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BACDS Events Calendar

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Schedule of Events

DATE(S) STYLE LOCATION CALLER(S)
TEACHER(S)
MUSICIANS
December 1 ENGLISH MT Kalia Kliban
Kalia Kliban with Nonesuch Country Dance Players (Daniel Soussan, Mary Tabor, Mark Daly) with Bill Jensen & Robin Lockner.
December 2 CONTRA SF
Dance canceled! with Go to the No Snow Ball!
December 2 No Snow Ball (CONTRA/SPECIAL) OVMB
Kelsey Hartman, Yoyo Zhou with 31st Annual No Snow Ball with KGB [Seattle] (Claude Ginsberg, Dave Bartley, Julie King)  - Special time and price: 7-11PM, $30/$25/$20  -  Scrumptious Feast at the break! Work Trade available: contact nosnowball@bacds.org
December 5 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton with Bill Jensen, Mary Tabor, Lara Garner
December 6 CONTRA CCB
Frannie Marr [SoCal] with Open Band led by Audrey Knuth, Dave Cory, Christopher Jacoby
December 8 ENGLISH/REGENCY SME
Dance canceled! with See you in January!
December 9 CONTRA FUM
Frannie Marr [SoCal] with Audrey Knuth, Dave Cory, Christopher Jacoby
December 9 ENGLISH SJP Alan Winston
Alan Winston with Susan Worland, Betsy St. Aubin, William Allen
December 10 ENGLISH FSJ Lise Dyckman
Lise Dyckman with The Phoenix with Ben Schreiber
December 12 WOODSHED HPP Maybe you?
maybe you? with maybe you? - A peek backstage, free for everyone. Callers try out new material, teaching techniques, etc; dancers give input and things get better. Join us!
December 13 ENGLISH CCB
Sing for Your Supper (Seasonal Singing session led by Shira Kammen, Patti Cobb) 6:45 to 7:30 (FREE  - Donations gladly accepted.)
December 13 ENGLISH CCB Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton with Shira Kammen, Betsy St. Aubin, Patti Cobb
December 15 ENGLISH MT Nick Cuccia
Nick Cuccia with Nonesuch Country Dance Players (Daniel Soussan, Mary Tabor, Mark Daly) with William Allen & Susan Jensen
December 16 CONTRA SF Andy Shore
Andy Shore with Audrey Knuth, Chris Knepper, Dave Cory
December 17 CONTRA FSJ Susan Petrick
Susan Petrick with Elizabeth (Wood) Dequine, Andy Imbrie, Renata Bratt. Intro at 2:30, Dance 3-6pm
December 17 CONTRA/SPECIAL/WORKSHOP FSJ Susan Petrick
Susan Petrick with Free Next Steps Contra workshop before the usual contra dance. Live music by Pepperjack (Jess Newman, Scott Jespersen), 1–2:30pm. Register here or see flyer PDF for more info
December 19 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton with Bill Jensen, Erik Ievins, Elizabeth Todd
December 20 CONTRA CCB Susan Petrick
Susan Petrick with Open Band led by The Chaos Wranglers (Kenny Blacklock, Erik Hoffman, Topher Gayle)
December 23 CONTRA FUM Alan Winston
Alan Winston with Pepperjack (Derry Akin, Jess Newman, Scott Jespersen)
December 23 ENGLISH CCB
Cavalcade of Callers: (Green, Herbold, Luckhardt, Richardson, Thomas, Vlahos) with Bill Jensen, Judy Linsenberg & friend (Holiday dance for all)
December 24 CONTRA HVC Alan Winston
Alan Winston with Wildcat Canyon (Art Peterson, Caroline McCaskey, Laurie Miller). 4-7 pm.
December 27 ENGLISH CCB Alan Winston
Alan Winston with Open Band led by Susan Worland, Judy Linsenberg, Patti Cobb
December 29 ENGLISH MT Bruce Herbold
Bruce Herbold with Nonesuch Country Dance Players (Daniel Soussan, Mary Tabor, Mark Daly) with Patti Cobb & Susan Jensen. Eve of New Year's Eve party.
December 30 CONTRA FUM
Dance canceled! with COME BACK TOMORROW for New Year's Eve!
December 31 CONTRA HVC
Dance canceled! with Go to the Palo Alto New Year's Eve Contra.
December 31 CONTRA/SPECIAL FUM Kalia Kliban
Kalia Kliban with StringFire (Erik Ievins, Patti Cobb, Shira Kammen, Caroline McCaskey) New Year's Eve Contra Dance! 8 PM-12:15 AM $25, $20 (members), $10 (student/low-income) or pay what you can. Potluck contributions welcome to supplement the provided refreshments  - your chance to show off!

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
HPP Carriage House at Holbrook-Palmer Park 150 Watkins Avenue Atherton
HVC Hill and Valley Club - 1808 B Street (at Linden) 1808 B Street Hayward
MT Palo Alto Masonic Temple 461 Florence Street Palo Alto
OVMB Oakland Veterans' Hall 200 Grand Ave at Harrison Oakland
SF St. Paul's Presbyterian Church 1399 43rd Avenue San Francisco
SJP St. John's Presbyterian Church 25 Lake San Francisco
SME St. Mark's Episcopal Church 600 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto