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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.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008: CONTRA at Grace North Church in Berkeley. Erik Hoffman with Open Band led by Chris Knepper, Noel Cragg  More Info

Wednesday, August 20, 2008: ENGLISH at Flex-It in Mountain View. CANCELED with No Dance - Summer Break  More Info

Friday, August 22, 2008: CONTRA at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in San Francisco. Lynn Ackerson with The Roadoilers (Mike Drayton, Perry Fly, Jon Pedersen)  More Info

Saturday, August 23, 2008: ENGLISH at Grace North Church in Berkeley. Alan Winston with Rebecca King, Jim Oakden, Jon Berger  More Info

Saturday, August 23, 2008: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Eric Black with Whirlin' Merlin (Margaret E. Davis, Karl Franzen, Kristoph Klover, Kris Yenney)  More Info

Sunday, August 24, 2008: ENGLISH at DanceGround Keriac in San Francisco. Alan Winston with David Newitt, Betsy St. Aubin, Patti Cobb  More Info

Wednesday, August 27, 2008: WRKSHOP at Grace North Church in Berkeley. Mary Luckhardt with ECD Workshop for all  More Info

Wednesday, August 27, 2008: ENGLISH at Grace North Church in Berkeley. Mary Luckhardt with Open Band led by David Strong, David Mostardi, Charlie Hancock  More Info

Friday, August 29, 2008: ENGLISH at St. Bede's Episcopal Church in Menlo Park. Sharon Green with Nonesuch Country Dance Players with Bill Jensen  More Info

Saturday, August 30, 2008: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Mavis McGaugh with Celtic Junket (Pat Ryan, Morgan Meadow, Tawnya Kovach)  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, October 17-Sunday, October 19, 2008: CAMP/ENGLISH/DISPLAY/MUSIC: Monte Toyon Camp, Near Aptos. Fall Frolick: the Fall Dance Weekend at Monte Toyon - now an English and display dance camp . Barbara Finney, Scott Higgs, Michael Barraclough, Meg Ryan, Francis Attanasio with music by Noel Cragg, Jon Berger, Shira Kammen, Erin Vang, Rebecca King, Chuck Ward, Jim Oakden More Info

Saturday, October 25, 2008: CONTRA/SPECIAL at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church in Palo Alto. . Many Special Ghosts with music by TBA — 28th Annual Halloween Contra — This dance will be held at a different location, this night only!

Saturday, November 15, 2008: ENGLISH/SPECIAL at San Mateo Masonic Temple in San Mateo. Fall (English) Ball . Brooke Friendly with music by Charlie Hancock, Shira Kammen, Jim Oakden More Info

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?