Ruckus 2010The 15th annual Raincoast Ruckus will be held March 5 - 7, 2010 (after the Olympics and before the Paralympics), at Bonsor Recreation Complex. The callers will be Kathy Anderson and Adina Gordon. The bands will be Out of the Wood (Vickie Marron, Pat Marron, & Kathy Bowman) and Riffraff (Warren Argo, Jim Erlandson, Lindon Toney, & Josie Toney).Brochures will be available online in the Fall of 2009. If you would like a brochure and registration form mailed to you, or if you would like any further information, please contact Joanne Williamson at 604-435-0135 or send email to RaincoastRuckus2010@gmail.com. Brochures are available at any VCD dance, and are now available online. Ruckus 2009The 14th annual Raincoast Ruckus, held on February 27 - March 1, 2009, was a resounding success! Callers were George Marshall (Massachusetts) and Lynn Ackerson (California), and the bands were The Noodles (Washington & BC) and Wild Hair (Oregon). Highlights were a beginners' workshop open to the community, no-walk-through contras, hot squares, and the potluck dinner on Saturday night! If you have any online photos of the event, please let us know: RaincoastRuckus2010@gmail.com. |
Raincoast Ruckus is Vancouver Country Dance's in-town dance weekend, held every year in late February, at Bonsor Recreation Complex in Burnaby, BC (a suburb of Vancouver, BC). Ruckus flies well-known callers to Vancouver from across North America to call contras and squares. The weekend starts after supper on Friday and ends Sunday afternoon. Dancers can register for the whole weekend, or drop in on day-time workshops or Friday and Saturday evening dances. With advance notice, Vancouver dancers are happy to "billet" out-of-town registrants. As the weekend is based at a recreation center, the pool, showers, and other recreation facilities are available to dancers at the same hours as to the general public. Bonsor Recreation Complex is located at 6550 Bonsor Avenue, in Burnaby, BC. (maps & directions) |