Joyride's 1st Wednesday contra dance with caller Kelsey Hartman
Wed Jun 4, 2025
Joyride's First Wednesday contra dance with caller Kelsey Hartman
Please see the Joyride web site for details about this event:
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Wed Jun 4, 2025
Joyride's First Wednesday contra dance with caller Kelsey Hartman
Please see the Joyride web site for details about this event:
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Thu Jun 5, 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.
The Pringle Creek Band will make music (Dennis Rothrock, Louise Rothrock, Shawn Morford, Jeff Graham), and stacy Rose will head up from Coos Bay to 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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Sat Jun 7, 2025
Band: The Stage Crew: Lori Shaffer, fiddle; Sue Songer, fiddle and piano; Lanny Martin, accordion and piano
Caller: Laurel Thomas (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: $6 - $20 Sliding scale admission
All are welcome. No partner or experience is required, dances are taught on the spot. Enjoy healthy activity to live fiddle music with friendly people. Fragrance free, please.
Sun Jun 8, 2025
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Fri Jun 13, 2025
Open band, open mic.
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Sat Jun 14, 2025
Our Saturday night series at Fulton Hall continues! The familiar local musicians of Bandwidth (Gordy Euler, Carl Thor, & Keith Moe) will play for our dancing pleasure. Rich Goss 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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Sun Jun 15, 2025
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Sat Jun 21, 2025
Saturday night dancing at Fulton Hall continues! Peter and the Wolf Tones (George Penk, Heather Pinney, Jess Shafer) will play. Shannon Horst will head down from Seattle to call using gender-neutral terms. This will be her Fulton debut; let's give her a warm welcome!
Covid precautions are suspended indefinitely! We will continue to monitor potential exposures at Portland contra 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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Sat Jun 28, 2025
Our Saturday night series at Fulton Hall continues! Northwest Stomp will play for our dancing pleasure: Thom Dudley, Eddie Butler, Katie Jane Lubiens, Nila Gardner, Rob Ripley. Laurel Thomas will 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!