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October 2018
Sebastopol Family Dance
Caller: Celia Ramsay Band: Rodney Miller (fiddle) and Rebecca King, piano Join us for a family dance! Fun and easy to learn for all ages. Wear costumes if you want (no scary costumes or masks please). We will have treats. Bring some to share if you can. $5/person or $10/family
Find out more »Sebastopol Community Dance
Caller: Celia Ramsey Band: Rodney Miller, fiddle and Rebecca King, piano. Halloween Dance! Costumes admired but not required. Prizes for most creative. (There is a Family Dance in the afternoon too! Check out the other event listing) Join us for an evening of Gender Neutral contra dance. No more boys/girls or ladies/gents. We use Larks (for the person on the Left), and Ravens (for the person on the right). Dance either role, though new dancers are encouraged to stay with…
Find out more »November 2018
Sebastopol English Country Dance
Caller: David Newitt
Band: The Humuhumunukunukuapua'a and Strathspey Society Band: Patti Cobb (piano, Heather MacKay (violin), Betsy St. Aubin (flute), Bruce Herbold (percussion), David Newitt (concertina)
PETALUMA CONTRA DANCE
Caller: Chuck Galt
Band: The Swinging Chickens: Rebecca King (piano), Lee Anne Welch (fiddle), Topher Gayle (guitar, mandolin, percussion)
Find out more »San Rafael Contra Dance
Caller: Warren Blier
Band: Erik Hoffman, fiddle, mandolin & many surprises; Craig Johnson, piano & accordian; Audrey Knuth, fiddle
Find out more »SANTA ROSA CONTRA DANCE
Band: In Tent City; Betsy Richards (fiddle), Seth Richards (keyboard, bass), Graham Richards (guitar), David Richards (cajon), Marilee Richards (bass)
Caller: Claire Takemori
Find out more »Sebastopol English Country Dance (Location has changed!)
Now at St. John's Episcopal in Petaluma
Caller: Graham Christian
Band: Gary Thomas (piano), Jon Berger (violin), Drina Brooke (recorder)
CDSS Dine-and-Dance Fundraiser
The three California Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS) Board members -- Craig Meltzner, John Seto (Sacramento), and Frannie Marr (LA/San Diego), along with NBCDS, are hosting this dine-and-dance fundraiser for CDSS! In between the regular ECD and a special contra dance -- from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. -- there will be a catered dinner (details to follow) with a silent auction featuring, among other items, registrations to contra dance weekends such as Fiddling Frog, Echo Summit, and Faultline Frolic! Dinner tickets cost $30 (or more if you want to contribute additional funds to CDSS). All proceeds to CDSS! Separate admission to the dances (regular dance prices) and you don't need to attend the fundraiser to come to the dances.
Find out more »Special Petaluma Contra Dance
Special contra dance featuring the Backstreet Boys (Rodney Miller/Chris Knepper/Charlie Hancock) preceded by CDSS fundraiser dinner.
Find out more »Petaluma Contra Dance
Caller: Frannie Marr Band: Backwater Boys: Chris Knepper (Mandolin), Rodney Miller (fiddle), and Charlie Hancock (keyboard) This is an extra dance for the North Bay with wonderful talent preceded by a fundraising dinner which is preceded by an ECD. We hope you’ll join us for some our all of these three events. Admission to the contra dance is $10/members; $12/non-members;$7 students, youth or pay as you can.
Find out more »Sebastopol Family Dance
Fun for all ages- easy and inclusive dancing to live music, raffle prizes, snacks, building our community, birthday celebrations. $5/person and $10/family if you want to hold your child’s birthday party at this dance email sarah@nbcds.org As this is Thanksgiving weekend we expect a multi-generational dance-bring grandparents, aunts, cousins and dance off all those extra calories! Kalia Kliban calling!
Find out more »Sebastopol Community Contra
This is the last dance in Sebastopol! Come out and join us!! Caller: Kalia Kliban Band: Swinging Chickens: Topher Gayle, Mandolin and guitar, Lee Anne Welch, fiddle, Rebecca King, Piano. Join us for an evening of Gender Neutral contra dance. No more boys/girls or ladies/gents. We use Larks (for the person on the Left), and Ravens (for the person on the right). Dance either role, though new dancers are encouraged to stay with one for the evening. Fun inclusive dance…
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