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BACDS Events Calendar

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Schedule of Events

DATE(S) STYLE LOCATION CALLER(S)
TEACHER(S)
MUSICIANS
April 21 BOARDMEETING ZOOM
April 1 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Herbold Cat Taylor, Noel Cragg, Bill Jensen
April 1 CONTRA CCB Eric Black The Flagstones, Anne Goess, Will Wheeler, Charlie Hancock
April 4 ENGLISH SME Bruce Herbold Mary Tabor, Patti Cobb, Robin Lockner
English dancing for all - dance 7:30-10:00
April 7 CONTRA FUM Susan Petrick Engine Room, Alex Sturbaum, Noah Van Norstrand, Kelsey Wells
Special Monday Night dance with Susan Petrick and Engine Room! 7-10pm
April 8 ENGLISH CCB Bruce Herbold Anne Goess, Judy Linsenberg, Charlie Hancock
English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:25; dance 7:45-10:00
April 9 CONTRA PCSF John Little Starling, Jared Kirkpatrick, Mo Brachfield
Contra - beginner lesson at 7:30, dance 8:00-10:30
April 9 WOODSHED LAUMC Maybe you?
April 10 BFUU- Improper English (SPECIAL/ENGLISH) (SFBQCD) BFUU Sue Rosen Starling, Jared Kirkpatrick, Mo Brachfield
Improper English is a new English country dance series committed to gender-neutral (positional) calling. The initial run will be 2nd Thursdays, just down the street from BACDS’ usual Berkeley hall, during March–May while the dance there shifts to Tuesdays. Suggested donation is $25, or pay what you can. Note that masking (surgical, KN-95 or better) is required. There will be a beginners’ session before the dance at 6:50.
April 11 REGENCY/ENGLISH (BACDS, BAERS) SME Alan Winston Divertimento
April 12 CONTRA FUM Alan Winston Daniel Steinberg, Rodney Miller
April 12 ENGLISH SJP David Newitt, Bruce Herbold Humuhumunukunukuapu‘a Strathspey Society Band, Betsy St. Aubin, Bruce Herbold, Heather MacKay, Patti Cobb
April 13 ENGLISH FSJ Bruce Hamilton Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner, William Allen
April 15 ENGLISH ASE Lise Dyckman Elizabeth Ingber, Thomas Dewey, Bill Jensen
April 15 CONTRA CCB Dance Dinos, Leah Wollenberg, Will Wheeler, Lisa Miklós-Illés
April 19 SQUARE HC Robin Fischer Round Top String Band, Nick Lofaro, Rowan McCallister, Dan Kluger, Allegra Thompson
In April 2025, our dance is on a SATURDAY at the Hillside Club. No experience necessary. Kids welcome. Doors open at 7:45. Please pay in cash or venmo. This is a traditional or old-time square dance (not a modern or club square dance). That said, square dancers of all stripes are welcome!
April 22 ENGLISH CCB David Newitt Alicia Cover, Maggie Moore, Patti Cobb
English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:25; dance 7:45-10:00
April 29 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Hamilton Renata Bratt, Robin Lockner, Bill Jensen
April 29 Berkeley Contra with Community Band! (SPECIAL) CCB Erik Hoffman Community Band (contact Erik Hoffman for details), Erik Hoffman

Dance Venues

VENUE NAME ADDRESS CITY
ASE All Saints Episcopal Church 555 Waverley St Palo Alto
BFUU Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists 1924 Cedar Street Berkeley
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
HC Hillside Club 2286 Cedar Street Berkeley
LAUMC Los Altos United Methodist Church 655 Magdalena Los Altos
PCSF The Polish Club 3040 22nd Street San Francisco
SJP St. John's Presbyterian Church 25 Lake San Francisco
SME St. Mark's Episcopal Church 600 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto
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