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SUMMARY:Contra Dance: Old Growth Graveyard + Morna Leonard
DESCRIPTION:CALLING:  Robins and Larks. \nTime: 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm \nBeginner lesson: 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm \nLocation: Fairhaven Library Auditorium (enter through side door). 1117 12th St.\, Fairhaven \nEntry: $12-$15; $8 students (by donation) \nBand: Longtime partners in crime\, Ryan McKasson and Colin Cotter have had a creative collaboration spanning many years\, bands\, gigs\, productions\, late nights\, adventures\, and more. The two met over 20 years ago at Alasdair Fraser’s Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School (where they are both now faculty members)\, and they have since traveled all over the country making music together and sharing a creative spark. “Old Growth Graveyard” is the most recent distillation of their artistic partnership. \nCaller: Striking right to dancing marrow and into our wee dancing hearts\, it’s our local caller from Bow\, WA — Morna Leonard.
URL:https://bellinghamcountrydance.org/event/contra-dance-ryan-mckasson-and-colin-cotter-morna-leonard/
LOCATION:Fairhaven Library\, 1117 12th St\, Bellingham\, WA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Potluck & Square Dance: Sparklebrite Dance Band + Devin Champlin
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our April potluck and square dance! Don’t know how to do-si-do or allemande left? No problem! No experience or partner necessary. All dances will be taught by the caller. \nIf joining for the potluck\, please bring a dish to share (if you can) and a label with ingredients for people with dietary restrictions. If you don’t have time\, don’t worry! Join us for a delicious meal anyhow. This is a non-alcoholic\, all ages event. \nPotluck: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Eat\, chat\, and make friends! \nDance: 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm. Dance\, laugh\, and cry tears of joy! \nLocation: CTK Downtown\, 1419 N Forest St\, Bellingham\, WA 98225 \nEntry: $12–15; $8 students (by donation) \nBand: Sparklebrite Dance Band is a never-before-heard PNW old-time quartet featuring Kate Lichtenstein on fiddle\, Matt Sircely on bass\, Stuart Illson on banjo\, and Andy Rick on guitar. \nCaller: Devin Champlin is a Bellingham-based musician and artist who makes up songs for singing with his band\, likes to play old fiddle music on a variety of instruments\, and can occasionally be found calling at square dances. He first learned to call by playing in the band at many-a-dance and eventually absorbed enough of the moves and patter to be able to call a few dances on his own. He likes to keep things light and fun while still honoring tradition and the legacy of his mentors. \nDevin Champlin
URL:https://bellinghamcountrydance.org/event/potluck-square-dance-sparklebrite-dance-band-devin-champlin/
CATEGORIES:Square Dance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T220000
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SUMMARY:Contra Dance: PSA Triplicity + Katie Pinter
DESCRIPTION:CALLING:  Robins and Larks. \nTime: 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm \nBeginner lesson: 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm \nLocation: Fairhaven Library Auditorium (enter through side door). 1117 12th St.\, Fairhaven \nBand: PSA Triplicity features Paul Englesberg\, Sky Leuba\, and Alex Schneider from Bellingham \nCaller: Vancouver’s newest youngest caller\, Katie Pinter. As hearty as a pinto bean\, she’ll be serving up a fine selection of down home dances. Furthermore\, with the grace of a painter\, Ms. Pinter will punctually pin herself to all our dancing hearts into perpetuity. \nEntry: $12 – $15; $8 students (by donation) \n\n  \nKatie Pinter
URL:https://bellinghamcountrydance.org/event/contra-dance-paulskyalex-katie-pinter/
LOCATION:Fairhaven Library\, 1117 12th St\, Bellingham\, WA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260509T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260509T220000
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SUMMARY:Contra Dance: Blueberry Jam + Laura Mé Smith
DESCRIPTION:Calling: Ladies and Gents. \nTime: 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm \nBeginner lesson: 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm \nLocation: Fairhaven Library Auditorium (enter through side door). 1117 12th St.\, Fairhaven \nEntry: $12-$15; $8 students (by donation) \nBand: Blueberry Jam: is the passion project of Sky Leuba\, a local Bellingham musician who grew up just across the border in Langley\, BC. It features a somewhat rotating cast of musicians aiming to have a jolly good time setting the twinkling on the dew drop in the meadow of dancers and listener. The music is well established in the tradition of “Celtic” fiddle tunes\, but with a propensity for improvisation\, arrangement\, and the addition of original piano composition that speaks to Sky’s formative education in classical and jazz. \nCaller: The elegantly loquacious and learned Laura Mé Smith of Kirkland\, WA \n\nLaura Me Smith (right) with Calaskan
URL:https://bellinghamcountrydance.org/event/contra-dance-blueberry-jam-laura-me-smith/
LOCATION:Fairhaven Library\, 1117 12th St\, Bellingham\, WA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260516T180000
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SUMMARY:Potluck & Square Dance: Alder Leaf Stringband + Alex MacLeod
