Calendar
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Dances run regularly through the school year, Sept through June, the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month.
Beginner’s lesson: 7:30 PM. Dancing: 8:00 PM unless listed otherwise.
Dunn School Gym 3411 Willamette Street, Eugene, OR 97405 (Google Map). (Directions).
Please bring your own water bottle to the dances at Dunn School. We do not have access to a convenient water fountain or sink.
No Partner or experience needed!
Families are Welcome!
Bring soft soled shoes that won’t mark the floor.
Cost: $6 for members, $8 general. Arrive by 7:30 PM and get $1 off admission. Students with ID get another $1 off.
Special offer for folks new to contra dancing: When you pay the admission charge at your first dance in Eugene or Corvallis, you will be offered a coupon for free admission to a regular dance evening, valid in either Eugene or Corvallis. When you redeem that coupon, you will be offered a 50% discount coupon for your next dance in either Eugene or Corvallis.
Dances run regularly through the school year, Sept through June, the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month.
Beginner’s lesson: 7:30 PM. Dancing: 8:00 PM unless listed otherwise.
Dunn School Gym 3411 Willamette Street, Eugene, OR 97405 (Google Map). (Directions).
Please bring your own water bottle to the dances at Dunn School. We do not have access to a convenient water fountain or sink.
No Partner or experience needed!
Families are Welcome!
Bring soft soled shoes that won’t mark the floor.
Cost: $6 for members, $8 general. Arrive by 7:30 PM and get $1 off admission. Students with ID get another $1 off.
Special offer for folks new to contra dancing: When you pay the admission charge at your first dance in Eugene or Corvallis, you will be offered a coupon for free admission to a regular dance evening, valid in either Eugene or Corvallis. When you redeem that coupon, you will be offered a 50% discount coupon for your next dance in either Eugene or Corvallis.
Dances run regularly through the school year, Sept through June, the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month.
Beginner’s lesson: 7:30 PM. Dancing: 8:00 PM unless listed otherwise.
Dunn School Gym 3411 Willamette Street, Eugene, OR 97405 (Google Map). (Directions).
Please bring your own water bottle to the dances at Dunn School. We do not have access to a convenient water fountain or sink.
No Partner or experience needed!
Families are Welcome!
Bring soft soled shoes that won’t mark the floor.
Cost: $6 for members, $8 general. Arrive by 7:30 PM and get $1 off admission. Students with ID get another $1 off.
Special offer for folks new to contra dancing: When you pay the admission charge at your first dance in Eugene or Corvallis, you will be offered a coupon for free admission to a regular dance evening, valid in either Eugene or Corvallis. When you redeem that coupon, you will be offered a 50% discount coupon for your next dance in either Eugene or Corvallis.
Dances run regularly through the school year, Sept through June, the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month.
Beginner’s lesson: 7:30 PM. Dancing: 8:00 PM unless listed otherwise.
Dunn School Gym 3411 Willamette Street, Eugene, OR 97405 (Google Map). (Directions).
Please bring your own water bottle to the dances at Dunn School. We do not have access to a convenient water fountain or sink.
No Partner or experience needed!
Families are Welcome!
Bring soft soled shoes that won’t mark the floor.
Cost: $6 for members, $8 general. Arrive by 7:30 PM and get $1 off admission. Students with ID get another $1 off.
Special offer for folks new to contra dancing: When you pay the admission charge at your first dance in Eugene or Corvallis, you will be offered a coupon for free admission to a regular dance evening, valid in either Eugene or Corvallis. When you redeem that coupon, you will be offered a 50% discount coupon for your next dance in either Eugene or Corvallis.
Dances run regularly through the school year, Sept through June, the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month.
Beginner’s lesson: 7:30 PM. Dancing: 8:00 PM unless listed otherwise.
Dunn School Gym 3411 Willamette Street, Eugene, OR 97405 (Google Map). (Directions).
Please bring your own water bottle to the dances at Dunn School. We do not have access to a convenient water fountain or sink.
No Partner or experience needed!
Families are Welcome!
Bring soft soled shoes that won’t mark the floor.
Cost: $6 for members, $8 general. Arrive by 7:30 PM and get $1 off admission. Students with ID get another $1 off.
Special offer for folks new to contra dancing: When you pay the admission charge at your first dance in Eugene or Corvallis, you will be offered a coupon for free admission to a regular dance evening, valid in either Eugene or Corvallis. When you redeem that coupon, you will be offered a 50% discount coupon for your next dance in either Eugene or Corvallis.
Very special dance featuring The Sevens with Steve Zakon-Anderson calling! Starts a little early; Teaching at 7:00, main dance at 7:30. Ends a little early to accommodate the folks who have to work in the morning: 10:30.
Dances run regularly through the school year, Sept through June, the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month.
Beginner’s lesson: 7:30 PM. Dancing: 8:00 PM unless listed otherwise.
Dunn School Gym 3411 Willamette Street, Eugene, OR 97405 (Google Map). (Directions).
Please bring your own water bottle to the dances at Dunn School. We do not have access to a convenient water fountain or sink.
No Partner or experience needed!
Families are Welcome!
Bring soft soled shoes that won’t mark the floor.
Cost: $6 for members, $8 general. Arrive by 7:30 PM and get $1 off admission. Students with ID get another $1 off.
