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BACDS Events Calendar

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Schedule of Events

DATE(S) STYLE LOCATION CALLER(S)
TEACHER(S)
MUSICIANS
April 1 ENGLISH AMH
Cavalcade of Callers with Bangers & Mash (Craig Johnson, Stan & Susan Kramer, David Strong) — Playford Ball Rehearsal, 8–11pm, $15
April 1 ENGLISH MT
CANCELED with NO DANCE
April 2 CONTRA SF Celia Ramsay
Celia Ramsay with Switching Protocols (Ruthie Byers, Christopher Jacoby, John-Michael Seng-Wheeler) — Special Gender Neutral Contra!
April 2 Playford Ball (ENGLISH/SPECIAL) SJW Lise Dyckman
Lise Dyckman with Ruth Anne Fraley [OR], Anne Bingham Goess, Shira Kammen, Tom Lindemuth 36th Annual BACDS Playford Ball! 6:45–11pm. Pregistration required. More info at bacds.org/playford
April 3 CONTRA FSJ Celia Ramsay
Celia Ramsay with Whimsical (Janette Duncan, Regan Hemphill, Beth Christian, Roxanne Oliva, Debra Tayleur) — SJ CONTRA NOW ON FIRST SUNDAY - intro session at 2:15
April 5 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton with Bill Jensen, Stan Kramer, Clara Stefanov-Wagner
April 6 CONTRA CCB
Frannie Marr [SoCal] with Open band led by Rodney Miller [WA], Paul Kotapish, Daniel Steinberg
April 8 ENGLISH/REGENCY SME Alan Winston
Alan Winston with Divertimento (James Langdell, William Allen, Paul Kostka)
April 9 CONTRA FUM Eric Black
Eric Black with BLAM! [Monterey] (Bob Silberstein, Elizabeth Todd, Marta Lynch)
April 9 ENGLISH DGK Bruce Herbold
Bruce Herbold with Susan Worland, Jenny Hanson, Craig Johnson
April 10 FAMILY CONTRA HVC
Mavis McGaugh with The Guppies (Kathrine Gardner, Jim Oakden, Craig Johnson) — Benefit for BACDS Family Week, with fundraising raffle, 4–7pm. Admission: $10 general/$5 teens and kids
April 13 ENGLISH CCB David Newitt
David Newitt with Laurie Chastain, Christopher Jacoby, Bill Jensen
April 13 ENGLISH/WORKSHOP CCB
INTRO TO ENGLISH DANCE with Mary Luckhardt and Christopher Jacoby — FREE! (donations gladly accepted), 6:45– 7:30pm with
April 15 ENGLISH MT Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton with Nonesuch Country Dance Players (Mark Daly, Stan & Susan Kramer, Daniel Soussan, Rob Powell, Mary Tabor) with Bill Jensen
April 16 CONTRA SF Susan Petrick
Susan Petrick with Tripleplay (Ben Schreiber, Chris Knepper, Charlie Hancock)
April 17 ENGLISH FSJ Lise Dyckman
Lise Dyckman with The Phoenix (William Allen, Mary Tabor, Stan & Susan Kramer) — SJ ENGLISH NOW ON THIRD SUNDAY
April 19 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton with Shauna Pickett-Gordon, Stan Kramer, Laurie Chastain
April 20 CONTRA CCB Erik Hoffman
Erik Hoffman with Open band led by Swing Farm (Ray Bierl, Charlie Hancock, & friend)
April 23 CONTRA FUM Erik Hoffman
Erik Hoffman with Peak Nouveau (Paul Clarke, Peter Tommerup, Sarah Kirton, Karl Franzen)
April 23 ENGLISH FBH Lise Dyckman
Lise Dyckman with Rebecca King, Anne Goess, Christopher Jacoby, Tom Lindemuth — for experienced dancers - at Finnish Brotherhood Hall
April 27 ENGLISH CCB Alan Winston
Alan Winston with Open band led by Shira Kammen, Maggie Moore, Debra Tayleur
April 29 ENGLISH MT Alan Winston
Alan Winston with Nonesuch Country Dance Players (Mark Daly, Stan & Susan Kramer, Daniel Soussan, Rob Powell, Mary Tabor) with William Allen
April 30 CONTRA FUM
Donna Hunt [PA] with Community Band Night — contact Susan Goodis <sgoodis@gmail.com> for rehearsal info

Dance Venues

VENUE NAME ADDRESS CITY
AMH unknown unknown unknown
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
FBH Finnish Brotherhood Hall 1970 Chestnut 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
MT Palo Alto Masonic Temple 461 Florence Street Palo Alto
SF St. Paul's Presbyterian Church 1399 43rd Avenue 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