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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
August 3 CONTRA CCB Kelsey Hartman
Kelsey Hartman with Whimsical - DANCE 8:00-10:30. Be sure to check the BACDS Covid Safety Policy page and the CDC County Info for Alameda County on the day of the dance.
August 6 ONLINE ONLINE
with Jeremiah McLane at the Saturday NBCDS Online Waltz Party, 7pm–8pm PDT. More info available at https://nbcds.org/ Not a BACDS event — this event is sponsored by our sister organization the North Bay Country Dance Society.
August 10 ENGLISH CCB Alan Winston
Alan Winston with David Mostardi, Judy Linsenberg, Charlie Hancock, Ellen Hoffman - dance now runs 7:45-10:00. Be sure to check the BACDS Covid Safety Policy page and the CDC County Info for Alameda County on the day of the dance.
August 12 Balance the Bay (CONTRA/CAMP) JPC
Will Mentor, Lindsey Dono with Syncopaths, Dam Beavers. For more info or to register https://bacds.org/btb
August 13 ENGLISH SJP Sharon Green
Sharon Green with Susan Worland & Gary Thomas—Dance 7:30–10:00
August 14 Balance the Bay (CONTRA/SPECIAL) JPC
Will Mentor with The Syncopaths (Ashley Hoyer, Christa Burch, Jeff Spero. Ryan McKasson) - OPEN DANCE 7:00-10:00pm capping off the Balance the Bay weekend. $25 general, $20 members, $15 low income. Called using "Larks/Robins" role names. Be sure to check the BACDS Covid Safety Policy page and the CDC County Info for San Francisco County on the day of the dance.
August 14 ENGLISH ONLINE Sharon Green
Sharon Green with Odd Sundays English Garage Band and other favorite recorded musicians. Sharon calls solo adaptations of English Country dances either to recorded or live music. NOTE: as of November 2021, this series has moved to the even Sundays of the month, and is now the Oddly Even Sunday English Dance Party. Doors open 1:00 pm PDT (sound check and chat), dance starts at 1:30PM PDT. Link will appear the Thursday or Friday before the dance on bacds-announce mailing list (subscribe here) and on the Odd Sundays mailchimp list (to learn how to join that Odd Sundays email list, email Sharon at sharon@bacds.org. More information and planned set list at https://bacds.org/series/virtual/oddsundays.html
August 15 CONTRA/SPECIAL FUM
Jacqui Grennan [LA area] with The Syncopaths (Ashley Hoyer, Christa Burch, Jeff Spero, Ryan McKasson) - SPECIAL MONDAY NIGHT PALO ALTO DANCE AFTER Balance the Bay - 7:30 - 10:30pm - $25/non-member $20/member $15/low-income or pay what you can. Called using "Larks/Robins" role names. Be sure to check the BACDS Covid Safety Policy page and the CDC County Info for Santa Clara County on the day of the dance.
August 17 CONTRA CCB Charlie Fenton
Charlie Fenton with The Flagstones (Anne Bingham Goess, Will Wheeler, Charlie Hancock) - DANCE 8:00-10:30 Be sure to check the BACDS Covid Safety Policy page and the CDC County Info for Alameda County on the day of the dance.
August 24 ENGLISH CCB
Ric Goldman [OR] with Charlie Hancock, Anne Bingham Goess, David Newitt (Open Band night) - dance now runs 7:45-10:00. Be sure to check the BACDS Covid Safety Policy page and the CDC County Info for Alameda County on the day of the dance.
August 27 ENGLISH CCB Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton with Bill Jensen (piano), Anne Bingham Goess (violin), Christopher Jacoby (mandolin, accordion)
August 28 ENGLISH ONLINE Kalia Kliban
Kalia Kliban with Odd Sundays English Garage Band and other favorite recorded musicians. Kalia calls solo adaptations of English Country dances either to recorded or live music. NOTE: as of November 2021, this series has moved to the even Sundays of the month, and is now the Oddly Even Sunday English Dance Party. Doors open 1:00 pm PDT (sound check and chat), dance starts at 1:30PM PDT. Link will appear the Thursday or Friday before the dance on bacds-announce mailing list (subscribe here) and on the Odd Sundays mailchimp list (to learn how to join that Odd Sundays email list, email Sharon at sharon@bacds.org. More information and planned set list at https://bacds.org/series/virtual/oddsundays.html
August 31 CONTRA CCB Celia Ramsay
Celia Ramsay with New Vintage Revelers (Paul Kotapish, Scott McWilliam, Dan Warrick) — Dance 8:00–10:30. Be sure to check the BACDS Covid Safety Policy page and the CDC County Info for Alameda County on the day of the dance.

Dance Venues

VENUE NAME ADDRESS CITY
CCB Christ Church East Bay 2138 Cedar Street Berkeley
FUM First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto 625 Hamilton at Byron Palo Alto
JPC Janet Pomeroy Center 207 Skyline Blvd San Francisco
ONLINE online wherever the cloud
SJP St. John's Presbyterian Church 25 Lake San Francisco