
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
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. -
Contra Remix Contra Remix
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Sun Nov 23, 2025Contra Remix is back!Keep spreading the good word to continue filling up the hall with even more of our friends and new friends we haven't met yet!Here is what you'll find on this page:1. About Us & Basic event details
2. Covid & other illness Protocols (Required)
3. Current Community Agreements
4. Support we need from you
1. About Us & Basic Event Details:
Dancing some Sunday of the month, Sept-May: Contra Remix is a queer loving, inter-generational dance series that focuses on ecstatic, joyful dance connection and asking everyone in our community to own the culture we each create. Anyone who can get down with this is welcome. Gender neutral terms are used when teaching and calling dances. No fragrances - especially mint!Location: Norse Hall - Upstairs Ballroom
Time: Intro & warm up @ 6:30. 7:00-10:00 is the main dance.
Payment Methods: Cash, Venmo, or PayPal only. No Credit Cards.
Admission: $6-20, MASK REQUIRED
Sliding scale:
2-4 dances helping cover the admission table (contact us)
$6-10 Capitalism pays you less, so you pay less.
$11-15 Will cover rent and pay performers
$16-20 balances out the unfairness of capitalism for folks who need to pay less.Pub social after: Hungry Tiger outdoor patio area in the back.2. Covid & Public health culture:- We are still orienting to long-covid coping in our personal lives, so Masks are required at our events. Wear a well-fitted (no gaps) N-95, K-N95, or surgical mask with a cloth mask cover to create a sealed fit.
- Do not attend events if you are contagious with anything or hung out with someone you know was contagious w/o masking that week. Not sure if you're contagious - Ask a nurse friend, google, or stay home.
- Let us know if you have symptoms of Covid-19, RSV, or Flu 1-3 days after an event. Then, please be extra sweet to yourself.
- Wash your hands!3. Community Agreements: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. No mint products are allowed at this dance. We are other fragrances-free as well. Entering this dance space, we ask that you agree to to the following cultural practices:1. To practice taking care of yourself to the best of your own, current capacity.
2. To practice taking care of each other - especially on the dance floor.
3. To practice consent in dancing, asking for support, resolving injury, and seeking repair.
4. To practice saying “no” and “yes” in ways that both support your well being & don’t harm others.
5. To practice being ok with screwing something up & allowing yourself and others to be imperfect - on and off the dance floor.This is a living artifact that reflects the current agreements of the organizers and active community members and is subject to negotiation - except for the no mint.4. Community Support Needed:- Spread the word! We rely on you to make sure word spreads like a double rainbow across the sky.- Door volunteers: Ya’ll know, and we’ve appreciated your support making sure Jaydra doesn't have to do all the door work alone. Noah usually gets paid as talent, but neither of us get paid to organize this shindig, so please continue to support Jaydra also getting to enjoy the evening. You can also pay for your dance by doing a door shift for 1-3 dances. Most valuable times to support are during the lesson and first half hour of dance.111 NE 11th AvPortland, Oregon 97232503-972-3329 -
PCDC 4th Monday Free ECD Slow Jam PCDC 4th Monday Free ECD Slow Jam
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Mon Nov 24, 2025PCDC 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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PCDC Friday English Dance: Ric Goldman (Positional and Gender Neutral calling) with Erica Liebert, Carl Thor, Norman Farrell, Landon Kuhn PCDC Friday English Dance: Ric Goldman (Positional and Gender Neutral calling) with Erica Liebert, Carl Thor, Norman Farrell, Landon Kuhn
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Fri Nov 28, 2025Dancing 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 97219Burlingame Water Tower Dance Hall -
PCDC 5th Saturday Contra: Open Band w/Betsy, George, and Sue and Open Mike w/Gordy Euler PCDC 5th Saturday Contra: Open Band w/Betsy, George, and Sue and Open Mike w/Gordy Euler
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Sat Nov 29, 2025 Our Saturday night Open Mike Open Band dance at Fulton Hall.
Sue Songer, Betsy Branch, and George Penk will organize the music. Please contact them in advance so that you can learn about their musical plans. Gordy Euler will lead the callers' Open Mike, using gender-neutral terms. You can contact them in advance or show up and sign up for a calling slot.
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.