Here are photos from our 19th Annual Playford-to-the-Present 2019 English Country Dance Ball. The ball was held on Saturday, October 5, 2019, at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Pasadena, California. Dance leader Joanna Reiner of Philadelphia, Penn., presided over the event, and Shira Kammen (violin), Jim Oakden (various), and Jeffrey Spero (keyboard) provided the live music. It was a wonderfully full weekend of dancing and beautiful music as Jacqueline Schwab played piano for our Friday night final review.

We had dancers attending from all over the Southern California area, including Culver City (of course), Pasadena, Monrovia, 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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Playford-to-the-Present 2019 Program of Dances (in program order): The Minor Spaniard (S), Dick’s Maggot (I/C), Bellamira (I), Mayfair (C), Sunlight Through Draperies (S), Mile of Smiles (S), The Costumer’s Delight (C, FTWK), Leslie’s Valentine (I), Emperor of the Moon (I), Sally in Our Alley (I), Freeford Gardens (S), X Ackley (C), The Dusty Miller (I), A Trip to Kilburn (I/C), The Homecoming (I), Jack’s Health (Bonus Dance), Sapphire Sea (Bonus Dance).
(S=Simple, I=Intermediate, C=Complex, FTWK=For Those Who Know.)

All images used with permission as noted. CCECD thanks Terri Akin, Renée Camus, Jacqui Grennan, Britta Lindgren, Diane Lindsey, Aileen Poehls, Judee Pronovost, Laura Riley, Sparky Sotcher, Jeff Spero, Larry Tannenbaum, and Dan Vilter for sharing their photos with us.

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

See more Playford-to-the-Present photos.