Special offer for folks new to contra dancing: When you pay the admission charge at your first dance in Eugene or Corvallis, you will be offered a coupon for free admission to a regular dance evening, valid in either Eugene or Corvallis. When you redeem that coupon, you will be offered a 50% discount coupon for your next dance in either Eugene or Corvallis.
Dances run regularly through the school year, Sept through June, the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month.
Beginner’s lesson: 7:30 PM. Dancing: 8:00 PM unless listed otherwise.
Dunn School Gym 3411 Willamette Street, Eugene, OR 97405 (Google Map). (Directions).
Please bring your own water bottle to the dances at Dunn School. We do not have access to a convenient water fountain or sink.
No Partner or experience needed!
Families are Welcome!
Bring soft soled shoes that won’t mark the floor.
Cost: $6 for members, $8 general. Arrive by 7:30 PM and get $1 off admission. Students with ID get another $1 off.
Special offer for folks new to contra dancing: When you pay the admission charge at your first dance in Eugene or Corvallis, you will be offered a coupon for free admission to a regular dance evening, valid in either Eugene or Corvallis. When you redeem that coupon, you will be offered a 50% discount coupon for your next dance in either Eugene or Corvallis.
Band: Wild Asparagus
Caller: George Marshall
Wild Asparagus on Thursday night: Starts promptly at 7:30 (no teaching). Stops a bit early too, to allow working folk to get at least a little sleep. Special dance, special time, special band, and a special price to help pay for it.
Brothers Andrew and Noah Van Norstrand have played for contra dances for more than a decade. Yes, they started touring before graduating high school. They’re both “married old men” in their 20s now, but still enjoy touring with their mom, Kim Yerton, playing for dances from coast to coast. This trio visits us all the way from New York. Dancing to their music will definitely be worth your while!
Caller George Marshall returns to Eugene, bringing these fine musicians.
CFS Swing Dance
Music by Swing & a Ms, with Audrey Perkins
Come down for a swing lesson/refresher at 7:00pm and dance away to live music starting at 7:30.
MUSIC by Nor’Easter and KGB.
CALLERS: Jeremy Korr and Susan Petrick.
THEME: Alice In Wonderland; Through the Looking Glass.
Costumes welcome for Saturday night dance.
MUSIC by Notorious and The Nettles
CALLERS: Cis Hinkle and Lindsey Dono
For more information and to register go to
https://www.eugenefolklore.org/CascadeContras
Folk Unlocked: Connection, Discovery, Inspiration, is a five-day event for the entire international folk community to come together for panels, workshops, showcases, affinity and peer group meetings, exhibit spaces, networking, and mentorship. This is a year for innovation and creativity, and our goal is to create a space for community building and career development for everyone from the comfort and safety of their own home.
While the conference officially starts on Monday, 2/22, there are events on Sunday, 2/21, including meet-ups with artists such as John Gorka, Eliza Gilkyson, Cathy Fink and many others. The schedule is much too long to even summarize here, but there will be the Keynote Interview: Margaret Atwood with Anaïs Mitchell, and a session on Songs and Pursuit of Social Justice including OSU’s Bob Santelli.
For more information and to register click here or on the logo above.
Shook Twins
Oregon State University presents Shook Twins on the next installment of the College of Liberal Arts’ American Strings series on Wednesday, October 6 at 7:30pm.
Join host Bob Santelli as we kick off another great season of American Strings with a special evening, outdoors, in the Student Experience Center Plaza on the beautiful OSU main campus in Corvallis. Bob will talk with the popular Portland-based indie-folk band SHOOK TWINS about their creative process and musical lives. Shook Twins will also perform live as a trio comprised of identical twin sisters Katelyn and Laurie Shook with longtime bandmate Niko “Slice” Daoussis.
Shook Twins’ music incorporates acoustic instruments including banjo, guitar, mandolin, glockenspiel and their signature gold egg, in a unique, contemporary sound that has never really been confined to the indie-folk world in which they’ve become well-known artists. Always performing with an adventurous spirit, the sisters are never shy to incorporate beatboxing, banjo-head drumming, vocals using a repurposed telephone as a microphone, and other ambient sources within their music arrangements.
Since the release of their debut album, “You Can Have The Rest,” Shook Twins have shared the stage with artists including Laura Veirs, Mason Jennings, Sarah Jarosz, Gregory Alan Isakov, Crooked Still and many others. They’ve appeared at premiere festivals including Summer Camp Music Festival (Ill.), Arise Music Festival (Colo.), High Sierra Music Festival (Cali.), Northwest String Summit (Ore.), Revival Fest (Minn.), Suwannee Hulaween (Fla.), and have toured Germany and the U.K.
Their recently released fourth album, “Some Good Lives,” pays homage to the people who have influenced their lives and become chapters in Shook Twins’ story. Throughout the album’s 14 tracks, Katelyn and Laurie pay homage to a number of those people — from a late grandpa and godfather, to Bernie Sanders.
Hosted by Bob Santelli, OSU director of popular music and performing arts, the conversation and live performance that comprises each segment of American Strings makes for a one of a kind opportunity to learn about the creative process, the performers and the influencers behind the great American music tradition.
Seating on the plaza is free and on a first come basis. The SEC Plaza is located between the Memorial Union and the Student Experience Center on Jefferson Street. Parking in permit restricted lots is unrestricted after 5 p.m. Future performances this season will head back to the Majestic Theatre, 115 SW 2nd Street in Corvallis, and will be posted at events.oregonstate.edu.