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Promoting traditional English and American music and dance

BACDS Events Calendar

March 2023
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Schedule of Events

DATE(S) STYLE LOCATION CALLER(S)
TEACHER(S)
MUSICIANS
March 2 CONTRA CCB Erik Hoffman Red Rock Island String Band, Kate Chaitin, Connor Maguire, Brianna Hathway, JT Harechmak
March 3 ENGLISH SME Steve White Bill Jensen, Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner
English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at at 7:00, dance 7:30-10:00
March 7 ENGLISH ASE Kalia Kliban Bill Jensen, Ben Jackson, Christopher Jacoby
7:30-9:30, please arrive early for COVID check-in.
March 9 ENGLISH CCB Bruce Herbold Caroline McCaskey, Patti Cobb, Thomas Dewey
dance 7:45-10:00, beginner lesson 7:15
March 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
March 11 WOODSHED LAUMC Maybe you?
March 11 ENGLISH SJP Alan Winston Patti Cobb, Cat Taylor, Richard Page
March 12 ENGLISH ONLINE Sharon Green
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
March 12 Playford Ball South Bay Workshop (ENGLISH/SPECIAL) FSJ Lise Dyckman Bill Jensen, Ben Jackson
March 13 WOODSHED LAUMC Maybe you?
March 14 ENGLISH CCB Lise Dyckman Bill Jensen, Judy Linsenberg, Michelle Masek
English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:15; dance 7:45-10:00
March 16 CONTRA CCB Erik Hoffman Pizza Wizards
March 21 ENGLISH ASE Lise Dyckman Bill Jensen, Mary Tabor, Renata Bratt
7:30-9:30, please arrive early for COVID check-in.
March 23 ENGLISH CCB Sharon Green Betsy St. Aubin, Charlie Hancock, Maggie Moore
Open Band Night - dance 7:45-10:00, beginner lesson 7:15
March 24 Playford Ball Rehearsal Dance (ENGLISH/SPECIAL) HVC Alan Winston, Alisa Dodson, Bruce Hamilton, Bruce Herbold, Lise Dyckman, Bonnie Richardson Audrey Jaber, Rebecca King
March 25 Playford Ball Tea Dance (ENGLISH/SPECIAL) FUM Alan Winston Audrey Jaber, Caroline McCaskey, Patti Cobb, Thomas Dewey
2:00-6:00 pm Playford Ball Tea Dance - advance registration required
March 25 CONTRA FUM Alan Winston Audrey Jaber, Caroline McCaskey, Patti Cobb, Thomas Dewey
Audrey is visiting from San Diego! Newcomers welcome / lesson 6:30, dance 7:00-10:00
March 25 ENGLISH CCB
Canceled in favor of the Playford Ball in San Jose. We'll return in April!
March 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
March 30 CONTRA CCB Kelsey Hartman The New Vintage Revelers, Dan Warrick, Harry Liedstrand, Paul Kotapish

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
HVC Hill and Valley Club - 1808 B Street (at Linden) 1808 B Street Hayward
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
SME St. Mark's Episcopal Church 600 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto
STM St. Mark's Church 600 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto