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Our hall has strict capacity limits. We occasionally need to limit entry due to high attendance.

Schedule of bands and callers:

• April 11 - Group du Jour: David Cahn, accordion; Clyde Curley, fiddle; Bill Meyer, piano; Jerry Gallaher, banjo. Lindsey Dono calls.
• April 18 - The Hat Band - Syd Newell fiddle; Sue Gray fiddle; Jon Neff guitar. The Hat Band is a three-piece all-purpose string band. All three members own hats. Marlin Prowell calls.
• April 25 - JDBM – Jessica Ritts – flute, Dale Hailey – percussion, Bruce Larson – keyboard, and Matti Mero – mandolin. Music from the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Northwestern Seattle, with a few other styles added for variety. Jay Finkelstein calls.
• May 2 - The Quarks - Betsy Branch - fiddle, Terry Wergeland - piano, Bill Tomczak - clarinet and saxophone, with caller Cindy Holmes.

Take note! The PNA will close the upper parking lot that evening, so you won't find as much parking as usual.

• May 9 - BAG o' Tricks – Betsy Cooper – flute, Sande Gillette – fiddle, Dave Bartley – guitar, etc., Anita Anderson - piano. Andrea Nettleton calls.

Take more notes! The Greenwood neighborhood hosts Art Walk - The BIG One. Plan on multiple street closures, less street parking, and more pedestrians. Give yourself a little more travel time than usual, and find other travel routes.

• May 16 - Hands4 – Fran Tewksbury – whistles, Keith Moe – fiddle, Rich Goss – percussion, Carl Thor – piano.They'll play some seldom-heard traditional tunes with some newer music, and you won't get bored with the same-old, same-old contra tunes. If that isn't enough, how about some diverse instrumentation, well-crafted harmonies, and arrangements? Noah Grunsweig calls.
• May 23 - No dance at ECCD. Go to Northwest Folklife Festival at Seattle Center

Four days of dancing, music, food, friends, performers, food, crafts, etc. All of it free! (Ok, except for the food and crafts.) Check their web page for information, as well as a picture of what it is like to dance with 500 for your friends.

• May 30 - BLT Sandwich - Betsy Alexander - fiddle, Laurie Andres - accordion, Terry Wergeland - piano, and a great caller.
• June 6 - The Crabapples - Marta Lynch - fiddle Bob Silberstein - mandolin, dumbek, piano Norm Cotton - piano, fiddle Teresa Fife - bass. Jean Gorrindo calls.
• June 13 - Ratnip - Caroline McCaskey – fiddle, Howard Booster - fiddle, Alan Snyder - keyboards, Kristen Falk – percussion. Expect a repertoire of Scottish, Québécois and old-time tunes spiced up by a wee bit of Cape Breton. Susan Petrick calls.
• June 20 - Steam – Allice Boyle – fiddle, Dave Firestine - mandolin, banjo, bouzouki, Claire Jamieson Zucker – bodhran, feet percussion, Robert Rosenberg – guitar. Steam features flying fiddle & mandolin harmonies with solid foot-happy drive. They offer a diverse repertoire with slink jigs, driving reels, a knack for pouncing on the balances and flowing on the heys. Happy playing Irish, old-time, French Canadian, New England, and modern tunes, each evening is filled with variety and spice. For one of many samples of their music, check this page. Deb Comly calls.
• June 27 - The Carr Family Band – Kevin Carr – fiddle, Josie Mendelsohn – keyboards, percussion, fiddle, banjo, Molly Carr – mandolin, percussion, fiddle, Daniel Carr – guitar.
• July 4 - It's a surprise.
• July 11 - The Wisenheimers - Alan Snyder on fiddle and Dave Goldman on keyboard.
• July 18 - BAM! is Brandon Vance on fiddle, Anita Anderson on piano, and Marni Rachmiel on winds. Kelsey Anne Hartman calls.
• July 25 - Chassez - Vivian Williams - fiddle, Phil Williams - guitar, mandolin, Terry Wergeland - piano.

It's crowded!

And on a completely unrelated topic: if you leave belongings behind, we will hang on to them for a short time. We will then offer them to other dancers, and if no one wants them we will donate them to Goodwill. Fair warning.

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