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Contra and English Dances

Admission Prices

Regular PCDC dances

All English dances and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Saturday contra dances	$9 - Non-memnbers $7 - Members $6 - Students and Seniors $1 off on contra dances before 7:30
PCDC Family Dance	$6 per adult, $5 per child, $20 maximum per family

Other Portland-area Contra Dances

1st Wednesday Joyride Dance	$7, $6 students
1st Saturday Cats & Dogs Dance	$8, $6 seniors and students, $1 off before 7:30
2nd Friday Dance in the Couve	$7, $5 students and children under 12
3rd Saturday Contra Dance	$8, $6 seniors and students

Dance Times

Unless otherwise listed, English dances are 7:30-10:30pm; Contra dances are 8-11pm with a beginner lesson at 7:30pm.

May	Event	Caller	Music
18 (Fri)	PCDC English Country Dance at BWT	Nan Evans	George Penk, Erik Weberg and Sue Songer
19 (Sat)	Portland Third Saturday Contra at FCC	Eric Curl	The BFD (Besty Branch, Fran Slefer and Dan Compton)
25 (Fri)	PCDC English Country Dance at BWT	Cynthia Stenger	Jon Neff, Sean Nolan and Lanny Martin
26 (Sat)	No contra dance at Fulton this week due to Folklife.

June	Event	Caller	Music
1 (Fri)	PCDC English Country Dance at BWT	Erik Weberg	Open band with Jon Neff and Lanny Martin
2 (Sat)	Cats & Dogs Contra Dance at FCC	Rich Goss	Calico
6 (We)	1st Wednesday Contra Dance at PH 7:30-10pm; no lesson.	David Kaynor	Joyride
8 (Fri)	PCDC English Country Dance at BWT	Brooke Friendly	Erik Weberg, Fred Nussbaum and Sue Songer
8 (Fri)	Contra in the Couve at HDG	Sherry Nevins	The Steeltones
9 (Sat)	Dusk-til-Done Contra Dance at NH $12; $10 Members; $8 Stdnts/Snrs	Erik Weberg Woody Lane	Riffraff (Lindon Toney, Jay Finkelstein, Evo Toney) The Nettles (Laura Brophy, Kevin Johnsrude, Michael Proctor, John Light and Doug Narry)
15 (Fri)	PCDC English Country Dance at BWT	Mary Devlin	Syd Newell, Sue Gray, Jon Neff and Carl Thor
16 (Sat)	Portland Third Saturday Contra at FCC	Mary Devlin	The BFD (Betsy Branch, Fran Slefer and Dan Compton)
22 (Fri)	PCDC English Country Dance at BWT	Nan Evans	Lori Shaffer, Sarah Goss, Alan Rutherford, and Sue Songer
23 (Sat)	PCDC Contra Dance at FCC	Rich Goss	Gordy Euler, Lanny Martin and Sue Songer
29 (Fri)	PCDC English Country Dance at BWT	Cynthia Stenger	Sean Nolan, Fred Nussbaum, Heather Pinney and Marjorie Millner
30 (Sat)	PCDC Techno Contra Dance at FCC $12; $10 Members; $8 Stdnts/Snrs	Susie Kendig	Firecloud (Julie Vallimont and Andy Reiner)

Venues

BWT	Burlingame Water Tower Dance Hall English country dancing every Friday evening 7:30–10:30 pm	8936 SW 17th, Portland, OR 97219 (map) From the North, head South on I-5. Take the Barbur Blvd. exit, Number 296A, and turn right. Turn right onto SW Spring Garden Street. Turn right onto 17th Avenue and look for the dance hall near the top of the hill. From the South, head North on I-5. Take the Taylors Ferry exit, number 295, and keep left at the fork in the ramp. Merge onto Taylors Ferry, turn left on 17th Avenue and look for the dance hall near the top of the hill. No street shoes permitted on the dance floor.
FCC	Fulton Community Center Contra dancing every Saturday evening Beginner's session 7:30–8:00pm Dance 8:00–11:00pm	68 SW Miles Street, Portland, OR 97219 (map) Off of Barbur, at the traffic light just East of Terwilliger Must wear shoes in this venue
HDG	Hazel Dell Grange	7509 Northeast Hazel Dell Avenue, Vancouver, WA (map)
PH	Polish Hall Contra dancing on the First Wednesday 7:30–10 pm	3916 N Interstate Ave, Portland OR (map)