Skandia First Friday dance Dec 1

SKANDIA FIRST FRIDAY DANCE, Cedar Valley Grange, 20526 52nd Ave W, Lynnwood 98036. 

At the 7:30pm class before the dance, Judy Patterson and Jerry Walsh will teach Mellparing från Stugun, from Medelpad and Jämtland in northern Sweden.

This dance is a schottis variant that has an interesting and different couple turn. At 8:30, Sprida Ut will start the evening with its two nyckelharpas and one guitarist.

Following Sprida Ut will be another set of trios— Bart Brashers, Leslie Foley, and Bob Hamilton, all on fiddle, and then SN3 (Seattle Nyckelharpa Trio) which is Bart Brashers, Anna Abraham, and Leslie Foley.

There will be lots of good, and varied, music for you to dance to!

Class, 7:30pm; dance, 8:30–11pm. $15 (Skandia members, $10); kids, free. Information email, or 425-954-5262.