Web Links
Contra Dancing
Local Willamette Valley Dance information board
Intro to Contradancing
What is Contra Dance?
Contra Dance Homepage
Nationwide Contra Dancing info
Dance Gypsy
International Folk Dancing
Eugene Folkdancers
NW Folk Dance Calendar
Folk Dance Association
Irish Ceilidh Dancing
Eugene USASBDA
Organizations
Ashland Folk Music Club
Bend Contra dance
Cascade Zydeco
Country Dance & Song Society
Corvallis Folklore Society
Mid-Columbia Folklore Society (Hood River)
NE Oregon Folklore Society (La Grande)
Oregon Bluegrass Association
Portland Contra & English
Dances (PCDC and other Portland area)
Portland Folklore Society
Seattle Folklore Society
South
Coast Folk Society (Coos Bay)
Three Rivers Folklife Society (SE Washington and NE Oregon)
Swing, Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing, Ballroom, Salsa, Tango
Mike Clark's Willamette Valley Mostly Dance Events
Oregon Ballroom Dance Club
OSU Ballroom Dance Club
Eugene Lindy Swing
Eugene Swing Dance Club (mostly West Coast
Swing)
Eugene Salsa
Eugene Argentine Tango
Tango Center
Lindy Hop: Denise Steele's The Joint is
Jumpin'
Waltz Eclectic (Portland area)
Portland Swing Clug
Portland Argentine Tango
Portland Country Dance Society
Misc
Mike Meyer's newsletter of regional events: Whistle Stop Acoustic
Junction
Eugene Events
Bands
The Nettles
Balladina Folk Orchestra
Wild Asparagus
Dance Camps
Listing of Dance Camps & Special Events (Mostly California)
BACDS (Bay Area Country Dance Society, CA)
Balkanalia (Folk Dance and music camp, near Portland)
Bear Hug (MT) (near Missoula)
Cascade Contras Dance Camp (Fall Creek, OR near Eugene)
Danceable Feast
(Fall Creek, Or near Eugene) - no website.
Heather and Rose (English and Scottish dancing, Sisters, Eugene, and/or Ashland)
Lady of the Lake (ID)Sisters, Eugene, and/or Ashland)
Lark in the Morning Music and Dance Week (Mendocino, CA)
Mainewoods Dance Camp (Raymond, Maine) International folk dance camps throughout the summer, finishing with a long Labor Day party.
Midsummer Madness dance camp (Camp White Branch east of Eugene, OR)
Pinewoods - week long music and dance camps (Mass.)
Northwest Passage Labor Day weekend contra
Camp Wannadance (Fort Flagler Park, Marrowstone Island, WA)
Dance Camp Photos
Festivals & Musical Gatherings
Eugene Celebration
(downtown Eugene happening event)
Northwest Folklife Festival (Memorial Day weekend, Seattle, WA)
Portland Old-Time Music Gathering
Simcoe Mountain Music and Dance Weekend (Washington, held in Sept)
Singtime Frolics
Willamette Valley Folk Festival University of Oregon (held in May), Eugene, free.
Westwind (sponsored by the Salem Folklore Soceity; near Lincoln City, OR, May)
Silver Falls Musical Gathering (Fall, sponsored by Corvallis Folklore Society)
Da Vinci Days, (Corvallis, held in July)