Port Angeles

Contra Dance

 

2020 Contra Dance
Black Diamond Schedule

1/4/2020
Kate Powers and David Rivers
Lindsey Dono calling

2/1/2020
David Rivers and Kate Powers
Susan Michaels calling

3/7/2020
Ground Lift
Michael Karcher calling

4/4/2020
Heliotrope
Gwen Rouseau calling

5/2/2020
Dave Bartley and Anita
Greg Frock calling

6/6/2020
Kate Powers and David Rivers
Susan Michaels calling

Dances held at

Black Diamond
Community Hall

1942 Black Diamond Rd.,
Port Angeles, WA 98363

1st Saturday of every month

Free Lesson begins at 7pm,
Dance 7:30-10:30pm

Suggested Donation
Adults $8, 12-18 $4, 0-11 Free

Upcoming and Past Events

Canceling Contra Dance March 7th, 2020

We have decided with news of local cases of COVID-19 in the neighboring counties to cancel the dance in order to help keep our community safe and healthy. We are so sad to miss you all. We will continue to keep the community’s safety in mind in the coming months and let you know what has beed decided. Stay tuned, stay safe, stay clean, love hard, have fun. 

Michael Karcher

calling to

Ground Lift

Michael Karcher hails from Seattle and has been having the time of his life calling around the Pacific Northwest over the last few years – including calling at the infamous Northwest Folklife Festival and other contra camps. When wasn’t isn’t calling, he was pursuing a PhD in statistics at the University of Washington and dancing in and around Seattle.

 

 

Ground Lift is genre-bending project from Chistopher Jacoby and Brian Lindsay, featuring live electronic music and wild fiddling. The goal of this project is to create electronic and pop music for contra dances, and still capture the seamless fluency of dancers, caller, and musicians that we experience at a dance with acoustic instruments. This is not remixed top-40 pop songs, nor is it simply fiddle tunes with a heavy beat underneath. Blending new compositions and arrangements (sometimes using tunes that already exist) Ground Lift crafts sets that support the structure and flow of a contra dance, and bring along a whole bag of juicy synth sounds and beats to make it a party.

With a wealth of experience as dance musicians, Brian and Christopher are equally comfortable playing acoustic sets for contra and English Country dances. For those dances, the band will feature Christopher’s creative guitar accompaniment and a bevy of tunes from Brian’s 5-string fiddle.

Contra Dance February 1st 2020

Susan Michaels

calling to

David Rivers and Kate Powers

 

Susan Michaels has been calling squares, contras, and family dances for more then 30 years, building community, facilitating joy, and just plain having fun.  Susan believes it is in calling in life to teach people how to hold hands in a circle and move to music.  She loves all kinds of choreography… but specializes in dance with drive and flow that hold on to the roots of barn dancing but take off in new directions.  Susan brings  her special brand of dry quirky humor with her to every dance event and has a unique gift for making newcomers, 2 left-footers, and shy persons blossom through dance.
 
 

Kate Powers was first introduced to the violin through a scholarship from the Washington Old-Time Fiddlers in 2010. Some of her most recent paths include becoming part of the PC College Jazz Ensemble. Kate enjoys composing and writes much of the music she plays. She teaches herself fiddle and also takes Classical lessons with Ronald Patterson in Seattle. 
David Rivers has been playing guitar with Kate at our dance for several years. He studied at Berkeley School of Music and developed stunning guitar skills to keep dancers’ feet moving with joy.

Other Contra Dance Groups

Port Townsend Contra Dance: Every 3rd Saturday

Victoria BC: 2nd and 4th Saturday

Olympia: 2nd and 4th Saturday

Bellingham: 1st, 3rd, 5th Saturday

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