Country Dancing and Crab Festivals

Saturday the 26th a crew of us from the hostel headed to a Country Dance at the Netel Grange near Astoria, Oregon. The building was set back several miles up into the mountains and seemed to be a world away from Seaside and the coast! Keith was a busy boy, escorting four ladies to the dance.

Here he and I (Nora) are getting ready to dance a sqaure dance:




And here he and Weibke dance the Waltz.



Here is a group photo with Weibke, me, Keith, Trung, Jeanie. Pretty sweaty after all that dancing!


The next Country Dance will be held May 31. It should be a great time. Come on out and join us!

I'm also looking to see if I can find any information about Salsa and Latin Dancing. So if anybody reading this has heard of Latin Dancing somewhere on the Oregon coast, let me know. Thanks!

This weekend was also the Crab, Seafood, and Wine festival up in Astoria. There were all sorts of arts and crafts there besides the obvious food and wine... and Trung brought a drum to add to our musical instrument collection. The drum is super fun to bang on... but don't worry... we'll observe the "quiet time" rules. Ha!

There will be a Weekend Surf Camp for women held here in Seaside June 6-8 for which all participants will stay here at the hostel. It is open to women of all ages and abilities and should be a good time. If you are interested, check out www.coastalseattle.com or www.northwestwomenssurfcamps.com.