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Promoting traditional English and American music and dance

BACDS Events Calendar

August 2024
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Schedule of Events

DATE(S) STYLE LOCATION CALLER(S)
TEACHER(S)
MUSICIANS
August 1 CONTRA CCB
NO DANCE TONIGHT - GO TO LARK CAMP
August 2 ENGLISH STB Bruce Hamilton Robin Lockner, Michelle Masek, Thomas Dewey
English dancing for all - dance 7:30-10:00
August 8 ENGLISH CCB Lise Dyckman Valerie Rose, Betsy St. Aubin, Craig Johnson
English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:25; dance 7:45-10:00
August 10 Another Jane Austen Ball (REGENCY/ENGLISH/SPECIAL) (BAERS, TF52) TF52 Alan Winston Divertimento Dance Orchestra, James Langdell, Paul Kostka, William Allen
An English Regency Ball in San Jose, featuring country dances and waltzes. Period costume admired not required, formal or festive wear requested. Highly accesible dances in a handsome room with a good floor and air-conditioning.
August 10 CONTRA FUM Dane Wallinga Valerie Rose, Paul Kotapish, Daniel Steinberg
August 10 ENGLISH SJP Cassiane Vlahos Mobley Alicia Cover, Susan Jensen, Bill Jensen
August 11 ONLINE/ENGLISH ONLINE Sharon Green Recorded Music by Odd Sundays Garage Band and others
August 14 CONTRA PCSF Doe Taryn Will Wheeler, Ben Jackson
Contra - beginner lesson at 7:30, dance 8:00-10:30
August 14 WOODSHED LAUMC Maybe you?
August 15 CONTRA CCB Eric Black Corwin Zekley & Grace Fellows [London], Corwin Zekley, Grace Fellows
August 16 Balance the Bay Contra Dance Weekend (CONTRA/CAMP/SPECIAL) JPC Maia McCormick, Jacqui Grennan Countercurrent, Riptide, Alex Sturbaum, Brian Lindsay, Alden Robinson, Owen Marshall, Baron Collins-Hill, Mark "Pokey" Hellenberg
August 16 SQUARE NPML Robin Fischer Round Top String Band
Kicking off our new Old-Time Square Dance series! In South Berkeley/North Oakland near Telegraph and Alcatatraz. (Not a Thursday!)
August 19 Special Monday-after-Balance-the-Bay dance (CONTRA/SPECIAL) FUM Yoyo Zhou Countercurrent, Alex Sturbaum, Brian Lindsay
August 22 ENGLISH CCB Alan Winston Corwin Zekley & Grace Fellows [London], Corwin Zekley, Grace Fellows
English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:25; dance 7:45-10:00
August 24 CONTRA FUM Kelsey Hartman Corwin Zekley & Grace Fellows [London], Corwin Zekley, Grace Fellows
August 24 Family Week Family Dance (FAMILY/SPECIAL) CCB Kelsey Hartman Anne Goess, Craig Johnson, Richard Page
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. 2:00-4:00. At break we'll have a short mummers play 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.
August 24 ENGLISH CCB Alan Winston Rebecca King, Michelle Masek, Christopher Jacoby
August 25 ONLINE/ENGLISH ONLINE Kalia Kliban Recorded Music by Odd Sundays Garage Band and others
August 28 CONTRA PCSF Erik Hoffman Deniz Akin, Lisa Miklós-Illés, Lacy Schifflette
Contra - beginner lesson at 7:30, dance 8:00-10:30
August 29 CONTRA CCB Deanna Rubin Noel Cragg, Will Wheeler
August 30 Fifth Friday Advanced English Dance (ENGLISH/SPECIAL) STB Renée Camus Valerie Rose, Robin Lockner, Bill Jensen
August 31 CONTRA FUM Kelsey Hartman Magic Reelism, Sue Jones, David Wright, Cheryl McKinney, Del Eckels

Dance Venues

VENUE NAME ADDRESS CITY
CCB Christ Church East Bay 2138 Cedar Street Berkeley
FUM First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto 625 Hamilton at Byron Palo Alto
JPC Janet Pomeroy Center 207 Skyline Blvd San Francisco
LAUMC Los Altos United Methodist Church 655 Magdalena Los Altos
NPML Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library 6501 Telegraph Ave Oakland
ONLINE online wherever the cloud
PCSF The Polish Club 3040 22nd Street San Francisco
SJP St. John's Presbyterian Church 25 Lake San Francisco
STB Saint Bede's Episcopal Church 2650 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park
TF52 Odd Fellows True Fellowship Lodge #52 1035 Emory Street San Jose