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.
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Sat Feb 1, 2025 – Sun Feb 2, 2025
Band: Contra Quartet (Olympia)
Caller: William Watson (robins and larks)
7:00 - 10:30 pm. Newcomers' session at 7:00; dance starts at 7:30
$6 - $20 Sliding scale admission
All are welcome. No partner or experience is required. Enjoy healthy activity to live fiddle music with friendly people. Fragrance free, please.
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Sat Feb 1, 2025 – Sun Feb 2, 2025
Band: Contra Quartet (Olympia)
Caller: William Watson (robins and larks)
7:00 - 10:30 pm. Newcomers' session at 7:00; dance starts at 7:30
$6 - $20 Sliding scale admission
All are welcome. No partner or experience is required. Enjoy healthy activity to live fiddle music with friendly people. Fragrance free, please.
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Mon Feb 3, 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
Wed Feb 5, 2025
Joyride First Wednesday contra dance with caller Seth Tepfer
Please see the Joyride web site for details about this event:
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Thu Feb 6, 2025
The Salem Folklore Community continues their First Thursdays Contra 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.
Admission is on a sliding scale, $5-10 per person, cash only at the door.
Music by Pringle Creek (Dennis Rothrock, Louise Rothrock, and Mark) plus guest piano player Gordy Euler [Portland]. Stacy Rose will head up from North Bend to call dances.
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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Fri Feb 7, 2025
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
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Sat Feb 8, 2025
Our Saturday night series at Fulton Hall continues! The Euphemists will bring their big, brassy sound back to the Fulton stage! Dave Goldman (keyboard), Alan Snyder (fiddle), Kaye Blesener (trombone), Greg Martin, and Stephanie Shea comprise the band. Ric Goldman will call 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 lesson
7:30 pm dancing starts
10:30 dancing ends
Some dancers head to a pub for "afters" -- all are welcome!
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Sun Feb 9, 2025
The 2nd Sunday English Dance for Experienced Dancers is an opportunity to dance to the music of Fine Companions (and Friends).
Calling: Ric Goldman
Music: Betsy Branch, Bill Tomczak, 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
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Mon Feb 10, 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
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Mon Feb 10, 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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Thu Feb 13, 2025
Time: 7-9pm (arrive in time to be tuned and ready to learn at 7:00)
Location: Private residence in SW Portland (email sharonjeanallen@yahoo.com for the address)
Contra dance tunes taught by ear. All melody instruments, all levels welcome! 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:
All day
Fri Feb 14, 2025 – Sat Feb 15, 2025
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Fri Feb 14, 2025
cancelled for weather
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Fri Feb 14, 2025
All day
Fri Feb 14, 2025 – Sat Feb 15, 2025
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Sat Feb 15, 2025
Saturday night dancing at Fulton Hall continues! Peter and the Wolf Tones (George Penk, Heather Pinney, Jess Shafer) will play. Jesse Partridge will head down from Olympia to 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!
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Sun Feb 16, 2025
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Mon Feb 17, 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
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Tue Feb 18, 2025
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Fri Feb 21, 2025
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
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Sat Feb 22, 2025
Our Saturday night series at Fulton Hall continues! The Campaign for Reel Time will play for our dancing pleasure. The band features Betsy Branch (fiddle), Mark Douglass (piano), and Bill Tomczak (guitar, sax, clarinet). 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!
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Mon Feb 24, 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
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Mon Feb 24, 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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Fri Feb 28, 2025
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
