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Upcoming Dances & Events

Erik Hoffman
David Brown
Kathrine Gardner
Thursday, November 21, 2024: CONTRA at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. Greg Frock with Uncle Dave: David Brown, Kathrine Gardner, Erik Hoffman More Info
Palo Alto Contra Dance
Saturday, November 23, 2024: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Greg Frock with Magic Reelism: Sue Jones, David Wright, Cheryl McKinney, Del Eckels More Info
Kalia Kliban
Anne Goess
Jon Berger
Rebecca King
Saturday, November 23, 2024: ENGLISH at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. Kalia Kliban with Rebecca King, Anne Goess, Jon Berger More Info
Bay Area Country Dance Society
CANCELED Wednesday, November 27, 2024: CONTRA at The Polish Club in San Francisco.
SF Contra cancelled—it’s Thanksgiving Eve! More Info
Berkeley English
CANCELED Thursday, November 28, 2024: ENGLISH at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley.
No dance—Thanksgiving! Eat turkey and pie … More Info
Alan Winston
Lise Dyckman
Judy Linsenberg
Patti Cobb
Valerie Rose
Friday, November 29, 2024: ENGLISH at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Palo Alto.
Advanced ECD
Palo Alto Contra Dance
Saturday, November 30, 2024: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Frannie Marr with Sycamore: Michael Sokolovsky, Cedar Stanistreet, Sam Foucher More Info
Bill Jensen
Renata Bratt
Cat Taylor
Tuesday, December 3, 2024: ENGLISH at All Saints Episcopal Church in Palo Alto. Steve White with Cat Taylor, Renata Bratt, Bill Jensen More Info
Berkeley Contra Dance
Thursday, December 5, 2024: CONTRA at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. Frannie Marr with Sycamore: Michael Sokolovsky, Cedar Stanistreet, Sam Foucher More Info
Bruce Hamilton
Friday, December 6, 2024: ENGLISH at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Palo Alto. Bruce Hamilton
English dancing for all - dance 7:30-10:00 More Info
Bruce Herbold
Robin Lockner
Sunday, December 8, 2024: ENGLISH at First Unitarian Church of San Jose in San Jose. Bruce Herbold with Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner, William Allen More Info

Special Events

Eric Black
Daniel Steinberg
Rodney Miller
Friday, December 13, 2024: Triskaidekaphobia ( SPECIAL/CONTRA ) at Hillside Club in Berkeley.
A cavalcade of callers and musicians, calling will be Larks and Robins. The year was 1980 when Kirston Koths (1948–2024) moved to the Bay Area. A new caller from Boston, he started a 2nd Friday contradance in Berkeley. Contradance was new to the area—the only regular dance was in Palo Alto. BACDS did not yet exist, and when it formed Kirston became member #2. Kirston organized, managed, and called his Berkeley dance for 25 years, eventually asking BACDS to take it on. By then contradancing was flourishing in the Bay Area, with dances in Palo Alto, San Francisco, Mill Valley, Santa Cruz, and many nearby cities. Contradancing took hold in the Bay Area, as in much of the country, due to the efforts of the early organizers, and Kirston was one of them. Kirston wrote at least a dozen dances. “Nantucket Sleigh Ride,” with its distinctive dip-and-dive figure, was wildly popular in the ’70s in New England. His most memorable West Coast dance, and the namesake of tonight, is “Triskaidekaphobia”. In appreciation and in celebration of his contribution to this community we present this special evening.
Susan Petrick
Corwin Zekley
Grace Fellows
Tuesday, December 31, 2024: Special New Year's Eve contra dance - finishes with a toast after midnight ( CONTRA/SPECIAL ) at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Susan Petrick with Corwin Zekley & Grace Fellows [London]: Corwin Zekley, Grace Fellows More Info
HEY DAYS 2025
Sunday, June 15 - Sunday, 22 June, 2025: HEY DAYS 2025 ( CAMP/ENGLISH ) at Green Mountain Retreat in Los Gatos.
Hey Days (BACDS English Dance and Music Week) June 15-22 – a residential camp in the Santa Cruz mountains with English Country Dance, longsword, border morris, singing, a music track, storytelling, and more. Staff includes Joanna Reiner-Wilkinson, Andrew Swaine, Rachel Pusey, Daisy Black, Jan Elliot, Shira Kammen, Jim Oakden, Lisa Scott, Chip Prince, Michelle Masek, Rebecca King, McKinley James, Sound engineers Christopher Jacoby and Alicia Cover. Advance registration required; registration opens January 2; postmark lottery deadline February 1. To get periodic announcements about Hey Days click here

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