Santa Cruz Lively English Country Dance

Name: Santa Cruz Lively English Country Dance
Start: 2026-10-07T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-10-07T21:00:00-07:00
Location: Santa Cruz Live Oak Grange

October 7 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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$10 – $20

Santa Cruz Lively English Country Dance

First Wednesdays, 7-9pm, Doors open at 6:30 for tune practice \ socializing

Come dance with us! We hope to see you!

Santa Cruz Live Oak Grange; Afters at Britannia Arms in Capitola

No partner or dancing experience needed — dances are taught and prompted. Everyone is welcome! Gender-neutral roles/calling (Odds/Evens)

Wear comfortable non-marking sticky shoes / sneakers (aka, not dance slicks)

Open community Band — Bring your instrument, dance and/or play! (Please let us know if you’d like the sheet music – the tunes are relatively easy)

Will play/dance some combination of the following dances:

Apply House
Black Nag
Boatman
Bobbing Joe
Childgrove
Comical Fellow
Confess His Tune
Duke of Kents Waltz
Gathering Peascods
Goddesses
Heart’s Ease
Hyde Park
Jamaica
Lull me Beyond Thee
Night Piece

Following county policy; please don’t come if feeling under the weather.

Contribute what you can — we are looking to cover the costs of the hall / insurance ($10 – $20), but come even if you can’t help financially

Videos of many of the dances that we do are at https://www.youtube.com/playlist… — no costume required!