Northern California Celtic Dance

 

SACRAMENTO AREA

Irish Ceili and Set Dancing Lessons at the Ethel M. Hart Center, 915 27th Street SACRAMENTO, 7:00pm to 9:00 pm, 2nd and 4th Wednesday - 
Sacramento Ceili Dancers

Seannos Dance
Ronan Regan                + 353 86 375 1360 (EIRE)
Maldon Meehan           + 1 503 287 5160 (USA)
Myspace Seannos Dance

Patricia Kennelly School of Irish Dancing - Irish ceilidh and step dancing classes for adults & children
SACRAMENTO - (415) 665-0554 - Performance info 916 448 6788

Shirleigh Brannon, Associate Member, CRN - Irish step and figure dance - DAVIS, WOODLAND, and SACRAMENTO (Curtis Park)  SIAMSA le Cheile
Links to more dance and related websites

Phoenix Rising Irish Dancers - Traditional Irish Dance Team & Classes for ages 4-Adult at the Vacaville Millennium Club on Wednesdays. Additional Workshops in Gualala.  Email phoenixrisingid(at)yahoo.com or roumas1(at)comcast.net  Phone (707) 449-3760

O'Sullivan's Dance Academy  -    Irish step dance in Roseville

Desmond School of Irish Dance - Classes in Loomis Thursday and Friday evenings, Nevada City on Tuesday evenings. Kathleen Desmond T.C.R.G. -(email: kathleen_desmond (at) yahoo.com) 916 543 2813

Cape Breton Step Dance lessons in West Sacramento.  Teachers are Lauren Davis-Todd and Kelle O'Brien. 
See Stepping Out for more information.

Cape Breton Step Dancing (Scottish) lessons are held in Galt. Classes are held the third Saturday of each month - New dancers 9:00 - 10:30 am, Experienced dancers 10:30am - 1:00 pm. Information and directions contact Bob Schuldheisz (209) 251-9948 or bobschul(at)softcom.net. Bob Schuldheisz

Scottish Highland Dancing - Kyla M. Groeschel - Mondays and Thursdays - FAIR OAKS - Wednesdays – DAVIS - kyla at highlanddance.com

Briah McKinney - McKinney School of Highland Dance - Lessons in Roseville at The Anti Gravity Dance Studio, 201 Harding Blvd. Ste. C (near Douglas), Roseville, CA. Classes for children age 4 -16. All classes will be held on Monday evenings. New Highland Dancers 6:30-7PM. Experienced Highland Dancers 7-8PM. Cost is $40 per month. Family discounts available. For information and to sign up for classes contact iInstructor, Briah McKinney at (916) 813-9919 or: Clanmckinney1@aol.com

Contra dancing in SACRAMENTO - featuring live music and dances with roots in Ireland and continental Europe. - First Friday and the second and fourth Saturdays of each month - See Sacramento Country Dance Society for information

Scottish Country Dancing

Royal Scottish Country Dance Society - contact membership secretary Janet Kurnick: jkurnick(at)pacbell.net
You can also contact Lynne Lockwood or Martha McCorkell below.

Sacramento Classes:
Beginner and Intermediate Social Dance: YLI Club House - 1400 27th Street (corner of 27th and N Street)
The Sacramento class meets on Friday night at 7:30 There are a couple of teachers: Peggy Hamilton, Lynn Lockwood, and Sandra Kesler. Lynne also teaches the children's class on Saturday at 10:30.
The branch website has a lot more information if anyone is interested in othertypes of dance in the area.
 
Youth Classes: YLI Club House - 1400 27th Street (corner of 27th and N Street)
 Saturday morning - 9:00-10:00 AM Children K-6, 10:00-11:00 AM Teens & Continuing, 11:00-noon Advanced
 Contact Lynne Lockwood (916)-716-3696

Ranch Cordova Classes:
Address for the Rancho Cordova class: Hagan Community Park, Rancho Cordova, CA, 95670
Rancho Cordova class meets Tuesday nights at 7:00. Ed Johnson is the class manager and teacher. His phone number is 530-622-1519

GOLD COUNTRY

Scottish Ceilidh Dance Classes - First and third Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. - St Luke's Episcopal, 124 Orange St. AUBURN - $5.00 - Sandy and Bill MacGregor 530-346-2196 - macp at foothill.net  

