Welcome to the Southern California Community Dance Coalition (SCCDC)!
Our annual Fiddling Frog contra dance weekend is coming in February 2027! Registration for the weekend opens on November 20, 2026!
Join SCCDC for our annual weekend of contra dancing to incredible music and expert callers. It’s Fiddling Frog!
– Friday through Sunday, February 26 – 28, 2027
– Pasadena, California
Our talent for this year:
– Callers: Lisa Greenleaf and Jacqui Grennan
– Bands: Supertrad (Sam Bartlett, Eric Schedler, David Langford, Owen Morrison)
– Lighthouse (Audrey Jaber, Stuart Kenney, Max Newman)
Registration opens November 20, 2026. Click here for details.
Who we are
Join us for joyous, friendly social dancing in a welcoming, inclusive community! Our “California Twirl” contra dances happen almost every weekend, and our affiliate members — Culver City English Country Dance, LA Squares, and Rising Phoenix Morris — offer other kinds of community dancing where you can exercise, meet new people, and most of all, HAVE FUN!
We’re a non-profit organization that promotes the study, preservation, and enjoyment of traditional and historical dance of the United States, Canada, and the British Isles. Our vision is to preserve and further the enjoyment of traditional dance in community settings.
Our dances are held in comfortable social settings throughout Southern California. We almost always dance with live music, and we feature some of the best dance musicians in the Southern California area, as well as out-of-town guests. Dances are beginner-friendly, no partner necessary to join us, and the evenings include teaching and prompting. We’ll teach you everything you need to have a fun night. (Comfortable soft-soled shoes are recommended.)
We also host special annual events each year, including our Fiddling Frog contra dance weekend, Camp Sturtevant contra dance weekend, and Culver City English Country Dance’s Playford-to-the-Present Ball weekend. Join us!
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– Covid 19 –
Masking is encouraged, but optional.
• Vaccination is not required.
• All participants must abide by our contact tracing policy.
However, each event’s policies may be different (possibly more restrictive),
so check the event description or confirm with the organizer.
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Help us keep this dance alive and thriving!
SCCDC is run by volunteers. All of the money we raise goes to providing a wonderful dance experience and bringing in great talent. Our dances feature expert callers and wonderful live music played by talented musicians, and you can hear them thanks to our sublime sound engineers. We also have to pay for the hall, refreshments, supplies, maintenance, insurance, website, promotional materials, and other costs.
Your tax-deductible donation is tremendously helpful! Please consider making a donation today.
Donate with PayPal: Click the button and then choose your amount. You can make a one-time donation, or a recurring monthly or annual contribution. You can also choose where you would like your money to go (eg, SCCDC overhead, CA Twirl dances, CCECD, Rising Phoenix, Fiddling Frog, etc).
Donate with Zelle: Email treasurer at sccdc dot org. Leave a note in the memo for where you’d like your money to go (eg, SCCDC overhead, CA Twirl dances, CCECD, Rising Phoenix, Fiddling Frog, etc).
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