October Dance with Biscuit River Stringband!

~ Thursday Squares ~ ~ Hosted by the Wooly Bears Collective ~ UPDATE: For this month, we will be at the ASTORIA instead of the Anza Club! It's a fun old bar with pool tables and lots of space so we're excited to dance there. We will have local guest band B I S C U I T R I V E R on stage for you! Featuring Caitlan Read (fiddle), John Lyon (guitar), Alan Mulvenna (banjo), and Paula Rempel-Spurr (bass). Dances called by Bex Winnick. 7:00PM Flatfooting lesson and Oldtime Jam session. 8:30-11:00 Square Dances. taught on the spot! NEW FEATURE: flatfooting workshops! Show up right at 7PM, and learn how to play music with your feet. The best shoes for this can make some kind of tapping noise as you step, such as hard rubber or wood. Grippy soft rubber is discouraged. ~~~~~~ SQUARE DANCING Come learn to dance and connect with folks for real - no experience or partner necessary! All of the dances are easy to learn and taught on-the-spot by the caller. Bring your friends, or come alone to make some new ones. This dance is queer and trans friendly. Be any gender, dance with all genders. You can ask anyone to dance, and you can say "no" to anyone for any reason. If someone rejects your dance invitation, please be gracious. If anyone is making you uncomfortable o harassing you either talk to them directly, or go talk to the door volunteer or the friendly Anza Club security guard (usually right outside the entrance door). -------- Cost: $12 cash only Want to get in free? Volunteer for an hour at the door! Comment below or message us to reserve a spot. 8:00, 9:00, and 10:00 hour-long shifts are still available. --> Special Group Deals <-- (Direct message us if you want to bring your large group: like a killer office party or team up to surprise your friend on their birthday week!!!) -------- Venue Accessibility: coming soon Dance Accessibility: If you have a physical disability that makes it hard to dance let us know; the callers have a lot of patterns up their sleeves and we can find some dances that work for you. We’ve called squares with people in wheelchairs before and it's a lot of fun! ~~~~~~ Much thanks to our sponsor for printing our flyers and posters, Evergreen Cannabis Society! ~~~~~ ~~2868 W 4th, Kitsilano Vancouver evergreencannabissociety.com~~