Victoria
English Country Dance
Society
2018 Autumnal Dance Season
Welcome
Weekly
dancing Thursday
evenings 20 September to 06 December 2018
Live Music from The Dancehall Players!
Upcoming
and Danced schedule and programs (directly to next program)
The
Dancehall Players, our lovely house band who also perform
about
the Victoria and Vancouver
area
has a third album out
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. Not all are "Playford" as some new quirks have
been added, and olde ones found, and reinterpreted
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
We welcome newcomers, whether dancers or musicians. No
dance partner or experience is required - just a desire to have
fun
Come play with us! The 2017/2018 dance season will
sport an Open Band
evening the 4th Thursday of each month
Some event details
may intentionally not be
published so please ask at a
dance session, or by e-mail
or telephone call. Be on our local e-mail list to
receive
updates
Check Island
Dance (a web site &
e-mail list) for various forms of
Country & Folk dance in town or the Island(s)
Hear
Hear The Dancehall Players about the local
area
Dance
7 - 9 September 2018 Hands Across the Water, Victoria, BC -- a workshop weekend
Trevor Monson (UK) leads. Music by The Dancehall Players
22 - 24 February 2019 Seattle English Country Ball
Joanna Reiner Wilkinson leads Friday evening, and Saturday workshop and ball programs.
Music: Friday evening - The Fine Companions (Betsy Branch, Lisa Scott, Bill Tomczak, Erik
Weberg); Saturday - MI-5 (Dave Bartley, Claude Ginsburg, Julie King.)
Registration is open including on-line
Folk &
Country Dance - Vancouver Island & southern BC islands at Island
Dance, site & list. By John D. Erskine - hosting kindly
provided by VECDS
See
VECDS annually hosts Hands Across the Water, an annual workshop
weekend for English Country dance, the weekend after Labour Day. See
our program from the 2017 weekend with Graham Christian
VECDS hosts our
biennial English
Country ball (we alternate with Vancouver
ECD) in the spring of the "odd" years
Our
thus far
brief ball history collection hosts links to these
earlier
ball pages. Some have links for pictures and videos of the events,
including parts of
our world famous post-lunch entertainment
March of 2015,
& 2013, and Apr
2011 and 2015
Some imagery from our 2015
Ball is available. Share more via our Flickr Group,
or send your link
along
We hosted our 14th Annual Hands Across the Water workshop weekend,
5 - 7 September 2014
Music by The Dancehall Players, dance workshops and evening dances with
Colin Hume. If you have photos or videos, please send a
link to the webminister for publishing
We are an affiliate of the Country
Dance & Song Society
The Dancehall Players albums
- reviews
- cover&
contents Their third
CD Fresh
From
Dan's Hall is now available
Dance &
event photo gallery
CDSS Newsletter article by Lael Whitehead
about Dance
On Mayne (Mayne Island,
two-stop ferry ride away)
Information
- About VECDS including
Location/Directions,
Dance/dancer queries, Webmaster, Contact us
- Fragrance Free
information please read
- Caller Resources
-- Thursday schedule and dance program
