Playford-to-the-Present 2018

Here are photos from our 18th Annual Playford-to-the-Present 2018 English Country Dance Ball. The ball was held on Saturday, October 6, 2018, at the Women’s Club of South Pasadena, California. Dance leader Bruce Hamilton of Menlo Park, Calif., presided over the event, and Sweetwater (Bonnie Insull, flute; Audrey Knuth, violin; and Ryan Sandburg, keyboard) 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 attendees from as far as Las Vegas, Nevada, and the Bay Area, California.

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

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(Photo courtesy of Kaye Evans)
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Bruce Hamilton (Photo courtesy of Marie-Jo Coclet)
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(Photo courtesy of Paul Herrera and Wendy Robinson-Herrera)
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(Photo courtesy of Paul Herrera and Wendy Robinson-Herrera)
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Photo courtesy of Bruce MacRae.
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Photo courtesy of Bruce MacRae.
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Photo courtesy of Bruce MacRae.
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(Photo courtesy of Aileen Poehls)
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(Photo courtesy of Suzy Phelps Gallup)
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(Photo courtesy of Suzy Phelps Gallup)
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(Photo courtesy of Judee Pronovost.)
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(Photo courtesy of Judee Pronovost)
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(Photo courtesy of Judee Pronovost.)
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(Photo courtesy of Judee Pronovost.)
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Photo courtesy of Bruce MacRae.
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Photo courtesy of Bruce MacRae.
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The Culver City group. (Photo courtesy of Aileen Poehls)
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(Photo courtesy of Suzy Phelps Gallup)
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The Monrovia group. (Photo courtesy of Suzy Phelps Gallup)
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Shades of red. (Photo courtesy of Aileen Poehls)
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Shades of red. (Photo courtesy of Suzy Phelps Gallup)
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Shades of purple. (Photo courtesy of Suzy Phelps Gallup)
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(Photo courtesy of Marie-Jo Coclet.)
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(Photo courtesy of Marie-Jo Coclet.)
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Bonnie Insull (Photo courtesy of Marie-Jo Coclet.)
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(Photo courtesy of Marie-Jo Coclet.)
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Our P2P 2018 program

Playford-to-the-Present 2018 Program of Dances (in program order): Josephine (S/I), Candles in the Dark (S), Scotch Cap (C), Muriel’s Measure (I), For Kay (I), Patrick’s Waltz (C, FTWK), Belle of the Ball (S), Crossroads (I), Turn of the Tide (S), The Willow Tree (S), Apley House (I), Footprints in the Sand (C, FTWK), Softly Good Tummus (I), Moonflower (I), The Fandango (I), Sarah (I/C), Sapphire Sea (I).
(S=Simple, I=Intermediate, C=Complex, FTWK=For Those Who Know.)

All images used with permission as noted. CCECD thanks Marie-Jo Coclet, Judy Cosgrove, Kaye Evans, Suzy Phelps Gallup, Cara King, Bruce MacRae, Aileen Poehls, Judee Pronovost, and Paul Herrera and Wendy Robinson-Herrera for sharing their photos with us.

Playford-to-the-Present 2018 Video

Here is a video of an excerpt of our For Those Who Know dance, Patrick’s Waltz, by Philippe Callens (1995). Thanks to Marie-Jo Coclet for filming the video (used with permission).

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

See more Playford-to-the-Present photos.