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reminder: VCD dance June 17; outdoor dance Aug. 19 with overlapping picnic; Chehalis Sep. 22-24


 

VCD dance June 17; outdoor dance Aug. 19 with overlapping picnic; Chehalis Sep. 22-24

(1) VCD dance Saturday June 17

Yes, Yes, Yes...Summer is here!?Celebrate the joy of it all with us at?the perennial Elgin Potluck and Dance.?This evening remains one of our best, year after year!?

Saturday, June 17th?at Elgin Hall, 14250 Crescent Road in south Surrey
Doors open: 6:00
Table set-up: 6:00 (VOLUNTEERS APPRECIATED!)
Potluck: as soon as tables are set up ¨C about 6:15
Dance: 7:30 - 10:30
$20; first-timers, students with ID, and after-the-break $15; children free; cash only

Featuring Vancouver's ultra-popular and perennial band, No Mean Feat. While they have yet to perform at the Orpheum or the esteemed Chan Centre, Mike Gix on the fiddle backed by Susan Stewart on the piano, Bob MacNevin on the banjo and Don Davidson on the mandolin will animate our dancing tootsies, and that¡¯s No Mean Feat!?Long-time friends of the folks in Vancouver¡¯s Country Dance community, the Feats are honoured to once again close out the season with a repertoire of old-time fiddle tunes, many of them shaped by time and travel from old shores across the seas to southern Appalachia.?
Vancouver's own Maureen Collier's heartfelt calling and community connection sets the course for a totally fun evening!

For the potluck, please bring your own utensils, make enough for 6-8, and if applicable label food (e.g. list of ingredients, or note vegan/vegetarian/meat/dairy/gluten/nuts/etc.).

Please help us by bringing soft soled shoes and a water bottle, and bring your friends!
Masks are no longer mandatory while dancing, but still recommended. Please be considerate and respectful of the choices of others, and don't attend if you are symptomatic.
Due to the still-changing COVID situation, and consequent changing BC Health regulations, please check for current information via:
?- further email announcements
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?? Please LIKE us on Facebook, and SHARE our facebook events on your own facebook account!
?- website

(2a) Outdoor open-band contradance
Saturday, August 19th, from 2:30-5:30pm, at Burnaby Central Park - lower South pond (by Pitch and Putt). Organized by Prairie Wolfe in cooperation with VCD. Free, donations appreciated! August 20th is a potential backup date in the event of rain. For updated info, postponements due to rain, or any last minute changes, please RSVP to Facebook Event .
Contact: <prairiewolfe@...>

(2b) Overlapping multi-community picnic
12:00 noon August 19th, somewhere near the above event. This free picnic-style gathering is open to contradancers, fiddle-tune jammers, English Country dancers, Morris teams, VFSS/singers, Beltaners, ceilidh/square/Scandi dancers, thespians/storytellers, other participatory cultural/community groups¡­ and just plain folk. There is no agenda, just come and enjoy the day with others. Croquet, Bocce, stilts, hula hoops, juggling, bubbles, face painting, marshmallow wars, and the like are encouraged. Also just sitting in a nook with a book. However, it is cleverly timed to overlap the above announced 2:30 outdoor open-band contradance, As with the dance, August 20th is a potential backup date for the picnic in the event of rain. Bring your own picnic lunch, instruments for jamming, table and lawn chairs, maybe a canopy, and come join the fun! For updated info, postponements due to rain, or any last minute changes, please RSVP to Facebook Event . Contact: <beavington@...>

(3) Chehalis Contra Dance Weekend
September 22-24, 2023, SULLIVAN HALL, Surrey, BC
Bands KGB and the Stringrays, callers Lisa Greenleaf and Wendy Graham.
Full weekend registrations only.
Please see the Chehalis Website for more information: https://www.vcn.bc.ca/vcountry/chehalis/#:~:text=Save%20the%20Date%20for%20next,24%2C%202023%2C%20SurrEY%2C%20BC.

(4) Upcoming fall St. James hall dances
(all Saturdays): Oct. 21, Nov. 18, Dec. 16

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