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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 26 American Week (CONTRA/CAMP) JG
many great leaders with BACDS American Dance & Music Week in the Redwoods at La Honda, CA,
Sun-Fri June 26–July 1 It's a Dance Camp with Music! It's a Music Camp with Dance! Contras, Squares, and MORE by Cis Hinkle [GA] & Will Mentor [VT]; Music by Genticorum [Canada] (Pascal Gemme, Yann Falquet, Nicholas Williams), Stringrays (Rodney Miller [WA], Max Newman [MA], Stuart Kenney [MA], David Surrette [ME], Matt Kenney [MA]), Laura Light (from the Avant Gardeners), Audrey Knuth & Amy Englesberg (from the Free Raisins); Singing with Susie Burke [ME]; music tutorials with staff musicians, traditional crafts with Rachel Olguin; tunewriting, dance composition, and more! — Preregistration Required: see http://AmWeek.org
July 1 American Week (CONTRA/SPECIAL) LSC
Cis Hinkle [GA], Will Mentor [VT] with Genticorum [Canada] (Yann Falquet, Pascal Gemme, Nicholas Williams), Stringrays [mostly MA] (Rodney Miller [WA], Max Newman, Stuart Kenney, David Surette [ME], Matt Kenney) — Special price $12/$10/$6 Extra Palo Alto Contra: Gala AmWeek Celebration at Lucie Stern Center with AmWeek staff! 8–11pm (newcomers' orientation at 7:30). Special price: $10 members, $12 non-members, $6 students.
July 1 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
July 2 CONTRA SF
Will Mentor [VT] with Genticorum [Canada] (Yann Falquet, Pascal Gemme, Nicholas Williams) — Special Post-AmWeek dance, $12/$10/$6
July 3 Family Week (FAMILY/CAMP) MON
many great leaders with BACDS Family Week at Monte Toyon, Aptos, CA,
Sun–Fri July 3-8 Kids learn community dance along with art, leaving adults free to dance morning & evening. Dance sessions & workshops by Kalia Kliban, Brooke Friendly, DeLaura Padovan
Music & music workshops by Steve Hickman, Susan Worland, Jim Oakden, David Brown, Kathrine Gardner, David James, Craig Johnson — See http://bacds.org/Familycamp for more info
July 3 CONTRA FSJ
Jacqui Grennan [Los Angeles] with Switching Protocols (Christopher Jacoby, Ruthie Byers, John-Michael Seng-Wheeler)
July 5 ENGLISH ASE
CANCELED with No Dance — Off for the summer
July 6 CONTRA CCB Erik Hoffman
Erik Hoffman with Open Band led by The wiNgNuts (Chris Knepper, Isele Phoenix Harper, Will Wheeler)
July 8 ENGLISH/REGENCY SME Alan Winston
Alan Winston with Open Band led by Divertimento (James Langdell, William Allen, Paul Kostka) — Early American dances!
July 9 CONTRA FUM
Chuck Abell [NY] with Derya Akin, Deniz Akin, Obin Sturm [Davis]
July 9 ENGLISH DGK David Newitt
David Newitt with Heather MacKay, Susan & Bill Jensen
July 12 WOODSHED HPP Maybe you?
maybe you? with maybe you? a peek backstage to try out new material. FREE!
July 13 ENGLISH CCB Alisa Dodson
Alisa Dodson with The Modulations (Jon Berger, Charlie Hancock, Ellen Hoffman)
July 13 ENGLISH/WORKSHOP CCB
INTRO TO ENGLISH DANCE with Alisa Dodson with Charlie Hancock FREE! (donations gladly accepted), 6:45–7:30pm
July 15 ENGLISH MT Kalia Kliban
Kalia Kliban with Nonesuch Country Dance Players (Mark Daly, Stan & Susan Kramer, Daniel Soussan, Rob Powell, Mary Tabor) with Bill Jensen
July 16 CONTRA SF Yoyo Zhou
Yoyo Zhou with The Raggedy Annes (Anne Goess, Andy Eggleston, Charlie Hancock)
July 17 ENGLISH FSJ
CANCELED with No Dance — Off for the summer
July 19 ENGLISH ASE
CANCELED with No Dance — Off for the summer
July 20 CONTRA CCB Erik Hoffman
Erik Hoffman with Open Band led by The Raggedy Annes (Anne Goess, Andy Eggleston, Charlie Hancock)
July 23 CONTRA FUM
Jean Gorrindo [SLO] with Ben Schreiber, Daniel Steinberg, Adrianna Ciccone
July 23 ENGLISH CCB Kalia Kliban
Kalia Kliban with The Modulations (Jon Berger, Charlie Hancock, Ellen Hoffman) — for experienced dancers
July 27 ENGLISH CCB Kalia Kliban
Kalia Kliban with Open Band led by Clara Stefanov-Wagner, Judy Linsenberg, Patti Cobb
July 29 ENGLISH MT
David Millstone [NH] with Goldcrest (Daron Douglas [LA], Paul Oorts [MD], Dave Wiesler [DE]) — HeyDays advance preview!
July 30 Hey Days English Week (ENGLISH/CAMP) BR
many great leaders with HEY DAYS English camp at Bishop Ranch
Sat-Sat July 30–August 6 Leaders Joseph Pimentel, David Millstone, Mary Devlin, & Fred Todt are joined by musicians Goldcrest (Daron Douglas, Paul Oorts, Dave Wiesler), Fine Companions (Betsy Branch, Lisa Scott, Bill Tomczak, Erik Weberg), and Shira Kammen for a week of Music, Dance, Singing, Mummer's Play, Joy and More. — SOLD OUT! See http://bacds.org/heydays for more info
July 30 CONTRA FUM Eric Black
Eric Black with Wildcat Canyon (Art Peterson, Laurie Miller, Stephanie Costanza)

Dance Venues

VENUE NAME ADDRESS CITY
ASE All Saints Episcopal Church 555 Waverley St Palo Alto
BR Bishop's Ranch 5297 Westside Road Healdsburg
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
HPP Carriage House at Holbrook-Palmer Park 150 Watkins Avenue Atherton
JG Jones Gulch Camp 11000 Pescadero Rd La Honda
LSC Lucie Stern Center 1305 Middlefield Road Palo Alto
MON Monte Toyon Camp Cathedral Drive Aptos
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