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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
December 1 CONTRA CCB Charlie Fenton
Charlie Fenton with Tartan Suite (Caroline McCaskey, Patti Cobb) - dance 8:00-10:30, intro workshop at 7:30 if you show up andask for it
December 2 ENGLISH/CAMP BR
Brooke Friendly, Kalia Kliban, Sharon Green with Audrey Knuth Jaber, Jon Berger, Rebecca King, Jim Oakden, Jeffrey Spero, Christpher Jacoby, Sande Gillette - sound wizardry by Alan Roberts - Adrienne Simpson leads Balfolk - Advance registration required, scholarship discounts available.
December 2 ENGLISH SME
Cancelled with Come dance with us in the new year, starting with Jan. 6, 2023!
December 6 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton with Renata Bratt, Robin Lockner, Bill Jensen
December 8 ENGLISH CCB Sharon Green
Sharon Green with Maggie Moore, Betsy St. Aubin, Charlie Hancock
December 9 ENGLISH/REGENCY STM
Canceled with NO dance - Winter Break. We'll return in February
December 10 ENGLISH SJP Lise Dyckman
Lise Dyckman with Alicia Cover, Susan Jensen, Bill Jensen
December 11 ENGLISH FSJ Alan Winston
Alan Winston with William Allen, Robin Lockner, Mary Tabor - damce 2:30-5:00
December 11 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
December 12 WOODSHED SME
Open mic organized by Alan Winston with Open band with William Allen, Robin Lockner, Mary Tabor - 7:30-9:30
December 15 CONTRA CCB
Dane Wallinga with The New Vintage Revelers (Paul Kotapish, Dan Warrick, Harry Leidstrand)
December 20 ENGLISH ASE Alan Winston
Alan Winston with Mary Tabor, Alicia Cover, Craig Johnson
December 22 ENGLISH CCB David Newitt
David Newitt with OSEGB! (Shira Kammen, Judy Linsenberg, Patti Cobb) - open band night
December 24 ENGLISH CCB
CAVALCADE OF CALLERS (Alan Winston, Arlene Baxter, Bruce Herbold, Sharon Green, more TBA) with TBA - Holiday party for all!
December 29 CONTRA CCB Susan Petrick
Susan Petrick with Valerie Rose, Patti Cobb, Christopher Jacoby - dance 8:00-10:30, intro workshop at 7:30 if you show up and ask for it.
December 31 CONTRA/SPECIAL FUM Susan Petrick
Susan Petrick with Caroline McCaskey, Patti Cobb, Thomas Dewey — New Years Eve Contra! 8:00-12:30 Watch this space for more details!

Dance Venues

VENUE NAME ADDRESS CITY
ASE All Saints Episcopal Church 555 Waverley St Palo Alto
BR Bishop's Ranch 5297 Westside Road Healdsburg
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
ONLINE online wherever the cloud
SJP St. John's Presbyterian Church 25 Lake San Francisco
SME St. Mark's Episcopal Church 600 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto
STM St. Mark's Church 600 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto