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Schedule of Events
| DATE(S) | STYLE | LOCATION | CALLER(S) TEACHER(S) |
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| June 25 | BACDS Family Week (SPECIAL) | MON | ||
| A weeklong camp held in the redwoods 12 miles east of Santa Cruz. A camp for families of all ages and sizes—contra, English, Québécois, and family dance classes, as well as lots of music (tutorials and performance!), singing, crafts, stilting, and games. It’s our 30th year of camp! Staff this year: Yaelle Azoulay (French Canadian dance); Kelsey Hartman (contradance, teen dance, improv); Sharon Green (English country dance); Kalia Kliban (“mischief”); Julie James (emcee); Rhonda Cayford (rapper sword, programmer); Kelly Graham (kids’ dance, improv); Anne Goess (fiddle, singing); Nicolas Babineau (fiddle, guitar); M’Gilvry Allen (fiddle, teen tunes); Erik Hoffman (callers’ workshop); David Brown (fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin, concertina); David James (fiddle, guitar, mandolin); Jeffrey Spero (keyboards); Craig Johnson (accordion, piano); Lorraine Kostka (handcrafts); Emily Janssen (handcrafts); Bethany Ewers (Waldorf-inspired preschool, storyteller); Andy Wilson (stilting); Courtney Tolhurst (preschool and stilting); Stan Fowler (ropes course); Nick Cuccia (sound). Registration opens March 20! | ||||
| July 6 | CONTRA | CCB | Erik Hoffman | Corwin Zekley & Grace Fellows [London] |
| July 7 | ENGLISH | SME | Lise Dyckman | Corwin Zekley, Grace Fellows |
| English country dancing for all, using positional calling (that is, taught without reference to gender roles). Dance is 7:30-10:00pm. | ||||
| July 8 | ENGLISH | SJP | Alan Winston | Bill Jensen, Jon Berger, Richard Page |
| July 9 | ONLINE/ENGLISH | ONLINE | Sharon Green | |
| 1:30-2:30 pm | ||||
| July 10 | WOODSHED | LAUMC | Maybe you? | |
| July 13 | ENGLISH | CCB | Tom Roby (Massachusetts) | Corwin Zekley & Grace Fellows [London], Corwin Zekley, Grace Fellows |
| English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:15; dance 7:45-10:00 | ||||
| July 14 | 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 | ||||
| July 20 | CONTRA | CCB | Alan Winston | Community Band (contact Erik Hoffman for details), Erik Hoffman |
| July 22 | CONTRA | FUM | Dane Wallinga | Corwin Zekley, Grace Fellows |
| July 22 | ENGLISH | CCB | Kalia Kliban | Jon Berger, Judy Linsenberg, Rebecca King |
| July 23 | ONLINE/ENGLISH | ONLINE | Kalia Kliban | |
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1:30-2:30 pm Solo adaptations of English country dances either to recorded or live music. |
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| July 27 | ENGLISH | CCB | Lise Dyckman | Craig Johnson, Judy Linsenberg, Patti Cobb |
| English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:15; dance 7:45-10:00 | ||||
| July 29 | CONTRA | FUM | Yoyo Zhou | Lee Anne Welch, Andy Imbrie, Joe Weed |
Dance Venues
| VENUE | NAME | ADDRESS | CITY |
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| CCB | Christ Church East Bay | 2138 Cedar Street | Berkeley |
| FUM | First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto | 625 Hamilton at Byron | Palo Alto |
| LAUMC | Los Altos United Methodist Church | 655 Magdalena | Los Altos |
| MON | Monte Toyon Camp | Cathedral Drive | Aptos |
| 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 |