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our May potluck and square dance! Don’t know how to do-si-do or allemande left? No problem! No experience or partner necessary. All dances will be taught by the caller. \nIf joining for the potluck\, please bring a dish to share (if you can) and a label with ingredients for people with dietary restrictions. If you don’t have time\, don’t worry! Join us for a delicious meal anyhow. This is a non-alcoholic\, all ages event. \nPotluck: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Eat\, chat\, and make friends! \nDance: 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm. Dance\, laugh\, and cry tears of joy! \nLocation: Fairhaven Library\, 1117 12th St\, Bellingham\, WA 98225 \nEntry: $12–15; $8 students (by donation) \nAbout the band: Hailing from Bellingham the Alder Leaf Stringband includes Levi-Woolen Danner\, Stuart Illson\, Andy Rick and Jesse Stein. Favorite pastimes include tearing into the old chestnuts and long walks on the beach. \nAbout the caller: Alex MacLeod is a square dance fiddler and caller from Seattle. An early member of the Seattle Subversive Square Dance Society\, Alex has played or called for dances in barns\, on boats\, in fields and at farmer’s markets\, in kitchens and on back decks\, in taverns and in church basements\, in grange halls and every once and awhile in big ballrooms with sprung wood floors! Alex learned his early old-time fiddling from the Canote brothers string band class\, in Seattle\, then almost immediately threw himself into organizing and playing for square dances. He learned his calling from square dance communities in the Pacific Northwest\, and from national masters at events including The Festival of American Fiddle Tunes and Dare To Be Square West. Alex believes that music and dance are essential parts of communities making their own fun\, and strengthening connections along the way. Outside of old time pursuits\, you might find him out foraging\, hunting\, and hiking all over the Northwest\, building instruments in his shop\, or dutch oven cooking in a campground somewhere.
URL:https://bellinghamcountrydance.org/event/potluck-square-dance-alder-leaf-stringband-alex-macleod/
CATEGORIES:Square Dance
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SUMMARY:Waltz Evening: Raven & Goose + Judy Zeidel
DESCRIPTION:CALLING: Robins and Larks for contras / Leads and Follows for waltzes. \nJoin 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 Zeidel and Marcel Van Eerd who will be instructing throughout the evening. \nFor something completely different\, this will be an “inside out” contra evening with contras at the end of the first half and at the end of the night\, with waltzes for rest of the time! \n7:00-7:30 Basic Waltz instruction (1-2-3\, 4-5-6 / leading and following) \nAt 7:30\, we will start with a basic circle waltz mixer followed by a couples waltz. After that\, we will “walk through” a few more waltz moves and have 2 or 3 waltzes to practice. At the midpoint of the evening we will do an “intermediate-advanced contra” followed by a short break. The second half of the evening will bring more waltz moves\, including the rotating waltz steps\, and end with another intermediate-advanced contra. \nBeginner Workshop: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm \nAdvanced Workshop: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm \nDancing: 8:00 – 10:00pm \nLocation: Fairhaven Library Auditorium (enter through side door). 1117 12th St.\, Fairhaven \nBand: From the 7 winds of the world we have Raven & Goose. See below for more info. \nInstructor: From Bellingham we have Judy Zeidel instructing. \nEntry: $12-$15; $8 students (by donation) \n\n \nRaven & Goose: \nVirtuoso violinist\, Corwin Zekley was born with a fiddle in their hands and plays with an intensity yet delicacy that pulls on the heartstrings of all who hear them. Corwin has eclectic musical roots\, and enchants audiences playing anything from Celtic to Jazz to Country to Metal. Corwin studied at the Berklee College of Music\, has played thousands of concerts\, appeared on dozens of records\, and has published books and albums of their own compositions. \nGrace Fellows grew up playing traditional musics on fiddle\, and she synthesized her broad musical influences while studying at Calarts\, and doing her masters at BIMM London. She became an accomplished pianist while performing as a singer/songwriter\, and in the last years has become a powerhouse contra-pianist whose potent sense of rhythm will propel you around the dance floor. \nwebsite: https://www.corwin.us/ravenandgoose\npromo reel: https://youtu.be/Oox1iw3GKa4\nvideo from nw folklife 2025: https://youtu.be/FmTgO-ZmdIg
URL:https://bellinghamcountrydance.org/event/waltz-evening-judy-zeidel-raven-and-goose/
LOCATION:Fairhaven Library\, 1117 12th St\, Bellingham\, WA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260613T190000
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SUMMARY:*Glen Echo* Contra Dance: Open Band Orchestra + Open Calling
DESCRIPTION:CALLING: Robins and Larks. \nTime: 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm \nBeginner lesson: 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm \nLocation: 7694 Goodwin Road Everson\, WA \nBand: Open Band Orchestra! \nCaller: You! \nEntry: $12 – $15; $8 students (by donation) \n\nGlen Echo Community Center \n 
URL:https://bellinghamcountrydance.org/event/glen-echo-contra-dance-raven-goose-tbd/
LOCATION:Glen Echo Community Club\, 7694 Goodwin Road\, Everson\, WA\, United States
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