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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
September 1 ENGLISH SME Bruce Herbold Anne Goess, Bill Jensen, Susan Jensen
English dancing for all - dance 7:30-10:00
September 3 ONLINE/ENGLISH ONLINE Sharon Green
1:30-2:30 pm
Solo adaptations of English country dances either to recorded or live music.
September 5 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Herbold Bill Jensen, Judy Linsenberg, Ben Jackson
September 7 CONTRA CCB Charlie Fenton Valerie Rose Band, Patti Cobb, Valerie Rose, Art Friedman
September 8 REGENCY/ENGLISH (BACDS, BAERS) STM Alan Winston Divertimento, James Langdell
Alan Winston with Divertimento, led by James Langdell, usually with some of William Allen, Paul Kostka, Bill Langdell, Jeanette Langdell. English country dances from Jane Austen's lifetime and beyond.
September 9 ENGLISH SJP Bruce Herbold Craig Johnson, Valerie Rose, Michele Winter, Diana Gómez
September 10 Solano Stroll Performance (MORRIS)
We are performing at the Solano Stroll in Albany/Berkeley. Multiple sets during the day.
September 10 ENGLISH FSJ Alan Winston Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner, William Allen
September 11 WOODSHED LAUMC Maybe you?
People already involved in the plan to make a video or who want to watch the process but not be in the video, show up at 7:30. Regular Woodshed stuff after 8:15. Special schedule for this Woodshed only: - The first ~45 minutes or so of the evening will go to prepping and taping "Tango in Toronto" demo video; cast is already chosen. The remaining ~75 minutes will be typical Woodshed activities - trying out choreographies (new ones or new to the caller).
September 12 Open Workshops (SPECIAL/MORRIS/WORKSHOP)
The first of three open workshops hosted by Berkeley Morris. Free, open to all, outdoors at Memorial Park in Albany at 7:30pm. This week Talitha and Julia will be teaching dances from the Fieldtown tradition.
September 14 ENGLISH CCB Ric Goldman (Portland, OR) Anne Goess, Charlie Hancock, David Mostardi
English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:15; dance 7:45-10:00
September 19 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Hamilton Bill Jensen, Robin Lockner, Shira Kammen
September 19 Open Workshops (SPECIAL/MORRIS/WORKSHOP)
The second of three open workshops hosted by Berkeley Morris. Free, open to all, outdoors at Memorial Park in Albany at 7:30pm. This week Randall will be teaching dances Border Morris tradition.
September 21 CONTRA CCB Erik Hoffman Charlie Hancock, Shira Kammen, Jim Oakden
September 23 CONTRA FUM Warren Blier Ben Jackson, Christopher Jacoby
September 23 ENGLISH CCB Bruce Hamilton The Whoots, Charlie Hancock, Shira Kammen, Jim Oakden
September 24 ONLINE/ENGLISH ONLINE Sharon Green
1:30-2:30 pm
Solo adaptations of English country dances either to recorded or live music.
September 26 Open Workshops (SPECIAL/MORRIS/WORKSHOP)
The third of three open workshops hosted by Berkeley Morris. Free, open to all, outdoors at Memorial Park in Albany at 7:30pm. The traditions we'll be teaching this week will be a surprise! Come and find out!
September 28 ENGLISH CCB David Newitt Patti Cobb, Shira Kammen, Valerie Rose
English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:15; dance 7:45-10:00
September 29 ENGLISH SME Alan Winston, Bruce Hamilton, Lise Dyckman Craig Johnson, Paul Kostka, Cat Taylor
Palo Alto ECD 5th Fridays Advanced ECD

When there are five Fridays in the month, the Palo Alto ECD series now includes an Advanced Dance.

These are dance parties for experienced dancers. Instruction will be streamlined (familiar dances will be walked-through, not carefully taught), and their programs can include some more complicated dances than are usually seen at our 1st Friday, Tuesdays, Thursdays, or Sundays ECD series. There will be only a few new or complex dances on each 5th Friday evening, however - we're aiming for minimal teaching for maximum dance time.

We expect dancers attending these sessions to be unfazed by heys in different orientations, dolphin heys, double figure 8s, Mad Robin figures, etc. They may encounter double progression dances and triple minors, or sets in different configurations. Dancers should also be able to maintain their sense of orientation within the set.

(This is not the time to bring your friends who are new to English country dancing, although we'd love to see them at other BACDS dance events.)

September 30 CONTRA FUM Kelsey Hartman Little Big Band, Bob Silberstein, Marta Lynch

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
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