Save the Date!

The 10th Annual Southern California Playford-to-the-Present Ball will take place Saturday, October 2, 2010 in Pasadena, California 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

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Ball Information Page   Frequently Asked Questions


The Playford-to-the-Present Ball is for experienced English Country dancers.   Dances will be lightly prompted, but will not be taught.   It is expected that all dancers attending will be familiar with basic and intermediate ECD figures and can dance them without explanation.   For more detailed information, click on the Ball Information Page link above, or contact Annie at ccecd@aol.com or 310-895-1571.

Designated Ball Practice and Style Workshops will take place on Sunday, August 29 and September 19, from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. at the ALHAMBRA MASONIC CENTER, 9 W Woodward Avenue, Alhambra, CA 91801.   Easily accessible from the 10 and the 110 freeways.   Admission is $8.   Attendees do not need to be registered for the Ball.

Dancers who are new to ECD who would like to attend the ball are encouraged to dance as much as possible at regularly scheduled local dances to become familiar with the vocabulary and figures of ECD.   Below is a list of dances in Southern California:


ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA


Monrovia -- 2nd & 4th Fridays, contact Kris Davey krisdavey@hotmail.com

Culver City -- 2nd & 4th Sundays, www.caldancecoop.org

Culver City -- Miss Haseltine's Drum, occasional 1st Saturdays, www.regencyfriends.org

Anaheim -- 3rd Saturdays, www.ocecd.sdecd.org

Riverside -- 2nd and 4th Mondays, http://www.englishcountrydancing.org/

Poway -- every Sunday, www.sdecd.org

Santa Barbara -- every Wednesday, www.sbcds.org/ecd/schedule/

Ventura -- first Sundays, www.sbcds.org/ecd/schedule/

For more information, contact Annie at ccecd@aol.com or 310-895-1571.