The Victoria English Country Dance Society holds a Ball every other year on the odd-year, while the Vancouver English Country Dance Community has traditionally held its ball every “even” year. This is a one day event — though we make a weekend of it: a Friday evening dance, Saturday workshops to teach the dances, a Saturday dance to enjoy the dances, and often a Sunday brunch hosted by a member of our dance community. Dancers come from far-and-wide, our Dancehall Players bring the tunes, and our callers come by invitation. We dust off our finery, and generally…have a ball!

The 2025 Victoria Ball Weekend, April 11-13: Come and dance with us! Susan Kevra will be coming from afar to lead the dances, and our inimitable Dancehall Players will fill the hall with music.  

Introducing Susan Kevra: Susan is a dance caller, musician, and singer who makes her home in Nashville, Tennessee, and travels across the USA — and occasionally internationally — to teach contra, square dances, English country, and French dancing. Susan has been calling English country dance since the mid-1990s and is noted for her warmth, clear teaching, and lovely voice. Her experience as an English country dance clarinetist gives her a keen appreciation of the link between the music and the dance figures, something she brings to her teaching. It also enables her to create pleasing dance programs, arranged for the musical moods evoked by the tunes as well as for the dance figures. Inspired by tunes by her bandmate, Rachel Bell, she has choreographed new English country dances — including Trip to Provence and Moonflower — which have made their way onto dance floors and ball programs in the USA and England.

Download LINK —VECDS Victoria Ball Registration Form (not for completing on-line: print, fill out, forward to the Registrar).