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Reelfolk Day of Dance
Tickets are now available for Reelfolk Day of Dance on 9th September at Burton-in-Kendal with caller Trevor Monson and music Portland Drive. See the event for full details of the day and where to buy tickets.
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Great year so far!
So far, so good! We thoroughly enjoyed playing at London Barndance Contra in March to the excellent calling of Louise Siddons. Then Brian and Elaine as Portland Duo spent a lovely couple of days being part of the inaugural May … Continue reading
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2022 here we come!
The website has been updated with a number of new bookings for 2022. We’re looking forward to playing for London Barndance Contra in March with Louise Siddons, then Lichfield Folk Festival in June, and 3rd time lucky (we hope!) for … Continue reading
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Excitement!
Well after having the disappointment of having two events cancelled this Autumn due to Covid, we are very excited to be looking forward to playing again, firstly for Nottingham Folk Dance Club on 13th November with caller Charlotte Rich-Griffin (a … Continue reading
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Change of name
We have decided that, as a number of dance club organisers like to shorten the name of Portland Drive Duo (Brian and Elaine) to Portland Duo, then that might be the better option. So Portland Drive Duo will now be … Continue reading
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Change of date
Because the May Day bank holiday date has been changed for 2020, May Heydays Festival is having to curtail their festival by one day. Unfortunately this has meant that Portland Drive was not able to be accommodated in a shortened … Continue reading
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Spring into Autumn!
Portland Drive had a great start to the year from winter in Hampton-in-Arden and Bristol Contra into Spring at Lincoln Folk Dance Club. We had a very enjoyable dance in Lincoln with caller Neil Stuart, who gave us lots of … Continue reading
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A great start to the new year
Portland Drive made a great start to the new year playing for Hampton-in-Arden FDG with caller Lynne Render. Neither band or caller had appeared there before but we all had a fantastic evening. Lynne called a variety of dances which … Continue reading
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Fantastic weekend at the Southam Gathering
Great weekend playing at Southam Gathering. So many people loving what we do, whether contra or English! Yay!
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Baby!
We are delighted to welcome a new member to the Portland Drive family! Baby Alice Freya Dunphy was born on Sunday 28th February 2016. Many congratulations to Kathryn and her husband James!
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