Who is CCECD?

Culver City English Country Dance is a community of dancers from the Los Angeles area, especially Culver City, who gather together to exercise, have fun, and build community through traditional English country dancing. We’re not a performing troupe, so anyone and everyone is welcome to join! No partner or experience is necessary to come and enjoy the dancing! We always offer live music from Southern California’s best musicians, and all dances are taught and prompted by Southern California’s best callers. Join us!

CCECD was co-founded by James Hutson and Annie Laskey in 2006 to provide a venue for English Country Dancing on Southern California’s Westside. Lindberg Park Stone House in Culver City was available starting on the fourth Sunday of January that year. A committee of dedicated dancers and volunteers was established in 2015 and they’ve been organizing the dances and going strong since then. (Read more about CCECD’s history.)

Our current committee members include:

Aileen Poehls: committee chair
James Hutson: caller, programmer, historian and archivist, sound
Pat Keating: Playford-to-the-Present Ball co-chair
Mickey Waring: Insurance, Playford-to-the-Present Ball co-chair, sound
Renée Camus: caller, marketing and promotions (social media and email), webmaster, SCCDC liaison
Kaye Evans: Refreshments coordinator
Kevin Savage: SCCDC secretary
Mike Frank: sound
Sparky Sotcher
Elyse Ashton
Pat Green
Melinda Dickinson
Ivan Bottik