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The Bay Area Country Dance Society promotes, preserves, and teaches traditional English and American music and dance in the San Francisco Bay area.

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Dances During the Next Ten Days

Addresses, maps, start and end times, and lesson information (if a lesson is offered) for each location can be found by following the location link in each listing.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009: CONTRA at Grace North Church in Berkeley. Erik Hoffman with Open Band led by Swing Farm (Ray Bierl, Charlie Hancock, Steven Strauss)  More Info

Wednesday, January 7, 2009: ENGLISH at Flex-It in Mountain View. Alan Winston with Bill Jensen, Stan Kramer, Craig Martin  More Info

Friday, January 9, 2009: CONTRA at Humanist Hall in Oakland. Lynn Ackerson with KGB (Julie King, Claude Ginsburg, Dave Bartley, all from WA)  More Info

Saturday, January 10, 2009: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Eric Black with Hillbillies from Mars (Ray Bierl, Kevin Carr (OR), Paul Kotapish, Daniel Steinberg)  More Info

Saturday, January 10, 2009: ENGLISH at DanceGround Keriac in San Francisco. Mary Luckhardt with David Strong, Judy Linsenberg, William Allen  More Info

Wednesday, January 14, 2009: ENGLISH at Grace North Church in Berkeley. Kalia Kliban with Noel Cragg, Avis Minger, Jon Berger, Michael Siemon  More Info

Friday, January 16, 2009: ENGLISH at St. Bede's Episcopal Church in Menlo Park. Bob Fraley with Nonesuch Country Dance Players (Stan & Susan Kramer, Mark Daly) with William Allen  More Info

Prices for regular series BACDS dances are, unless otherwise stated, $15 for supporters, $9 on weeknights and $10 on weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) evenings - or pay what you can. Unless otherwise stated, members of BACDS, CDSS, or CDSS group affiliates are entitled to an additional $2 discount. Students with student id pay $5, regardless of affiliation. Workshops and special events may have different pricing.

Upcoming Special Events

Friday, March 13-Sunday, March 15, 2009: CAMP/CONTRA/ENGLISH/COUPLES/MUSIC: Monte Toyon Camp, Near Aptos. Spring Dance Weekend at Monte Toyon. Bob Isaacs,Linda Leslie, Jenny Beer with music by The Guppies, The Raggedy Annes, The Rhythm Rollers (Whitesides/Andres/McQuillen/Reid) More Info

Saturday, July 4-Saturday, July 11, 2009: CAMP/CONTRA/SQUARES/MUSIC: Mendocino Woodlands Camp, . Mendocino American Week. Many leaders with music by Many fabulous musicians More Info

Saturday, July 11-Saturday, July 18, 2009: CAMP/ENGLISH/MUSIC/DISPLAY: Mendocino Woodlands Camp, . Mendocino English Week. Many leaders with music by Many fabulous musicians More Info

Saturday, December 5, 2009: CONTRA/SPECIAL at Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension in Oakland. 2009 No-Snow Ball. Santa Claus with music by TBA More Info

About BACDS

The Bay Area Country Dance Society has been promoting, preserving, and teaching traditional English and American music and dance since the early 1980s. Our activities include:

• Week-long and weekend music and dance camps in lovely north coast, Sierra foothill, and Santa Cruz locations.
• Dance series featuring lively community dances and wonderful live music.
• Occasional and seasonal special events, ranging from formal balls to workshops for dancers, musicians, dance leaders, and sound technicians.
• Performance teams that bring lively and raucous English folk traditions to the streets, classrooms, farmers' markets, and festivals.

BACDS's activities are made possible through the efforts and contributions of our members. Won't you consider joining us?