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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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Today's Dances!

Dances During the Next Ten Days

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

Friday, May 9, 2008: CONTRA at Humanist Hall in Oakland. Tina Fields with 3 o'clock Shadow(Erik Hoffman, Chris Grampp, Adam Cavan, Peter Langston)  More Info

Saturday, May 10, 2008: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. NO DANCE with NO DANCE  More Info

Saturday, May 10, 2008: ENGLISH at Bethany United Methodist Church in San Francisco. Mary Luckhardt with Stan & Susan Kramer, Debra Tayleur  More Info

Wednesday, May 14, 2008: ENGLISH at Grace North Church in Berkeley. Tom Roby (CT) with Jon Berger, Erik Ievins, Debra Tayleur  More Info

Friday, May 16, 2008: ENGLISH at Palo Alto Masonic Temple in Palo Alto. Tom Roby (CT) with Nonesuch Country Dance Players (Stan & Susan Kramer, Mark Daly) with Bill Jensen  More Info

Saturday, May 17, 2008: CONTRA at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in San Francisco. Charlie Fenton with The Ray Bierl Trio (Ray Bierl, Markie Sanders, Michael Follstad)  More Info

Prices for regular series BACDS dances are, unless otherwise stated, $9 on weeknights and $10 on weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) evenings. 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, May 9-Sunday, May 11, 2008: CAMP/CONTRA: Armenian Cultural Center, . San Francisco Contra Weekend - Balance the Bay. Carol Ormand, Lynn Ackerson with music by Lift Ticket, The Crabapples More Info

Saturday, July 5-Saturday, July 12, 2008: CAMP/CONTRA/ENGLISH/RITUAL/MUSIC/CRAFTS/WEEK: Foothill Horizons Camp, . BACDS Family Dance Week at Foothill Horizons near Sonora. Families of all sizes welcome! see the website. Many callers with music by Many musicians More Info

Saturday, July 5-Saturday, July 12, 2008: CAMP/CONTRA/SQUARES/MUSIC: Mendocino Woodlands Camp, . Mendocino American Week. Many leaders with music by Many fabulous musicians More Info

Saturday, July 12-Saturday, July 19, 2008: CAMP/ENGLISH/MUSIC/DISPLAY: Mendocino Woodlands Camp, . Mendocino English Week. Many leaders with music by Many fabulous musicians More Info

Friday, October 17-Sunday, October 19, 2008: CAMP/ENGLISH/DISPLAY/MUSIC: Monte Toyon Camp, Near Aptos. Fall Dance Weekend at Monte Toyon - now an English and display dance camp . Many leaders with music by Many wonderful musicians More Info

Saturday, November 15, 2008: ENGLISH/SPECIAL at San Mateo Masonic Temple in San Mateo. Fall (English) Ball . TBA with music by TBA

Saturday, December 6, 2008: CONTRA/SPECIAL at Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension in Oakland. No-Snow Ball. Santa Claus with music by TBA 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

Tuesday, 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. 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?