Cascade Contras 2012 will feature the wonderful music of

The Latter Day Lizards

Dave Langford — fiddle/guitar
Bill Tomczak — clarinet/saxophone/banjo uke/dumbek
Peter Barnes — piano/guitar/flute/harmonica
Mark Hellenberg — percussion/banjo uke
Stuart Kenney — bass/5-string banjo
"Combined, we represent over 60 years of playing for contra dances, english country dance and a variety of miscellaneous musics often related to folk dancing of some sort or another (or not). Every time we played together we consistently had such a great time, we decided to name the band and even record a CD or two. And we're still having a blast!"

Joyride

George Penk — fiddle; Sue Songer — piano, fiddle; Erik Weberg — flute, harmonica, bombarde; Jeff Kerssen-Griep — guitar, djembe;
Take a ride with these longtime Portland contra dance musicians as they lock into four-wheel turbo-drive atop the hall. Sue Songer's swinging piano and Jeff Kerssen-Griep's flywheel guitar syncopate the pistons; George Penk's hot fiddle carves expert curves through the tunes while Erik Weberg's fluid flute, punchy harmonica and stunning bombarde season the wild ride. Known from B.C. to the Bay Area for its lift-y arrangements and innovative universe of 'borrowed' (heh heh) Northern and Southern tunes — including a few careening two-fiddle old-time sets — Joyride excels at matching tunes with dance moves for maximum positive zoom. Expect to grin, flow, levitate, swing and howl!

with calling by Lisa Greenleaf

and William Watson

Annie Johnston

and her crew will be providing delectable food beginning with Friday night snacks and ending with Sunday lunch.

Sound engineering by the talented Alan Roberts from Seattle!

Dance workshops

Music workshops

Great dancing each evening with both bands and callers

About SKY Camp:
The Springfield Kiwanas Youth camp is located on a peninsula projecting into Fall Creek Lake near Lowell, Oregon, about an hour's drive southeast of Eugene. The facility has space for about 150 people, including campers, talent, and staffers. Campers may choose to sleep in three-room modern bunkhouses (single-sex or mixed), or bring their own tent, van, or camper. SKY camp has a central showerhouse shared by all campers. All campers must pitch in on ONE simple task (breakfast, lunch, or dinner setup or cleanup, sweeping, etc.) to help keep camp running smoothly. While the facility is located on Fall Creek Lake, it has no dock, pier, or other water amenities.

If you have any questions, contact us at "dancecampcoord(at)eugenefolklore.org".

All applications received December first through January 15th will be entered in the registration lottery. You will be notified by February 9th. If you don't hear from us by February 16th, please contact us!

Registration, including all-you-can-eat gourmet meals, all-you-can-dance contra workshops and evening parties, with bunkhouse lodging or tenting, costs $190 for EFS members ($195 for all others).

If you MUST register by mail, please include: name, address, phone, housing (cabin: Men, Women, Co-ed, tent/RV), lead/follow, etc. with a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope.
Mail to:
Eugene Folklore Society,
Cascade Contras
P.O. Box 1645,
Eugene OR 97440
(Hint: you can fill out the on-line form, and print it!)

For more information, you can download and print the flier the full 2012 Cascade Contras flier (1.8 MB PDF).