The May Port Townsend Community Dance will take place on Saturday, May 16thth at the Quimper Grange. The Grange is located in Port Townsend’s Dundee Hill neighborhood at 1219 Corona Street. Doors open at 7:15 with dancing from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm.
The caller for May is Anne Marie Schaeffer. Hailing from Centralia, Anne Marie learned from David Kaynor and Warren Argo as she took her first steps into calling dances many years ago. Bill Martin, Frederick Park, Tony Mates, Sherry Nevins, and Larry Edelman also have been strong influences along the way. When calling dances, she pulls from her collection of lines, circles, contras, and square dances to match the energy and needs of the dancers at hand.
Port Townsend Irresistible Antiques will be pulsing out the dance tunes on May 16th! Bobbi Nikles (fiddle), Jere Canote (guitar), Jack Dwyer (banjo) and Tracy Grisman have been playing dance music and beyond for decades. We are hard pressed to have a better group of players for the last spring dance!
The Port Townsend Community Dance is inspired by traditional kitchen and barn dances and features a mixture of traditional sets, always danced to live music along with a dance caller. All experience levels are welcome; all dances are taught! Come alone, with a friend, with a partner, with the family – or with the whole village! Admission is $10! Donations to our program are always appreciated. Please bring your own personal water bottle and consider arriving on foot or by bicycle if possible! The May dance is sponsored by both the Country Song and Dance Society and the City of Port Townsend Arts Commission. This is the last dance until September! Hope to see you there.
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