(last updated March 17, 2024)
Masks required… masks required… masks required…masks required…masks required…
Emerald City Contra Dance
with the Seattle Folklore Society present
Contra dancing nearly every Friday at the
Phinney Neighborhood Center
6532 Phinney Avenue North, Seattle (98103)
in the Community Hall of the brick building, near the lower parking lot
Beginner’s workshop at 7:00 pm (or thereabouts). Dance from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm.
Admission policy:
– Sign a registration form (for contact tracing) and waiver upon entry. No exceptions.
– Bring a well-fitting mask with no exhaust vent. No exceptions.
We still recommend that you keep up-to-date with vaccinations. We may re-instate vaccination requirements at a later date, if COVID conditions change.
If you have attended another dance, you’ll still need register at this dance as well.
Admission prices (cash, check or Venmo only):
– Sliding scale $10-$20.
– Students $5 with a school ID.
– Free for people under the age of 16.
Admission limited to 125 people. This total includes paying & non-paying dancers, musicians, callers, children, and adults acting like children. (In short, everyone.)
First time contra dancers get a coupon for free admission to their next dance.
Coupon redemption limited to first five coupons on any single night.
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Please help the PNA achieve their sustainability goals. Consider carpooling, walking, biking, or riding the bus to the dance. If you drive, please park in the PNA parking lots.
All dances taught. No partner necessary.
Light, comfortable clothing recommended.
Please join us without perfumes, colognes, aftershave, scented lotions, etc.
More information for dancers.
Information for bands and callers.
Past caller set lists.
Bands and callers: we’ll have an online booking form available soon.
For information not already posted here: 206-440-9839 or emeraldcitycontra@pobox.com
Enough of the suggestions, disclaimers, and notifications. Here is what you really want to know…
Schedule of bands and callers:
Callers will use the terms “larks” and “robins” for dance roles.
- March 22 Red Crow is Susan Burke on fiddle, Howie Meltzer on fiddle, Brad Reynolds on piano and accordion, and Joe Micheals on guitar and bass. Dance to some of your favorite dance tunes and some less-popular-but-equally-fun tunes covering a spectrum of styles. Isaac Banner calls.
- March 29 SonoOnos: Sono Hashisaki (fiddle), Olga Hauptmann, (fiddle), Laurie Andres (accordion), & Jay Finkelstein (guitar). Kelly Tabor calls.
- April 5 Soundspel – Yes, it’s just one “L”, they’re saving the other one for Lovely dancing. That’s Vienna Scheyer on fiddle, Elise Snoey on fiddle, and Patrick Gunning on guitar. Jesse Partridge calls.
- April 12 Blue Star is Mike Richardson (fiddle), Dave Hamlin (mandolin) Marcy Kubbs (piano), Gordy Euler (fiddle), Will Brown (guitar), and Melissa Coffey (penny whistle, aerophone/spaceship, fiddle).
- April 19 River Road: Kristen Planeaux – piano, accordion, flute; Sarah-Hadley Yakir – fiddle; Jesse Ball – guitar, mandolin, feet. Annie Kidwell calls.
- April 26 Dave Bartley & friends.
- May 3 Natterjack is Hayden Stern on fiddle, Ezra Jane Landsman on guitar, and Alex Sturbaum on accordion, bouzouki, and percussion. Susan Petrick calls.
- May 10 One Dollar Whiskey – Brian Lindsay and Penka Jane Culevski (fiddle), and Alex Sturbaum (guitar). David Kreiss-Tomkins calls.
- May 17 Nimbus – Cedar Stanistreet (fiddle), Brian Lindsay (fiddle & banjo), Alex Sturbaum (guitar). Susan Michaels calls.
- May 24 * * No dance here * * Go to Northwest Folklife instead.
COVID cases from previous dances
- March 1 & 8 – no reported cases.
- February 9, 16, & 23 – no reported cases.
- February 2 – no dance.
- January 5, 12, 19, & 26 – no reported cases.
- December 29 – one case reported on January 3. We notified all attendees on January 3.
- December 8, 15, & 22 – no reported cases
- December 1 – no dance.
- November 3, 10, 17, & 24 – no reported cases.
- COVID cases from earlier dances
As always, we suggest you check Public Health – Seattle & King County for more information about COVID. For information about community-level transmission in King County, check here.