THE STORY OF THE DANCEHALL PLAYERS started and continues at Dan’s Hall, attached to an old farm house in Victoria. Dan’s Hall was used for various forms of folk dance long before the formation of the Victoria English Country Dance Society by Rosemary Lach in the spring of 2001. Soon there were weekly Thursday evening ECD workshops at Dan’s Hall. From the beginning, there was always live music. The first year or so, just Dan and Ann played, joined occasionally by visiting musical friends. Then Gregory, Karen, Keith and Susan, and, more recently, Lael started to play together regularly - for those Thursday evenings, and also for larger regional ECD events, such as the Victoria English Country Dance Ball, Hands Across the Water, Vancouver Ball and Mayne Island Ball. The nature of The Dancehall Players is flexible. We have played as duos, trios, quartet, quintet - and are happiest when all together! Many good friends have joined us on Thursday nights over the last 8 or so years. Special thanks go to Lael Whitehead, David Gallop, Anne Gower, Alan Greene, Jackie McDonald, David Cheatley, Kevin Budd and many others. Often the stage is crowded and instruments and players spill onto the dance floor! It’s a great English Country Dance community here in Victoria and we appreciate the opportunity provided us all to play, sightread, improvise, create and share “live” - every Thursday night at Dan’s Hall.
CD Book: The Dancehall Players - More from Dan's Hall
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