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Promoting traditional English and American music and dance

BACDS Events Calendar

March 2024
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Schedule of Events

DATE(S) STYLE LOCATION CALLER(S)
TEACHER(S)
MUSICIANS
March 1 ENGLISH SME Lise Dyckman Caroline McCaskey, Thomas Dewey, Christopher Jacoby
English dancing for all - dance 7:30-10:00
March 2 Saturday night Square Dance with Larry Edelman (SPECIAL/SQUARE) CCB Larry Edelman (CO) Greg & Jere Canote
Special traditional square dance with master caller Larry Edelman and master musicians Greg & Jere Canote, brought to town by Berkeley Old Time Music Convention. Not to be missed!
March 3 PLAYFORD BALL PENINSULA WORKSHOP (ENGLISH/SPECIAL) ASE Bruce Hamilton Bill Jensen, Valerie Rose
2:00-5:00 pm. Learn the dances for the Playford Ball!
March 5 ENGLISH ASE Kalia Kliban Bill Jensen, Renata Bratt, Ben Jackson
March 7 CONTRA CCB Erik Hoffman Valerie Rose, Paul Kotapish, Christian Conaway
March 8 REGENCY/ENGLISH (BACDS, BAERS) SME Alan Winston Divertimento
March 9 CONTRA FUM Yoyo Zhou Little Big Band, Bob Silberstein, Marta Lynch
March 9 ENGLISH SJP Bruce Herbold Craig Johnson, William Allen, Michele Winter, Diana Gómez
March 10 ONLINE/ENGLISH ONLINE Sharon Green Recorded Music by Odd Sundays Garage Band and others
1:30-2:30pm
March 10 ENGLISH FSJ Alan Winston Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner, William Allen
March 11 WOODSHED LAUMC Maybe you?
March 14 ENGLISH CCB Lise Dyckman Michelle Masek, Judy Linsenberg, Bill Jensen
English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:15; dance 7:45-10:00
March 16 PLAYFORD BALL EAST BAY WORKSHOP (ENGLISH/SPECIAL) CCB David Newitt Charlie Hancock, Michelle Masek
2:00-5:00 pm. Learn the dances for the BACDS Playford Ball!
March 19 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Herbold Craig Johnson, Robin Lockner, Thomas Dewey
March 21 CONTRA CCB Eric Black The Corn Likkers, Ray Chen, Lael Sigal, Lauren Graves, Elijah Chen, Eleanor Chen
March 22 ENGLISH CCB Margaret Bary Rebecca King, Michelle Masek, Judy Linsenberg
March 23 FamilyWeek Family Dance (FAMILY) CCB Kelsey Hartman Anne Goess, Craig Johnson, Paul Kostka
An afternoon dance party for the whole family, all ages welcome! Simple easy-to-learn dances from American and the British Isles folk traditions including circle dances and singing games. 2:30-4:30. At break we'll have a performance from rapper sword group Twisted Sisters and a juggling demo, as well as an “instrument petting zoo” so that kids (and adults) can find out more about the musical instruments we use.
March 23 CONTRA FUM Dane Wallinga Contra Cats, Lee Anne Welch, Sonia Shell, Yvonne Walbroehl
March 23 ENGLISH CCB Gary Thomas Charlie Hancock, Thomas Dewey, Ben Jackson
March 24 ONLINE/ENGLISH ONLINE Kalia Kliban Recorded Music by Odd Sundays Garage Band and others
1:30-2:30pm
March 27 ENGLISH CCB David Newitt Judy Linsenberg, Noel Cragg, Shira Kammen
English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:15; dance 7:45-10:00 — Note special Wednesday date!
March 29 PLAYFORD BALL REHEARSAL DANCE (ENGLISH/SPECIAL) HVC Caroline McCaskey, Craig Johnson, Thomas Dewey
March 29 ENGLISH SME
No Advanced dance this evening -- Playford Ball Rehearsal instead.
March 30 BACDS PLAYFORD BALL (ENGLISH/SPECIAL) SJW Alisa Dodson Shira Kammen, Rebecca King, Jim Oakden
March 30 CONTRA FUM Deanna Rubin Noel Cragg

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
SJW San Jose Woman's Club 75 South 11th Street San Jose
SME St. Mark's Episcopal Church 600 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto