Victoria English Country Dance Society

About

The VECDS is a group of friendly people who gather once a week to dance. We dance in longways sets, circles and squares

These are "old" dances from the 18th and 19th centuries and "new" dances in the English style created in the 20th and 21st centuries

Each dance has its own music played wonderfully by our musicians, The Dancehall Players

It is easy to learn the dances and we always have a caller who will briefly teach the dance and then cue us during it as  necessary

We welcome newcomers, whether dancers or musicians.  No partner or experience is required - just a desire to dance & have fun.

Dancers, please bring indoor shoes to keep the floor from becoming overly worn. There is often a wood stove, hmm, a wood burning stove, in operation. So light layered clothing is best

Musicians wishing to sit in during the week may contact our band matriarch Ann Schau 

If you have your own copies of Barnes I & II that is a bonus, however not required. Some notice is nice as most callers distribute their program to our band leader with a bit of lead time

Finding us

We are hosted in a private venue so do not publish the location. It is in the Victoria area, Saanich, BC actually, and may prove a little difficult to navigate to the first time. Please get in touch early enough for us to respond, which we will!

We ask you arrive as fragrance or scent free as possible. It's not a large place and any whiff of chemical from various products is quickly distributed among a group of people. Even gardening (say up to ones elbows in roses!)  may prepare one to be quite pleasantly pungent in the confines of the hall. Please read the info page about this

Contact

VECDS maintains a manually/human administered e-mail notification list for local dancers. Through it one may receive notices of dance & dance music events. These usually have a focus of our group and relaying that of neighbouring groups in the region. Please see Suzanne at a dance evening or write to the Dance query or Webmaster addresses to be added. We do not use this list for other purposes and do not release it

Our English Country Ball mailing list is used solely for the purpose of announcing open registration and distributing our ball weekend application every two years. If you are on the general VECDS mailing there is no need to sign up for this one

Dancing inquiries, via e-mail at

Webmaster e-mail or often available via Skype, for a text chat (Instant Messaging) or voice call. Refresh/Reload page to confirm status

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