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! (Sunday, 4:30-7:00 August 20th is the backup date in the event of rain.) For updated info, postponement, or any last minute changes, please RSVP to Facebook Event .
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Contact: <prairiewolfe@...>
Overlapping multi-community picnic
12:00 noon August 19th, in the same location (and reserving the space for) 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, drummers, thespians/storytellers, other participatory cultural/community groups¡ and just plain folk. There is no agenda, just come and enjoy the day with others. Costumes, croquet, drumming, Bocce, stilts, hula hoops, juggling, bubbles, face painting, marshmallow wars, and the like are encouraged. PLUS! It is cleverly timed to overlap the above announced 2:30 outdoor open-band contradance, (As with the dance, Sunday, August 20th is the backup date in the event of rain, 2:00pm.) Bring your own picnic lunch, instruments for jamming, folding table and lawn chairs, maybe a canopy, and come join the fun! For updated info, postponement, or any last minute changes, please RSVP to Facebook Event .
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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.
Facebook Event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/739633604832384/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22group%22%7D]%7D
Upcoming St. James hall dances
(all 3rd Saturdays):
October 21
Seattle¡¯s Koren Wake calls for Ground Effect: Prairie Wolfe, Claire McCague, + special friend from Bellingham Sky Leuba
Facebook Event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1228142567894493?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22extra_data%22%3A%22%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22unknown%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22group%22%7D%2C%7B%22extra_data%22%3A%22%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22your_upcoming_events_unit%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D
November 18
Maureen Collier calls for Bellingham's?Subzero Glitter Fridge: Cayley Schmid, Sam Vogt, and David Pender Lofgren
Facebook Event:
December 16
Bob Rentz calls for the Sybaritic String Band: Leith Davis, Claire McCague, Rob Mc Gregory, and Sheila Allan
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