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)