Sierra Contra Dance Society

Organization Information

Officers and Board:


President        Loren Kalmen       775-624-1356 kalmen@sbcglobal.net

Vice President   David von Seggern  775-303-8461 vonseg@sbcglobal.net

Treasurer        Loren Kalmen       775-329-7544 kalmen@sbcglobal.net

Secretary        Jeanne Wendel         wendel@unr.edu



Other Board Members:



Jill Ransom (sierramoon@sbcglobal.net)

Roger Best (rhbest@gbis.com)

Susan Petrick (susan_petrick@intuit.com)




Standing Committees:


Membership Art Lane (artcl@sbcglobal.net)

Publicity Roger Best (rhbest@gbis.com)

Programs Susan Petrick (susan_petrick@intuit.com)



Sierra Contra Dance Society
Mission Statement

The mission of the Sierra Contra Dance Society (SCDS) is to teach, practice, and promote contra dancing and other traditional English and American folkdancing in the Reno, Sparks, and surrounding communities.


All our dances are alcohol and smoke free.