The VECDS is a group of friendly people who gather once a week to dance. We dance in longways sets, circles and squares
These are "old" dances from the 18th and 19th centuries and "new" dances in the English style created in the 20th and 21st centuries
Each dance has its own music played wonderfully by our musicians, The Dancehall Players
It is easy to learn the dances and we always have a caller who will briefly teach the dance and then cue us during it as necessary
We welcome newcomers, whether dancers or musicians. No partner or experience is required - just a desire to have fun, dance and play music
Dancers, please bring some indoor shoes to keep the floor from becoming overly worn. There is often a wood stove, hmm, a wood burning stove in operation, so light layered clothing is best.
Musicians wishing to sit in during the week may contact our band matriarch. If you have your own copies of Barnes I & II that is a bonus, however not required. Some notice is nice as most callers distribute their program to our band leader with a bit of lead time.
VECDS is an affiliate of the Country Dance & Song Society. We are listed on their site, have copies of the CDSS newsletter for perusal and some advance opportunities exist for VECDS members in CDSS programs.We are hosted in a private venue so do not publish the location. It is in the Victoria area, Saanich, BC actually, and may prove a little difficult to navigate to the first time. Please get in touch early enough for us to respond, which we will!
We ask you arrive as fragrance or scent free as possible. It's not a large place and any whiff of chemical from various products is quickly distributed among a group of people during full room/group social dance.
VECDS maintains a manually/human administered e-mail notification list for members and those interested. Through it one may receive notices of dance and dance music events, for our group and relaying that of neighbouring groups. Please see Suzanne at a dance evening or write to the Dance query or Webmaster addresses to be added. We do not use this list for other purposes and do not release it.
Our English Country Ball mailing list is used solely for the purpose of announcing open registration and distributing our ball weekend application every two years. If you are on the general VECDS mailing there is no need to sign up for this one.
Dancing inquiries, via e-mail at
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