With The Cain Raisers: Craig Johnson, Erik Hoffman, Stefan Curl. Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 30 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 7:30. LOCATION: Christ Church Berkeley, 2138 Cedar St. (near Oxford), Berkeley. Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)! Please check dance sites for more information.
With The Corn Likkers (Ray Chen, Lael Sigal, Lauren Graves, Elijah & Eleanor Chen). Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 30 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 3:30. LOCATION: YMCA of the Monterey Peninsula, at 600 Camino El Estero in Monterey. Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)! Please check dance sites for more information. NOTE: THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL TIME/DAY FOR THE DANCE.
With Ensemble Fallopia: Patti Cobb, Shira Kammen & Michelle Levy, playing live for us! Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 30 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 6:00. LOCATION: St. John’s Episcopal Church – Petaluma 40 Fifth Street, Petaluma, 94952 United States. Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)! Please check dance sites for more information.
Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 30 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 6:30. Please check dance websites for COVID-related requirements. LOCATION: Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA. Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)!
With Roxanne Oliva, Beth Christian, and Janette Duncan playing for us! Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 30 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 6:30. Please check dance websites for COVID-related requirements. LOCATION: Unitarian Universalist Church, 240 Channing Way in San Rafael, CA. Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)!
With Rebecca King and Rodney Miller playing for us! Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 30 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 6:30. LOCATION: 1400 West College Avenue, Santa Rosa. Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)! Please check dance sites for more information.
With Valerie Rose and Jim Oakden playing live for us! Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 30 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 6:30. LOCATION: First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto, 625 Hamilton at Byron, Palo Alto. Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)! Please check dance sites for more information.
With Lee Anne Welch and Andy Imbrie playing live for us! Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 30 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 6:30. LOCATION: The Cottage at 1707 Alameda Avenue near the corner with Grand Street (south of 'The Home of Truth' church, at the corner). Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)! Please check dance sites for more information.
Left to right: Celia Ramsay, Amelia Hogan, Leah Wollenberg, Félim Egan
Come hear Celia Ramsay and a cast of three other musicians in a Celtic-themed concert spiced up with original material from all five performers. Joining Celia will be Amelia Hogan, Leah Wollenberg and Felim Egan at the Hillside Club on Cedar Street in Berkeley.
Celia Ramsay & Friends concert tickets are available on Eventbrite. Advance purchase tickets will be $30, $35 if you buy on the day of the show, and $20 if you're a Hillside Club Member. NOTE: On February 17 & 18, you can buy two tickets for the price of one—the discounts will be automatic in Eventbrite when you buy on those dates.
Would you like to create your own harmonies to sing? This workshop is for folks who feel comfortable singing established harmony parts, but who want to learn how create their own harmonies to fit their vocal range.
BTW, this workshop is great for folks who want to understand how to work out vocal harmony parts for their bands, and several instrumentalists have told us they use our approach in this workshop (which corresponds to our YouTube Lesson #5) for their instrument playing—harmony is harmony whether your instrument is your voice, or some other instrument! So come for the singing, but leave with a skill you can use for all your music endeavors!
Hosted by HOOT! Cost: $50/person…or attend all three workshops in the series for $125. TICKETS ON SALE STARTING IN OCTOBER AT HOOTEXCLAMATIONPOINT.COM
This is the third (and last) in a series of three vocal harmony workshops at The Hillside Club in Berkeley.
You joined us for our beginning workshop, so now it’s time to sing some more complicated harmonies. What? You didn’t attend the beginning workshop? NO PROBLEM! If you have a little experience, just join us anyway at The Hillside Club in Berkeley!
Hosted by HOOT! Cost: $50/person…or attend all three workshops in the series for $125. TICKETS ON SALE STARTING IN OCTOBER AT HOOTEXCLAMATIONPOINT.COM
This is the second in a series of three vocal harmony workshops.
No previous harmony singing required—bring your voice! Learn how to sing something different than the person sitting next to you by singing simple rounds.
This is the first in a series of three Saturday workshops that will be at The Hillside Club in Berkeley; there will be an intermediate, and an advanced level workshop on each of the following two Saturdays.
Hosted by HOOT! Cost: $50/person…or attend all three workshops in the series for $125. TICKETS ON SALE STARTING IN OCTOBER AT HOOTEXCLAMATIONPOINT.COM
With Bob Daley & Friends playing for us! Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 30 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 6:30. LOCATION: The Methodist Church at 270 N Pine St, Ukiah, CA 95482. Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)! Please check dance sites for more information.
With The Whiskey Brothers, Dave Courchaine (guitar), John McFarlane (fiddle), & Jeff Ward (mandolin) playing live for us! Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 30 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 7:30. LOCATION: Christ Church Berkeley, formerly known as Grace North Church, 2138 Cedar Street near Oxford. Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)! Please check dance sites for more information.
With Wild Goose Chase (Margo Meredith, Ann Meigs, and Kate Dwyer) playing live for us! Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 30 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 6:30. LOCATION: Coloma Community Center, 4623 T St, Sacramento, CA 95819. Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)! Please check dance sites for COVID-related requirements.
With Marta Lynch and Bob Silverstein playing the tunes! Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 20 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 6:40. Please check dance websites for COVID-related requirements. LOCATION: Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave Santa Cruz, CA 95062. Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)!
Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 30 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 6:30. LOCATION: The Cottage at 1707 Alameda Avenue near the corner with Grand Street (south of 'The Home of Truth' church, at the corner). Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)!
Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 30 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 6:00. LOCATION: 40 Fifth Street Petaluma, 94952. Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)! Check the NBCDS.org website for updates and COVID policy.
Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 20 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 6:40. Please check dance websites for COVID-related requirements. LOCATION: Monroe Hall, 1400 West College Ave., Santa Rosa, CA United States. Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)!
Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 20 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 6:40. Please check dance websites for COVID-related requirements. LOCATION: Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave Santa Cruz, CA 95062. Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)!
Monterey Contra Dance with Persons in Black at YMCA of the Monterey Peninsula, 600 Camino El Estero, Monterey, CA 93940. Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 20 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 6:40. Please check dance websites for COVID-related requirements. Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)!
Coming to North Berkeley’s Hillside Club! Would you like to create your own harmonies to sing? This workshop is for folks who feel comfortable singing established harmony parts, but who want to learn how create their own harmonies to fit their vocal range.
BTW, this workshop is great for folks who want to understand how to work out vocal harmony parts for their bands, and several instrumentalists have told us they use our approach in this workshop (which corresponds to our YouTube Lesson #5) for their instrument playing—harmony is harmony whether your instrument is your voice, or some other instrument! So come for the singing, but leave with a skill you can use for all your music endeavors!
Hosted by HOOT! Cost: $40/person…or attend all three workshops in the series for $100. TICKETS ON SALE STARTING DECEMBER 10 AT HOOTEXCLAMATIONPOINT.COM
This is the third (and last) in a series of three vocal harmony workshops.
NOTE: Masks and vaccination are required by the Hillside Club at this time; there is enough space to maintain distance during the workshop.
LIVE MUSIC with Larry Unger and Caroline McCaskey. REGISTER HERE. Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 20 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 3:40. Please check dance websites for COVID-related requirements. LOCATION: Hill and Valley Club, 1808 ‘B’ Street, Hayward, CA. Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)!
Coming to North Berkeley’s Hillside Club! You joined us for our beginning workshop, so now it’s time to sing some more complicated harmonies. What? You didn’t attend the beginning workshop? NO PROBLEM! If you have a little experience, just join us anyway!
Hosted by HOOT! Cost: $40/person…or attend all three workshops in the series for $100. TICKETS ON SALE STARTING DECEMBER 10 AT HOOTEXCLAMATIONPOINT.COM
This is the second in a series of three vocal harmony workshops.
NOTE: Masks and vaccinations are required at the Hillside Club at this time; there is plenty of space for us to maintain distance.
Coming to North Berkeley’s Hillside Club! No previous harmony singing required—bring your voice! Learn how to sing something different than the person sitting next to you by singing simple rounds.
This is the first in a series of three Saturday workshops; Intermediate level workshop will be January 21, and Advanced level workshop will be January 28.
Hosted by HOOT! Cost: $40/person…or attend all three workshops in the series for $100. TICKETS ON SALE STARTING DECEMBER 10 AT HOOTEXCLAMATIONPOINT.COM
NOTE: Masks and vaccinations required by the Hillside Club at this time; there is enough space for us to maintain distance.
LIVE MUSIC with Contra Cats! REGISTER HERE. Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 20 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 3:40. Please check dance websites for COVID-related requirements. LOCATION: Hill and Valley Club, 1808 ‘B’ Street, Hayward, CA. Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)!
LIVE MUSIC with Rodney Miller, Daniel Steinberg, Ezra Steinberg. Halloween Costume Ball! Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 15 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 7:30. Please check dance websites for COVID-related requirements. LOCATION: First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Avenue (Near Middlefield Rd), Palo Alto (upstairs in the boxy Social Hall building on the corner at Byron St). Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)!
LIVE MUSIC! This dance offers a potluck at 5:30; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come for the introduction at 6:30. Please check dance websites for COVID-related requirements, but here is info for this dance: “Our COVID-19 protocols are that we ask all dancers to either be vaccinated or test before the dance and masks are not required unless the county, state or venue requires them. Each person is encouraged to wear or not wear a mask as they wish and to support all people’s decisions.” LOCATION: Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95062. Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)!
LIVE MUSIC WITH Rodney Miller (fiddle), Richard Mandel (guitar), and Erin Shrader (fiddle); Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 15 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 7:40. Please check dance websites for COVID-related requirements. LOCATION: Monroe Hall, 1400 West College Ave., Santa Rosa, CA United States + Google Map. Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)!
LIVE MUSIC with New Vintage Revelers! Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 15 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 7:40. Please check dance websites for COVID-related requirements. LOCATION: Christ Church Berkeley, 2138 Cedar Street, Berkeley. Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)!
LIVE MUSIC with Claudia’s Kitchen. Community dances offer a beginners’ lesson 15 minutes before the start of the dance; if you’re new to Contra Dance, come at 6:40. Please check dance websites for COVID-related requirements. LOCATION: Coloma Community Center, 4623 T Street, Sacramento, CA. Bring your feet (and comfortable shoes)!
