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BACDS Events Calendar

March 2018
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Schedule of Events

DATE(S) STYLE LOCATION CALLER(S)
TEACHER(S)
MUSICIANS
March 2 ENGLISH MT Lise Dyckman
Lise Dyckman with Sister Haggis(Jane Knoeck (piano), Eileen Nicholson Kalfass (fiddle)) [both NY], Jim Oakden (winds and assorted strings)
March 3 CONTRA SF
Chuck Galt with Adrianna Ciccone, Christopher Jacoby Will Wheeler
March 3 ENGLISH CCB David Newitt
David Newitt with Jon Berger & Rebecca King—Playford Ball Workshop 2–5pm, $12
March 6 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton with Anne Bingham Goess, Tom Lindemuth, Bill Jensen
March 7 CONTRA CCB Erik Hoffman
Erik Hoffman with Open band led by Whimsical (Janette Duncan, Roxanne Oliva, Regan Hemphill, Beth Christian, Debra Tayleur)
March 9 ENGLISH/REGENCY SME Alan Winston
Alan Winston with Open band led by Divertimento (James Langdell, William Allen, Paul Kostka)—accessible dances from Jane Austen’s lifetime
March 10 CONTRA FUM Charlie Fenton
Charlie Fenton with Frequent Flyers (Laura Light [NC] Emil Olguin [SoCal], Janet Muse [VA], Daniel Steinberg)
March 10 CONTRA/WORKSHOP/SPECIAL FUM
Jacqui Grennan [SoCal], Susan Petrick with Contra College with Jim Oakden, Shira Kammen, Ben Schreiber [MO], Michael Sokolovsky [MA] Contra College is a 2-day workshop on contra dance where new, intermediate, and experienced dancers become more proficient in a relaxed, low-stress setting. preregistration required — see http://bacds.org/cc for information
March 10 CONTRA/WORKSHOP/SPECIAL FUM Susan Petrick
Susan Petrick with Callers’ workshop 12:00–1:30pm, and attendees call at the Sunday Contra College Grad Dance, $20 Preregistration Required; See bacds.org/cc
March 10 ENGLISH SJP Lise Dyckman
Lise Dyckman with Anne Bingham Goess, Bruce Herbold, Patti Cobb
March 11 Contra College (CONTRA/SPECIAL) RHM
CC Callers’ Workshop Grads with Uncle Farmer (Ben Schreiber [MO], Michael Sokolovsky [MA])—an extra dance on Sunday to celebrate Contra College, 4–7pm, $12/$10/$6
March 11 Contra College (CONTRA/WORKSHOP/SPECIAL) RHM
Jacqui Grennan [SoCal], Susan Petrick with Contra College with Jim Oakden, Shira Kammen, Ben Schreiber [MO], Michael Sokolovsky [MA] Contra College is a 2-day workshop on contra dance where new, intermediate, and experienced dancers become more proficient in a relaxed, low-stress setting. preregistration required — see http://bacds.org/cc for information
March 11 ENGLISH FSJ Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton with The Phoenix (William Allen, Mary Tabor) with Robin Lockner (2:30-5:00 pm)
March 13 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!
March 14 ENGLISH CCB Alisa Dodson
Alisa Dodson with The Modulations (Jon Berger, Charlie Hancock, Ellen Hoffman)
March 16 ENGLISH MT Alan Winston
Alan Winston with Nonesuch Country Dance Band (Daniel Soussan, Mark Daly, Mary Tabor) with Susan & Bill Jensen
March 17 CONTRA SF Susan Petrick
Susan Petrick with Erik Hoffman, Todd Silverstein, Craig Johnson
March 18 CONTRA FSJ Celia Ramsay
Celia Ramsay with Elizabeth (Wood) Dequine, Andy Imbrie, Renata Bratt, 3–6pm, Intro 2:30
March 20 ENGLISH ASE
Rachel Pusey, Dilip Sequeira with Erik Ievins, Elizabeth Todd, Bill Jensen
March 21 CONTRA CCB Kalia Kliban
Kalia Kliban with Open band led by StringFire! (Caroline McCaskey, Erik Ievins, Patti Cobb)
March 23 Playford Ball (ENGLISH) HVC
Alan Winston, Alisa Dodson, Cassiane Vlahos, Dilip Sequeira, Kalia Kliban, Lise Dyckman, Rachel Pusey with Craig Johnson, Tom Lindemuth, Anne Bingham Goess—Playford Ball Rehearsal, 8–11pm, $15
March 24 CONTRA FUM Eric Black
Eric Black with BLAM! [Monterey] (Bob Silberstein, Marta Lynch, Elizabeth Todd)
March 24 Playford Ball (ENGLISH/SPECIAL) SJW Alisa Dodson
Alisa Dodson with Puck’s Deceit (Charlie Hancock, Judy Linsenberg, Ben Schreiber, Adrianna Ciccone) 38th Annual BACDS Playford Ball! 7:15–11pm. Pregistration required. More info at bacds.org/playford
March 25 CONTRA HVC Charlie Fenton
Charlie Fenton with StringFire! (Caroline McCaskey, Erik Ievins, Patti Cobb), 4&ndah;7pm
March 25 Michael Siemen Memorial (ENGLISH/MORRIS/SWORD/SPECIAL) ALB
Cavalcade of Callers with Bands of Friends (Rebecca King, Jon Berger, Charlie Hancock, more)
March 28 ENGLISH CCB David Newitt
David Newitt with Open band led by Anne Bingham Goess Judy Linsenberg, Patti Cobb
March 30 ENGLISH MT David Newitt
David Newitt with Nonesuch Country Dance Band (Daniel Soussan, Mark Daly, Mary Tabor) with Robin Lockner & Patti Cobb
March 31 CONTRA FUM Kalia Kliban
Kalia Kliban with StringFire! (Caroline McCaskey, Erik Ievins, Patti Cobb)
March 31 ENGLISH CCB Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton with Quite Carried Away [Sacramento] (Sue Jones, David Wright, Sandy Westfall, Martin Lodahl Jane Kostka, Dick Holdstock, Arlene Jamar)—5th Sat!

Dance Venues

VENUE NAME ADDRESS CITY
ALB Albany Veteran's Memorial Building 1325 Portland Avenue (off Key RouteBlvd) Albany
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
RHM Royal Hodge Masonic Center 651 Roble Avenue Menlo Park
SF St. Paul's Presbyterian Church 1399 43rd Avenue San Francisco
SJP St. John's Presbyterian Church 25 Lake 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