Gold Country Celtic - Irish Dance - Folsom & El Dorado Hills

 

REDDING AREA

Scottish Country Dance Lessons - Thursdays  at 6:30 pm.. Millville Grange Hall, PALO CEDRO, Deschutes Rd & Old Hwy 44......across from Palo Cedro Feed Store  (Redding area)      Beginners    $5 ............      Advanced    $6  ...........   Live music Instructor:  Margaret Schlobohm     530-472-1154 

 

OAKLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, MONTEREY, SANTA CRUZ

A lot of links from and to the San Francisco Celtic website by Jim Scarff so there may be some duplication.

Dancing:

Dance Instruction

These resources are listed under the specific traditions: McBride School of Irish Dance

Scottish Highland Dance class for teenagers and adults located in Palo Alto, Thursday evenings from 7:15 pm to 8:15 pm. Cost is $30 per semester and class is open to male and female dancers, beginners, intermediates and advanced level dancers. No previous dance experience required, primary focus of the class is Highland Dance for performance purposes, but performing is not mandatory, you are welcome to take the class for the fun and exercise aspects of it. Note: this is a non competitive dance oriented class. E-mail contact is dancer.highland@gmail.com

Piedmont Scottish Highland Dance Classes (Piedmont is next Oakland)
Open to adult and youth, male/female participation
Look for us under Highland Dance in the Piedmont Park and Recreation on line catalog
Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced levels taught

Kathi Hennesey is very involved in Irish dance and also has an eBay business selling Irish and Highland dance related gifts and supplying other retailers. Triskelt LLC 

Learn Cape Breton Step Dancing - Please come join us dancing to great Cape Breton-style Scottish music!
       Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center, Back Studio
       1317 San Pablo Avenue (near Gilman St.)
       Berkeley, CA
       (510) 525-5099 - Website for map & directions: Ashkenaz
Contact information:  Bob Schuldheisz  (209) 745-9063  bobschul(at)softcom.net  Bob Schuldheisz

MONTEREY AREA

Scottish Country Dance Classes, led by Bob McMurtry & fun for all, are held Friday at The Grange Hall, 2800 Porter in Soquel at 7pm. For info, call Bob at 335-7459.

Irish Dance Classes, led by Allison Barnes of The Barnes Academy of Irish Dance, are held on Thursdays at 5:30pm at The Ballet Arts Center, 25 East 5th St. in Watsonville. For info, call Allison at 634-1650.

SANTA CRUZ AREA

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING classes are held on Wednesdays from 7:30pm to 9:30pm at First Congregational Church Upper Hall, 900 High St. in Santa Cruz. For info, e-mail dottyl@cruzio.com or colleenb@ebold.com or visit RSCD

Linda Preston - International Academy of Dance is located at 5400 Scotts Valley Drive in Scotts Valley (upstairs, next to the Quik Stop).  You can get more details and a full schedule of the various classes that IAD offers on their web site: I A Dance.
Linda Preston teaches classes in Irish step dancing on Tuesday evenings at The International Academy of Dance in the Kirby School, 425 Encinal St. in Santa Cruz. Children’s class is from 6:30pm to 7:15pm. Adults/teens meet from 7pm to 8pm. For further info call (831) 438-7543.

IRISH STEP DANCE CLASSES IN CAPITOLA - This fall, Valerie Deam of the McGrath Irish Dancers will be teaching Irish step dancing in Capitola. This is a great opportunity to learn Irish dancing in the Santa Cruz area from one of the best teachers around. The classes will be held throughout the summer. If there is enough interest, Valerie will continue the classes in the fall. LOCATION: Capitola DanceCenter, 1550 41st Avenue, Capitola (next to the Goodwill store behind Big 5)
DATES: Sundays starting September 21 - TIME: 3:00-5:00
COST: $20.00 for Valerie plus a portion of the studio rental. The studio rental is $20/hour and this will be split between everyone taking class. Generally this runs about $4 to $8 each depending on how many people turn up. Beginners and occasional drop-ins are welcome. For further information, please email Valerie at valerie@mcgrathirishdancers.com. or just show up!

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