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Promoting traditional English and American music and dance

BACDS Events Calendar

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Schedule of Events

DATE(S) STYLE LOCATION CALLER(S)
TEACHER(S)
MUSICIANS
January 3 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Hamilton Bill Jensen, Robin Lockner, Valerie Rose
January 3 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton with Valerie Rose, Robin Lockner, Bill Jensen - dance 7:30-9:30; please arrive early for COVID check-in.
January 5 CONTRA CCB Kelsey Hartman
Kelsey Hartman with One Dollar Whiskey (Alex Sturbaum, Brian Lindsay, Penka Jane Culevski) [Seattle area] - dance 8:00-10:30, intro workshop at 7:30 if you show up and ask for it
January 8 ENGLISH FSJ Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton with William Allen, Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner - dance 2:30-5:00
January 8 ENGLISH ONLINE Kalia Kliban
Kalia Kliban with Odd Sundays English Garage Band and other favorite recorded musicians. Kalia calls solo adaptations of English Country dances either to recorded or live music. NOTE: as of November 2021, this series has moved to the even Sundays of the month, and is now the Oddly Even Sunday English Dance Party. Doors open 1:00 pm PDT (sound check and chat), dance starts at 1:30PM PDT. Link will appear the Thursday or Friday before the dance on bacds-announce mailing list (subscribe here) and on the Odd Sundays mailchimp list (to learn how to join that Odd Sundays email list, email Sharon at sharon@bacds.org. More information and planned set list at https://bacds.org/series/virtual/oddsundays.html
January 9 WOODSHED SME
RESCHEDULED with HALL NO LONGER AVAILABLE ON MONDAYS - MOVED TO FOURTH FRIDAYS STARTING JANUARY 27
January 12 ENGLISH CCB David Newitt
David Newitt with The Humuhumunukunukuapua’a & Strathspey Society Band (Heather MacKay, Betsy St. Aubin. Patti Cobb, Bruce Herbold, David Newitt) - dance 7:45-10:00, beginner lesson at 7:15
January 13 ENGLISH/REGENCY STM Lise Dyckman
Lise Dyckman with Divertimento under the direction of James Langdell. -- Regency dancing returns from winter hiatus.
January 14 ENGLISH SJP Sharon Green Bill Jensen, Susan Jensen, Noel Cragg
January 17 ENGLISH ASE Steve White Bill Jensen, Mary Tabor, Paul Kostka
January 17 ENGLISH ASE Steve White Bill Jensen, Renata Bratt, Paul Kostka
dance 7:30-9:30; please arrive early for COVID check-in
January 19 CONTRA CCB Erik Hoffman Caroline McCaskey, Larry Unger
dance 8:00-10:30, intro workshop at 7:30 if you show up and request it
January 22 ENGLISH ONLINE Kalia Kliban Odd Sundays Garage Band, Judy Linsenberg, Patti Cobb, Shira Kammen
and other favorite recorded musicians. Kalia calls solo adaptations of English Country dances either to recorded or live music.
January 26 ENGLISH CCB Alan Winston Anne Goess, Charlie Hancock, Noel Cragg
dance 7:45-10:00, beginner lesson 7:15
January 27 WOODSHED SME Maybe you?
Callers and choreographers try out new material and get feedback. We can use dancers as well as callers.
January 28 CONTRA FUM Kelsey Hartman Persons In Black, Clark Smith, Dave Wright, Sue Jones
newcomers welcome/lesson 6:30, dance 7:00-10:00
January 28 ENGLISH CCB Alan Winston Gary Thomas, Christopher Jacoby, Valerie Rose
Pace of instruction is quicker, basic figures are not reviewed, and we have glorious music.
January 31 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Hamilton Bill Jensen, Susan Jensen, Ben Jackson

Dance Venues

VENUE NAME ADDRESS CITY
ASE All Saints Episcopal Church 555 Waverley St Palo Alto
CCB Christ Church East Bay 2138 Cedar Street Berkeley
FSJ First Unitarian Church of San Jose 160 N 3rd St San Jose
FUM First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto 625 Hamilton at Byron Palo Alto
ONLINE online wherever the cloud
SJP St. John's Presbyterian Church 25 Lake San Francisco
SME St. Mark's Episcopal Church 600 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto
STM St. Mark's Church 600 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto