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BACDS Events Calendar

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Schedule of Events

DATE(S) STYLE LOCATION CALLER(S)
TEACHER(S)
MUSICIANS
November 1 ENGLISH MT
Cavalcade of Callers with Nonesuch Country Dance Band (Daniel Soussan, Mark Daly, Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner) with William Allen. Anniversary party for Allan and Angela To - Note special early start time at 7:30! Free admission.
November 2 CONTRA SF Dane Wallinga
Dane Wallinga with Transbay Trio (Will Wheeler, Booi Volk, Simon Lace) — Larks/Ravens role names
November 2 TEEN CONTRA FSJ Claire Takemori
Claire Takemori with Edward, Ilan, Ry & Thomas —Jam, Games 6:30–8pm, Dance 8–10pm, http://bacds.org/teen
November 5 ENGLISH ASE
Rachel Pusey, Dilip Sequeira with Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner, Craig Johnson — Note return to our regular location.
November 6 CONTRA CCB Dane Wallinga
Dane Wallinga with Open band led by The wiNgNuts (Chris Knepper, Isele Harper, Will Wheeler)
November 8 ENGLISH SME Alan Winston
Alan Winston with Open band led by Divertimento—dance preview for 11/16
November 9 CONTRA FUM Andy Shore
Andy Shore with Rodney Miller, Daniel Steinberg, Paul Kotapish
November 9 ENGLISH SJP Sharon Green
Sharon Green with David Strong, Christopher Jacoby, Craig Johnson
November 10 ENGLISH FSJ Bruce Herbold
Bruce Herbold with Phoenix Rising (William Allen, Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner)
November 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!
November 13 ENGLISH CCB Sharon Green
Sharon Green with Audrey Knuth, Jon Berger, Rebecca King—Fried de Metz Herman 93rd Birthday Dance!
November 15 ENGLISH MT Alan Winston
Alan Winston with Nonesuch Country Dance Band (Daniel Soussan, Mark Daly, Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner) with Romain Kang, Bill Jensen
November 16 CONTRA SF Kelsey Hartman
Kelsey Hartman with Backwater Boys (Rodney Miller, Chris Knepper, Charlie Hancock)
November 16 Playford Ball (ENGLISH/SPECIAL) HVC
Alan Winston & Guests with StringFire! (Erik Ievins, Patti Cobb, Shira Kammen, Tammie Dyer) Alan’s Birthday Ball — FREE! Waltzing 7:30, Country Dances Alan choreographed 8:00–11:00. Festive wear admired but not required. Potluck contributions welcome to supplement the provided refreshments. See bacds.org/abb
November 17 CONTRA FSJ Susan Petrick
Susan Petrick with Back Pocket (Jess Newman, Will Wheeler) with Scott Jespersen. Intro at 2:30, Dance 3–6pm
November 19 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton with Paul Kostka, David Mostardi, Patti Cobb
November 20 CONTRA CCB
Deanna Rubin, Ken Cheng with Raven Hill (Anne Goess, Burke Trieschmann, Charlie Hancock)
November 23 CONTRA FUM Kelsey Hartman
Kelsey Hartman with BLAM! (Elizabeth Todd, Marta Lynch, Bob Silberstein)
November 23 ENGLISH CCB Alisa Dodson
Alisa Dodson with Charlie Hancock, Jon Berger, David Mostardi (for experienced dancers) 7:30–10:30pm
November 24 CONTRA HVC Andy Shore
Andy Shore with The Swinging Chickens (Topher Gayle, Rebecca King, Lee Anne Welch) 4–7pm
November 27 ENGLISH CCB Alan Winston
Alan Winston with Open band led by Whimsies (Janette Duncan, Regan Hemphill, Roxanne Oliva, Debra Tayleur)
November 27 ENGLISH/WORKSHOP CCB Alan Winston
Alan Winston with Janette Duncan, Roxanne Oliva - Spotlight Workshop, 6:45–7:30, FREE! (Donations gladly accepted)
November 29 ENGLISH MT
Lise Dyckman (using gender-free terms) with Nonesuch Country Dance Band (Daniel Soussan, Mark Daly, Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner) with Romain Kang, Debra Tayleur.
November 30 CONTRA FUM Celia Ramsay
Celia Ramsay with Night Owls (Lee Anne Welch, Topher Gayle, Erik Hoffman)—Thanksgiving dessert potluck!

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