English Country Dance for Experienced Dancers

The 2nd Sunday English Dance for Experienced Dancers is an opportunity to dance to the music of Fine Companions (and friends), suggested donation $10-20 sliding scale, dance shoes required, no street shoes permitted beyond the entrance. Sep 13 (Sun): David Macemon with Erica Liebert, Meg Tapley, JP Douglas Oct 11: caller TBD with musicians TBD Nov 8: *****CANCELED for English Country Dance Weekend***** Dec 13: caller TBD with musicians TBD The dances will be a balance of familiar dances and unfamiliar dances. The callers will encourage dancers to incorporate style points such as quality of movement, timing, transitions and dancing with the music. We ask that dancers be comfortable dancing standard English Dance figures including: - Heys in various orientations - Regular and Double figure eights - Triple minor progressions - Dancing with couples outside of your group of 4 - Straight and draw poussettes. Mask Policy: All regular Contra and English dances will be mask-optional. COVID Policy: PCDC no longer requires proof of vaccination, but we continue to encourage everyone to be vaccinated. While currently available COVID-19 vaccines no longer do much to prevent transmission, they continue to be effective for protecting oneself from more serious illness.