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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
May 1 ENGLISH ASE Sharon Green
Sharon Green with Mary Tabor, David Mostardi, Patti Cobb
May 2 CONTRA CCB Claire Takemori
Claire Takemori with Open band led by Swing Farm (Ray Bierl, Charlie Hancock, Steven Strauss)
May 4 ENGLISH MT Alan Winston
Alan Winston with Nonesuch Country Dance Band (Mark Daly, Mary Tabor) with Robin Lockner, Rona Schueler, & William Allen
May 5 CONTRA SF
Jacqui Grennan [SoCal] with The Offbeats (Ben Schreiber [MO], Ashley Broder [SoCal], Jeff Spero [SoCal])
May 6 SPECIAL FSJ Claire Takemori
Claire Takemori with Elizabeth Dequine, Scott Jespersen—Teen Contra Dance 7:00–9:30pm $10 info at bit.ly/teendance
May 8 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!
May 9 ENGLISH CCB Sharon Green
Sharon Green with Audrey Knuth, Christopher Jacoby, Patti Cobb
May 11 ENGLISH/REGENCY SME Alan Winston
Alan Winston with Open band led by Divertimento, 7:00–9:00 pm this month only
May 12 CONTRA FUM Eric Black
Eric Black with Patt & Possum [IL] (Charlie Walden, Patt Plunkett) with Mark Wardenburg—special price, $14/$12/$7
May 12 ENGLISH SJP Bruce Herbold
Bruce Herbold with Maggie Moore, Rob Powell, Bill Jensen
May 13 ENGLISH FSJ Alan Winston
Alan Winston with The Phoenix with Elizabeth Todd
May 15 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton with Audrey Knuth, Bill Jensen, Tom Lindemuth
May 16 CONTRA CCB Erik Hoffman
Erik Hoffman with Open band led by Patt & Possum [IL]—special price: $14/$12/$7
May 18 ENGLISH MT Sharon Green
Sharon Green with Nonesuch Country Dance Band with Robin Lockner, Rona Schueler, Bill Jensen
May 19 CONTRA SF Susan Petrick
Susan Petrick with The wiNgNuts (Chris Knepper, Isele Harper, Will Wheeler)
May 20 CONTRA FSJ Susan Petrick
Susan Petrick with Audrey Knuth, Dave Cory, Will Wheeler—Intro at 2:30, Dance 3–6pm
May 23 ENGLISH CCB Alisa Dodson
Alisa Dodson with Open band led by Anne Goess, Elizabeth Todd, Bill Jensen
May 26 CONTRA FUM Celia Ramsay
Celia Ramsay with Pepperjack (Jess Newman, Derry Akin, Scott Jespersen, Ben Graubart)
May 26 ENGLISH CCB Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton with Anne Goess, Bill Jensen, Tom Lindemuthfor experienced dancers
May 27 CONTRA HVC Alan Winston
Alan Winston with Chaos Wranglers (Kenny Blacklock, Erik Hoffman, Topher Gayle), 4–7 pm
May 29 ENGLISH ASE
Rachel Pusey, Dilip Sequeira with Anne Goess, Tom Lindemuth, Bill Jensen
May 30 CONTRA CCB Kelsey Hartman
Kelsey Hartman with Community Band Night! Contact Erik Hoffman (erik@erikhoffman.com) if you want to join in the band!

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
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