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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
February 2 CONTRA CCB Alan Winston Corwin Zekley, Grace Fellows
Dance 8:00 - 10:30, intro workshop 7:30 if you show up and request it
February 3 ENGLISH SMT Lise Dyckman Corwin Zekley & Grace Fellows [London]
February 6 WOODSHED LAUMC Maybe you?
February 7 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Hamilton David Mostardi, Patti Cobb, Valerie Rose
dance 7:30-9:30, please arrive early for COVID check-in.
February 9 ENGLISH CCB Lise Dyckman Charlie Hancock, David Mostardi, Judy Linsenberg
dance 7:45-10:00, beginner lesson 7:15
February 10 REGENCY/ENGLISH (BACDS, BAERS) STM Alan Winston Divertimento, James Langdell
Accessible English country dances not limited to Jane Austen's lifetime, called without gender reference
February 11 ENGLISH FSJ Lise Dyckman Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner, William Allen
February 11 ENGLISH SJP Steve White Alicia Cover, Craig Johnson, Cat Taylor
February 12 ENGLISH ONLINE Sharon Green
Valentines Day Party! Odd Sundays English Garage Band and other favorite recorded musicians. Sharon 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
February 12 ENGLISH FSJ Alan Winston Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner, William Allen
dance 2:30-5:00
February 16 CONTRA CCB Dane Wallinga Anne Goess, Will Wheeler
February 20 Jubilee Dance Open Rehearsal (SPECIAL) ASH
Jubilee American Dance Theater is having an open rehearsal. Based in Berkeley, Jubilee is the Bay Area’s preeminent US historic dance ensemble, bringing to the stage the dance and music of the various traditions that make up America. This includes clogging, square dance, running sets, polkas, waltzes, Cajun, swing, hornpipes, and other historical social dances. We perform locally and internationally.
February 21 ENGLISH ASE Alan Winston Bill Jensen, Robin Lockner, Noel Cragg
7:30-9:30, please arrive early for COVID check-in.
February 23 ENGLISH CCB Ric Goldman (Portland, OR) Anne Goess, Craig Johnson, Judy Linsenberg
Ric Goldman from Portland, Oregon - Open Band Night - dance 7:45-10:00, beginner lesson 7:15
February 25 Playford Ball East Bay Workshop (ENGLISH/SPECIAL) CCB Kalia Kliban Anne Goess, Charlie Hancock
2-5pm, $15 admission.
February 25 ENGLISH CCB Kalia Kliban Bill Jensen, Jon Berger, Michelle Masek
Make a day of it with the Playford Workshop in the afternoon. Dance 7:30-10:00.
February 25 CONTRA FUM Tanya Merchant The Corn Likkers, Eleanor Chen, Elijah Chen, Lael Sigal, Lauren Graves, Ray Chen
newcomers welcome/lesson 6:30 / dance 7:00-10:00
February 26 ENGLISH ONLINE Kalia Kliban
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

Dance Venues

VENUE NAME ADDRESS CITY
ASE All Saints Episcopal Church 555 Waverley St Palo Alto
ASH Ashkenaz 1317 San Pablo Avenue Berkeley
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
LAUMC Los Altos United Methodist Church 655 Magdalena Los Altos
ONLINE online wherever the cloud
SJP St. John's Presbyterian Church 25 Lake San Francisco
SMT San Mateo Masonic Temple 100 N. Ellsworth San Mateo
STM St. Mark's Church 600 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto