There may be updates on entry requirements (vaccination, mask use, pre-registration and/or cash based payment, prices, etc.) because of the still not absent COVID risks.
We have been working on community-involved decisions in these regards. After a survey of members' widely different opinions / circumstances and lots of deliberation, we decided to drop the Covid vaccination requirements for all dances. In terms of the mask requirement, however, we chose to offer participation chances to people on both ends of the spectrum. It means that some of the dances will be mask-mandatory, and some others mask-optional. Please consider this aspect before registering / coming.
Regular times to remember:
Afternoon dances: from 2 pm to 5 pm
Intro lessons: from 7 pm to 7:30 pm
Evening dances: from 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm
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| Date | Entry | Caller | Musician/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9th | mask-mandatory | Drew Delaware (Hawaii/Toronto) | Mango Chaud Point (Toronto) |
| Sep 23rd | mask-mandatory | Tom Calwell & Myra Hirschberg (Peterborough) | Jon Cannon (Hamilton) and Saskia Tomkins |
| Oct 14th | mask-optional | Bob Fabinski (Rochester) | Maureen Keating (Owen Sound) and Dan McDonald (Toronto) |
| Oct 28th - Afternoon Dance | mask-mandatory | Bev Bernbaum (Peterborough) | Lake Effect (Rochester) |
| Oct 28th - Halloween Evening Dance | mask-optional | Bev Bernbaum (Peterborough) | Lake Effect (Rochester) |
| Nov 11th | mask-mandatory | Red Saunders (Toronto) | Jon Cannon (Hamilton) & Jenna Gallagher |
| Nov 25th | mask-mandatory | Becky Liddle (Toronto) | Mango Chaud Point (Toronto) |
| Dec 9th - (our usual evening contra dance, preceded by ECD program in the afternoon) | mask-optional | David Smukler (Syracuse) | Dan MacDonald and Brian Taheny (Toronto) |
| Dec 23rd - CHRISTMAS DANCE | mask-optional | Drew Delaware (Toronto) | Rob Rohr and Brian Taheny (Toronto) |
| Jan 13th | mask-mandatory | Becky Liddle (Toronto) | Mango Chaud Point (Toronto) |
| Jan 27th | mask-mandatory | Drew Delaware (Toronto) | Daev Clysdale and Susanne Maziarz (Toronto) |
| Feb 10th - (our usual evening contra dance, preceded by ECD program in the afternoon) | mask-optional | Mary Collins (Buffalo) | Jon Cannon (Hamilton) and Adam Iredale-Gray (Toronto) |
| Feb 24th - Afternoon Dance | mask-mandatory | David Smukler (Syracuse) | Tom Santarsiaro & Saskia Tomkins |
| Feb 24th - Evening Dance | mask-mandatory | David Smukler (Syracuse) | Tom Santarsiaro & Saskia Tomkins |
| Mar 9th - (our usual evening contra dance, preceded by ECD program in the afternoon) | mask-optional | Bev Bernbaum (Peterborough) | Daev Clysdale and Susanne Maziarz (Toronto) |
| Mar 23rd | mask-mandatory | Peter Simonyi (Ottawa) | Jon Cannon (Hamilton) and Ben Bolker () |
| Apr 13th | mask-mandatory | Jennie Worden (Toronto) | Mango Chaud Point (Toronto) |
| Apr 27th - afternoon dance | mask-optional | Rich Goss (Vancouver, WA) | Daev Clysdale and Eli Howard |
| Apr 27th - evening dance | mask-optional | Rich Goss (Vancouver, WA) | Daev Clysdale and Eli Howard |
| May 11th - (our usual evening contra dance, preceded by ECD program in the afternoon) | mask-optional | Tom Caldwell and Myra Hirschberg (Peterborough) | Ostara (Buffalo/Rochester) |
| May 25th - Afternoon Dance | mask-mandatory | Drew Delaware | Lake Effect (Rochester) |
| May 25th - Evening Dance | mask-mandatory | Drew Delaware | Lake Effect (Rochester) |
| June 8th | mask-mandatory | Kris Rosar (Guelph) | Dan MacDonald (Toronto) & Brian Taheney |
| July 14th - ISLAND DANCE (from 11:30 to 18:00, on Algonquin Island!) | TBA | Gaye Fifer (Pittsburgh) - (Gaye will be the caller at two ECD events also, on July 12&13; see details at tecda.ca | Contraforce (South Carolina) |
