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Promoting traditional English and American music and dance

BACDS Events Calendar

June 2015
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Schedule of Events

DATE(S) STYLE LOCATION CALLER(S)
TEACHER(S)
MUSICIANS
June 2 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton with Bill Jensen, Stan Kramer, Susan Worland
June 3 CONTRA CCB
Gaye Fifer [VA] with The Coffee Zombies (Tom Cunningham [KY], Dianna Davis [IN], Robert Douglas [KY]) — Special Price: $10/$8/$7
June 3 WALTZ CCB
WALTZ AND COUPLE DANCING with The Coffee Zombies (Tom Cunningham [KY], Dianna Davis [IN], Robert Douglas [KY]) 6:30–7:30pm, $10 (no teaching) with
June 5 ENGLISH MT
Chris Page [San Diego] with Nonesuch Country Dance Players (Stan & Susan Kramer, Daniel Soussan, Rob Powell, Mary Tabor, Mark Daly) with Patti Cobb
June 6 CONTRA SF
Gaye Fifer [VA] with The Coffee Zombies (Tom Cunningham [KY], Dianna Davis [IN], Robert Douglas [KY]) — Special Price $12/$10/$6
June 7 ENGLISH FSJ
Bob Fraley with The Phoenix (William Allen, Stan & Susan Kramer, Mary Tabor)
June 9 WOODSHED HPP Maybe you?
maybe you? with maybe you? a peek backstage to try out new material. FREE!
June 10 ENGLISH CCB Kalia Kliban
Kalia Kliban with Jon Berger, Clara Stefanov-Wagner, Rebecca King
June 10 ENGLISH/JAM CCB
ENGLISH TUNE JAM with Rebecca King, 6:45–7:30pm — Free! (donations gladly accepted) with
June 12 CONTRA/SPECIAL SF Erik Hoffman
Erik Hoffman with Rodney Miller [NH], Charlie Hancock, Chris Knepper — Benefit contra dance for DCWC Community Hospital in Rajbash, Nepal; special treats baked by Laura Stillman, with Apple Watch raffle and auctions of Nepalese art/artifacts. Recommended donation $12
June 12 ENGLISH/REGENCY SME
Alan Winston, Cassandra Vlahos with Open Band led by Divertimento (James Langdell, William Allen, Paul Kostka)
June 13 CONTRA/SPECIAL FUM
Cis Hinkle [GA] with KGB [Seattle] (Julie King, Claude Ginsburg, Dave Bartley) — FREE! Come help celebrate 120 years with a special Birthday Dance to commemorate the 60th birthdays of Eric Black and Diane Zingale. Donations to the performers and refreshments for the break are always welcome. 120 years! 60th birthdays of Eric Black and Diane Zingale
June 13 ENGLISH DGK
Cathleen Myers, Cassandra Vlahos with Bangers and Mash (David Strong, Stan & Susan Kramer, Craig Johnson) with Rob Powell
June 16 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton with Bill Jensen, Stan Kramer, Tom Lindemuth
June 17 CONTRA CCB Yoyo Zhou
Yoyo Zhou with Open Band led by Rodney Miller [NH], Daniel Steinberg — Special Price $12/$10/$6
June 19 ENGLISH MT
Bob Fraley & Cassandra Vlahos with Nonesuch Country Dance Players (Stan & Susan Kramer, Daniel Soussan, Rob Powell, Mary Tabor, Mark Daly) with Bill Jensen
June 20 CONTRA SF
Karen Fontana with The wiNgNuts (Chris Knepper, Will Wheeler, Christie Hubbard)
June 21 CONTRA FSJ Kelsey Hartman
Kelsey Hartman with The Bay Laurels (Paul Barnett, Anne Whitesell, John Gregorin, Laura Barnett, Susan Torngren)
June 21 CONTRA/JAM FSJ
Contra dance music jam, 5:00 -7:00 pm with Portland Collection
June 24 ENGLISH CCB
David Newitt, Ric Goldman [OR] with Open Band led by Michelle Levy, Maggie Moore, Patti Cobb
June 26 CONTRA SF
Linda Leslie [MA] with The AmWeek Gardeners (Laura Light [NC], George Paul [VA], Matt & Stuart Kenney [MA]) preview of AmWeek staff! — Special Price: $12/$10/$6
June 27 CONTRA FUM
Linda Leslie [MA] with Clew Bay (Alden Robinson [ME], Peter Siegel [VT], Owen Marshall [ME], Matt & Stuart Kenney [MA]) — preview of AmWeek staff! — Special Price: $12/$10/$6
June 27 ENGLISH FUO Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton with Charlie Hancock, Maggie Moore, Shira Kammen — for experienced dancers (note the location at First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 14th Avenue!)
June 28 American Week (CONTRA/CAMP) JG
many great leaders with BACDS American Dance & Music Week in the Redwoods at La Honda, CA, Sun-Fri June 28–July 3 It's a Dance Camp with Music! It's a Music Camp with Dance! Contras, Squares, and MORE by Nils Fredland [NH] & Linda Leslie [MA]; Music by The Syncopaths (Ryan McKasson [WA], Ashley Broder, Jeff Spero, Christa Burch [3 from SoCal]), Clew Bay (Alden Robinson [ME], Peter Siegel [VT], Owen Marshall [ME], Matt & Stuart Kenney [MA]), The Avant Gardeners (Laura Light [NC], George Paul [VA]) music tutorials with staff musicians, traditional crafts with Lea Smith, tunewriting, dance composition, and more! — Preregistration Required: see http://AmWeek.org
June 30 ENGLISH ASE
CANCELED with NO DANCE — Off for the Summer

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
DGK DanceGround Keriac 1805 Divisadero at Bush San Francisco
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
FUO First Unitarian Church of Oakland 685 14th Street Oakland
HPP Carriage House at Holbrook-Palmer Park 150 Watkins Avenue Atherton
JG Jones Gulch Camp 11000 Pescadero Rd La Honda
MT Palo Alto Masonic Temple 461 Florence Street Palo Alto
SF St. Paul's Presbyterian Church 1399 43rd Avenue San Francisco
SME St. Mark's Episcopal Church 600 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto