Here are photos from our 16th Annual Playford-to-the-Present 2016 English Country Dance Ball. The ball was held on Saturday, October 1, 2016, at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Pasadena, California. Dance leader Brad Foster presided over the event, and Stringfire (James MacQueen, Annie Rodier, Patti Cobb, and Erik Ievins) provided the live music.

We had dancers attending from all over the Southern California area, including Culver City (of course), Anaheim, Santa Barbara, and San Diego. We even had a big group from as far as Las Vegas, Nevada.

Want to know more about the history of our ball? Check out our page A Brief History of CCECD.

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Playford-to-the-Present 2016 Program of Dances (in program order): Easter Tuesday, The Bonny Cuckoo, Christina, Bloomsberry Market, Companions, Whiskey Before Dinner, Lull Me Beyond Thee (FTWK), Indian Summer, The Phoenix Rejuvenated, The Potter’s Wheel, Hambleton’s Round O, The Shrewsbury Lasses, Childgrove (Helwig), Saint Margaret’s Hill, Lilli Burlero.

All photos taken courtesy of Michel Coclet and Marie-Jo Dulade-Coclet, unless otherwise noted. All images used with permission. Thank you to Michel Coclet, Marie-Jo Dulade-Coclet, Aileen Poehls, and Bruce MacRae for photos.

Michel Coclet also took videos of the For Those Who Know dance, which this year was “Lull Me Beyond Thee.”

We were also fortunate to have StringFire play a house concert at the Del Mar Sierra Condo rec room on Sunday, October 2, 2016. Here’s a taste (The Hole in the Wall):

Did you miss the ball this year? Be sure to join us again next year!

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