Welcome Contra Dancers!
Each month a different caller and band entertain the assembled
dancers who have escaped to this rustic hideaway
for an evening of fun and exercise. We welcome new dancers, families,
children, singles, couples. The tradition is to
change partners for each dance, and no one is left out.
For beginners and older dancers rusty on contra dancing,
we offer a simple teaching period at 7:30, a half-hour ahead
of the regular dance start time.
There are two short intermission periods, at 9pm and 10pm.
The dance runs 8-11pm. There is also a potluck supper
at 6:30 for anyone who would like to have an evening meal before the
dancing begins. In congenial weather, the meal
may be served outdoors under the trees.
Saturday, February 6, 2010:
Caller:
Ric Goldman
Welcome Ric, new to Canyon!
Ric is a caller and teacher of contras, English Country dance,
Morris, Irish set dance and International Folk Dance.
He is also a dance choreographer. His home is in Palo Alto.
Band:
"Uncle Dave", featuring Kathrine Gardner,
fiddle;
Dave Courchaine, guitar; and David Brown on too many
instruments to list.
Time
& place: Canyon School, 8-11pm; potluck
6:30, beginner teach
7:30. Suggested
donation $7 adult, child free with adult/parent. Student $5 or pay as you
can. Half admission fee goes to the school, half to the performers.
Canyon Community is about halfway between Moraga and the Montclair
District
of Oakland, on Pinehurst Road. Watch for the School Crossing signs and
park in the spaces near the entrance, alongside the fenced
schoolyard
or in a convenient space off the road. You may wish to bring
a flashlight
because the road is unlighted. See map here.
(Pinehurst Road follows the route of the former Sacramento Northern Railway. The Sacramento Northern was an electric interurban trolley line from the Bay Area to Sacramento and continuing to Oroville and Chico. Passenger service on this line ended in 1941, while freight service continued until 1956.--Yorkman Lowe.)
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