The EFS list of links

Web Links

Eugene organizations, events, and calendars

• KLCC Eugene Event Calendar
• Eugene Swing (east coast) (with calendar of events)
• Eugene (International) Folkdancers
• NW Folk Dance Directory
• An Ceangal Mara Foundation (Celtic Arts & Education Org.)
• Irish Ceilidh Dancing
• Eugene Irish Cultural Festival (March 6 & 7, 2009)
• Oregon Ballroom Dance Club
• Eugene Lindy Swing
• Eugene Swing Dance Club (mostly West Coast Swing)
• Eugene Salsa
• Tango Center
• Eugene Argentine Tango (site down Jan 2009)
• Lindy Hop: Denise Steele's The Joint is Jumpin'

Contra Dancing

• Corvallis/Eugene contra calendar
• 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

• Folk Dance Association

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)
• Oregon Scottish Heritage

Swing, Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing, Ballroom, Salsa, Tango

• Eugene Swing (east coast) (with calendar of events)
• National dance lesson finder
• Mike Clark's Willamette Valley Mostly Dance Events (last update in 2006)
• OSU Ballroom Dance Club
• Waltz Eclectic (Portland area)
• Portland Swing Clug
• Portland Argentine Tango
• Portland Country Dance Society

Bands

• The Nettles (Corvallis)
• Amazon Creek
• 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

• Portland Old-Time Music Gathering (mid-January)
• The Olympia Old-Time Music Festival (February 18-21, 2010)
• Singtime Frolics (Portland) (Late March)
• Westwind (sponsored by the Salem Folklore Soceity; near Lincoln City, OR) - (1st full weekend in May)
• Willamette Valley Folk Festival University of Oregon, Eugene, free. (mid-May)
• Northwest Folklife Festival Seattle, WA (Memorial Day weekend)
• Da Vinci Days Corvallis (July)
• Eugene Celebration - downtown Eugene music event (Sept)
• Simcoe Mountain Music and Dance Weekend Washington (Sept)
• Silver Falls Musical Gathering sponsored by the Corvallis Folklore Society (Fall)