Laura Me' Smith will teach some social waltzes and some waltz variations.  No partner needed. Free workshop 6:30-7:30pm at the Fairhaven Library (side door) 1117 12 St. Bellingham

New to contra? Come learn the basics. It's free! Featuring one hour of instruction from our experienced caller Morna Leonard. Learn to swing, give weight, do-si-do, allemande, and more! You'll be dancing in no time! Put your new skills to work at at our regular evening dance right after the workshop (see calendar) Location: Fairhaven […]

Enjoy dancing? Come learn another integral aspect of the social dance scene: calling. Lead a hall of 60 people! Make commands from the helm! Or something like that. We would love to have more local callers. If you stick with it you'll even get paid gig. Ever wondered what it takes to call a dance? […]

After the zest and zeal of contra and country dancing, a waltz is just in order to cleanse the fancy footwork palate. No contra is complete without a waltz or two. But how do you do it? Come learn the basic of the three step count, partner waltzing, and group waltz dances, twirls, spins, and […]

Join us for the beginner portion of our workshop series "Flourishes and Twirls: Exploring the Country Dance Form"! Cost: $10 "The Swing" 101: Swinging and Footloose The Swing. The foundation of every good dance. We're remiss without a partner swing, let alone a neighbour swing. So how's it done? How is it not done? How […]

Join us for the advance portion of our workshop series "Flourishes and Twirls: Exploring the Country Dance Form"! Entry: F&T Workshop: $10 or $20 for whole evening Students: $8 or $15 for whole evening "The Swing" 201: Swinging and Footloose Have you been looking at those experienced dancers spinning this way and that? What's that […]

Join us for the beginner portion of our workshop series “Flourishes and Twirls: Exploring the Country Dance Form”! "Hey For Four and the Ladies Chain" 101 Hey you! Hey-For-Four, or affectionately called "Heys", are one of the most common difficult moves for beginners. Ever wanted to slow it down and practice? Now's your chance! As […]

Join us for the advance portion of our workshop series “Flourishes and Twirls: Exploring the Country Dance Form”! "Hey For Four  and the Ladies Chain" 201: Hey you! So you've done more than a few "Heys" and want to know more ways to make things interesting. Ever heard of ricochet? As well we'll cover ways […]

Join us for the beginner track our workshop series "Flourishes and Twirls: Exploring the Country Dance Form" Intro To Swinging: Basics and Common Twirls The Swing. The foundation of every good dance. We're remiss without a partner swing, let alone a neighbour swing. So how's it done? How is it not done? How is it […]

Wondering where to begin? It all starts with setting up for a dance. We'll go over all the steps for setting up for a BCDS dances. Lights, quilts, chairs, etc... Did you know you can get free entry when you help set up? As we'll review some other ways to get involved like helping out […]

Workshop: Swing and its Flourishes + Mad Robin Location: Christ the King (Norway Hall) 1419 N Forest St. Time: 6:00 - 7:00pm Day: Jan 24th Entry: $10 or $20 for workshop + dance Students: $8 or $15 for workshop + dance For this workshop there will be a beginner track and an advanced track. We'll […]

CALLING: Robins and Larks for contras / Leads and Follows for waltzes. Join us for a special evening of waltzing! Do you enjoy waltzing and wish there were more chances to do so? Have you always wanted to learn moves and turns beyond the basics? Come and have some fun and learn new things with Judy […]