Contra Dancing in Ellensburg, WA

• All dances taught
• Live music
• Everyone is welcome, at any level of experience
• No dress code-- anything goes
• Free admission, thanks to the Ellensburg Public Library
• Co-sponsored by Kittitas County Contra Dancers and the Ellensburg Public Library

The next Ellensburg contra dance is December 5. (Sorry, no dance in November this year, due to the hall not being available.) If you want to be notified by email and haven't yet signed up, send us your email and we'll keep you in the loop.

Directions to Hal Holmes:

• FROM THE NORTH/WEST: take exit 106 from I-90, go straight into town on University Way, turn R. (south) onto Main St., turn L. onto 3rd Ave., and go 3 blocks to Ruby St. The Holmes Center is on Ruby between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, next to the library.
• FROM THE SOUTH/EAST: take exit 109 from I-90, turn R. (north) onto Canyon Rd. which becomes Main St., turn R. onto 3rd Ave., and go 3 blocks to Ruby St. The Holmes Center is on Ruby between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, next to the library.
• MAP from the Ellensburg Public Library website.

December 5, 2009
(No dance in January)
February 6, 2010
March 6
April 3
May 1

Other Local Dances:

• Yakima has dances at the Broadway Grange, Washington & 10th Avenues, on 2nd Saturdays, October through May. Contact: sheltonj48@msn.com.
• The Swauk-Teanaway Grange at 1361 Ballard Hill Rd, east of Cle Elum, has occasional contra dances. Call Claire at 509-857-2580 for details.
• For more Washington contra dances, see the links below.
• International folk dancing has started up in Ellensburg, at the Hal Holmes Center, taught by Liz Whitaker. (No dances in summer.) For the next date, stay tuned or call Marte at 509/925-6745.

Links:

What is contra dancing? -- Atlanta site with explanations and links to YouTube videos
What is contra dance? -- Gary Shapiro's site
Seattle dances of all types
Wenatchee contra dance site
Tri-Cities -- Three Rivers Folklife Society
Spokane Folklore Society
Moscow/Pullman -- Palouse Folklore Society
Hood River (OR) -- Mid-Columbia Folklore Society
Nation-wide contra dance links -- Dwayne Johnson's site
Nation-wide and world contra dance links -- Charlie Seelig's site
Ellensburg tourism site -- links to lodging, dining, maps, weather, history, etc.
Ellensburg Public Library and Hal Holmes Community Center

Questions or comments? Email us at martendale@elltel.net