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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
June 3 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Hamilton Caroline Armitage, Robin Lockner, Bill Jensen
June 6 ENGLISH SME Sharon Green Craig Johnson, Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner
English dancing for all. NOTE starts later than usual, 7:45 - 10 pm
June 8 ENGLISH FSJ Alan Winston Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner, William Allen
June 8 Black & White Morris Fest in Golden Gate Park (MORRIS)
For any dancers and musicians who know the dances and tunes, and for spectators who just need to show up. A team-agnostic gathering in front of the Conservatory of Flowers. Continuing the decades-old tradition of the Black & White.
June 11 WOODSHED LAUMC Maybe you?
June 11 CONTRA PCSF Raven & Goose, Corwin Zekley, Grace Fellows
Contra - beginner lesson at 7:30, dance 8:00-10:00
June 12 ENGLISH CCB Juliette Webb (Nashville TN) Betsy St. Aubin, Michelle Masek, Patti Cobb
English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:25; dance 7:45-10:00
June 13 REGENCY/ENGLISH (BACDS, BAERS) SME Alan Winston Divertimento
June 14 CONTRA/SPECIAL FUM Jeremy Korr Rodney Miller, Paul Kotapish, Daniel Steinberg
Eric Black's 70th Birthday contra - free admission to all dancers.
June 14 ENGLISH SJP Joanna Reiner-Wilkinson Alicia Cover, Diana Gómez, Charlie Hancock
June 15 HEY DAYS 2025 (CAMP/ENGLISH) GMR Joanna Reiner-Wilkinson, Juliette Webb (Nashville TN), Rachel Pusey
June 17 ENGLISH ASE
No dance - see you in September!
June 20 SQUARE HC Rina Rossi Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee, Andrew Small, Ashlee Watkins, Trevor Holder, AJ Srubas
We are so excited to be hosting a visiting band from Virgina: The Alum Ridge Boys and Ashlee, with caller Rina Rossi! No experience necessary. No partner necessary. Kids welcome. Doors open at 7:45. We accept cash and venmo. BYOB: You may bring beer or wine. No hard alcohol allowed. Don't miss this amazing band! Also join us for the free old-time jam before the square dance. Starting at 6:45 pm, Robin Fischer (fiddle) and Rowan McCallister (guitar) will be leading the jam. All welcome.
June 21 Summer Solstice dance with Revels and Alex Cumming (CEILIDH/SPECIAL) (CalRevels) LOP Alex Cumming
Multi-talented instrumentalist, singer and dance caller Alex Cumming, from Brattleboro, VT (formerly of Somerset, UK) will be leading English ceilidh dances and a singalong at the California Revels summer Solstice celebration June 21. Come dance, sing, jam and picnic to celebrate the longest day of the year! Free event. californiarevels.org Saturday, June 21, 1-4 p.m. Live Oak Park Picnic Area #2 (next to Berkeley Art Center)
June 22 BACDS Family Week (SPECIAL/CAMP) MON Kelly Graham, Rhonda Cayford, Lindsay Verbil, Alex Cumming, Alice Cumming Anne Goess, Jeff Spero, David James, Craig Johnson, M’Gilvry Allen, Tom Phillips, Alex Cumming
Family Week
June 26 ENGLISH CCB Mary Luckhardt Judy Linsenberg, Michelle Masek, Noel Cragg
English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:25; dance 7:45-10:00
June 28 CONTRA FUM TBA
June 28 ENGLISH/EXPERIENCED CCB Lindsay Verbil Anne Goess, Jeff Spero, Alex Cumming
June 29 American Week Dance & Music Camp (CONTRA/SPECIAL/COUPLE/SINGING/CAMP) QUABL
Sadly, BACDS American Dance & Music Week is canceled for 2025. We hope to be able to have camp in 2026

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
GMR Green Mountain Retreat 19480 Bear Creek Rd Los Gatos
HC Hillside Club 2286 Cedar Street Berkeley
LAUMC Los Altos United Methodist Church 655 Magdalena Los Altos
LOP Live Oak Park 1301 Shattuck Ave Berkeley
MON Monte Toyon Camp Cathedral Drive Aptos
PCSF The Polish Club 3040 22nd Street San Francisco
QUABL Quaker Center 1000 Hubbard Gulch Rd Ben Lomond
SJP St. John's Presbyterian Church 25 Lake San Francisco
SME St. Mark's Episcopal Church 600 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto