Heather and The Rose Suttle Lake Dance Camp: Orly Krasner and The Fine Companions
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Fri May 30, 2025 – Sun Jun 1, 2025
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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 June 2025
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PCDC 1st Monday Free Contra Slow Jam PCDC 1st Monday Free Contra Slow Jam
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Mon Jun 2, 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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PCDC 2nd Monday Free ECD Slow Jam PCDC 2nd Monday Free ECD Slow Jam
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Mon Jun 9, 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
McMenamins Kennedy SchoolPCDC PDX Contra Committee meeting PCDC PDX Contra Committee meeting
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Mon Jun 9, 2025The 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 FREE Contra Tunes Taught by George Penk PCDC FREE Contra Tunes Taught by George Penk
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Thu Jun 12, 2025Time: 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:
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PCDC Board Meeting PCDC Board Meeting
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Tue Jun 17, 2025- All PCDC members are welcome
- Meeting in person and by Zoom
- Contact info@portlandcountrydance.org for the location and Zoom link
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PCDC 3rd Monday FREE Contra Slow Jam PCDC 3rd Monday FREE Contra Slow Jam
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Mon Jun 23, 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
McMenamins Kennedy SchoolPCDC 4th Monday Free ECD Slow Jam PCDC 4th Monday Free ECD Slow Jam
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Mon Jun 23, 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
McMenamins Kennedy SchoolPCDC Northwest Passage Committee Meeting PCDC Northwest Passage Committee Meeting
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Mon Jun 23, 2025The 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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PDX Quebec Jam Session PDX Quebec Jam Session
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Mon Jun 30, 2025What: An inclusive learner-friendly place to share and learn the energizing and joyful traditional dance music of Quebec and Acadia, in the Portland area. If you play or are interested in learning this kind of music, this session is for you! Step-dancers are welcome.
This jam takes place at a public venue, or at the homes of hosting members of the e-mail list on a rotating basis. If you’d like to receive invitations for this event, (or host an event), use the dedicated email address to get on the notification list. Contact: pdxqjam@gmail.com.
For Whom: folks who already play their instrument, and want to learn or share Quebec tunes. All acoustic melody and bass instruments, (violin, guitar, accordion, piano, bouzouki, flute, etc.), and experience levels are welcome.
Tunes are usually played several times through (unlike the Irish or Cape Breton sessions where tunes are only played 2-3 times), so that folks can get their fingers around new tunes and really enjoy playing the ones they know.
When and Where:
2025 Schedule:
- Fifth Mondays of the month: (March 3, June 30, September 29, and Dec. 29, 2025), from 7:00 to 9:00pm.
McMenamins Kennedy School - Community Room
5736 NE 33rd Ave., Portland Oregon. (Parking available). - August, October, November: times and places to be announced.
Resources: Some sheet music and performance links where possible, for basic and common session tunes, may be provided via the mailing list. This is to establish, and build upon, a repertoire of common Quebec session tunes for participants. Other resources:
- The Portland Collection, Vols. I, II, and III, has many Quebec tunes.
- 1000 Airs du Quebec… tune book.
- Online performances.
McMenamins Kennedy School - Fifth Mondays of the month: (March 3, June 30, September 29, and Dec. 29, 2025), from 7:00 to 9:00pm.