Special Dance programs featured at this year's West Coast Ragtime festival!  Learn, listen and DANCE!

 

Dance seminar and showcase featuring special guests:

 

 

Richard Powers

Dance Historian and teacher of
Historical and Contemporary Social Dance
at Stanford University

Joan Walton

 Study of historical and social dance and
teacher of Dance in World Cultures at
San Jose State University

 

Do you love to dance?

Join us at this year’s West Coast Ragtime Festival!

From 9am to 5 pm on Saturday, November 23rd, you can participate
in all day vintage dance instruction from Richard Powers and Joan Walton.

Evening dancing starts at 7 pm with the Pacific Coast Ragtime Orchestra
and will also include a Grand March, Ragtime Parade event.
It’s a great dance day, fun with your friends or an additional part of your festival experience.
Not to be missed!

 

Friday Dance Schedule

 (included with your Friday Badge)
 
3:00-3:50 - Joan - Castle Schottische and other QQS variations

4:00-4:50 - Joan - Four Short One Step combinations

 

Saturday Dance Schedule

 
9:00-9:50 - Richard - The One-Step and Two-Step, with the emphasis on leading / following

10:00-10:50 - Joan - National Two Step Lancers & Two Step variations

11:00-11:50 - Richard - Ragtime Era Fox-Trots

1:30-2:20 - Richard - Skater's Tango, Hesitation Waltz and Half & Half

2:30-3:20 - Joan - 1912 Maxixe basics & short combination

3:30-4:20 - Richard - Ragtime Animal Dances

 

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