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Promoting traditional English and American music and dance

BACDS Events Calendar

November 2025
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Schedule of Events

DATE(S) STYLE LOCATION CALLER(S)
TEACHER(S)
MUSICIANS
November 4 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Hamilton Elizabeth Ingber, Susan Jensen, Bill Jensen
November 7 ENGLISH SME TBA
English dancing for all - dance 7:30-10:00
November 8 CONTRA FUM Isaac Banner Hayden Stern, Patrick Gunning
Exciting contra dance with great PNW talent!
November 9 ENGLISH FSJ Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner, William Allen
November 11 Improper English (ENGLISH) (SFBQCD) Lindsey Dono Hayden Stern, Audrey Jaber, Charlie Hancock
Improper English is an English country dance series committed to gender-neutral (positional) calling. Improper English runs every 2nd Tuesday, just down the street from BACDS’ usual Berkeley Hall. Sliding scale admission, $5–$25. Note that masking (KN-95 or better) is required for all dancers. A beginners’ lesson will be held at 6:50, all are welcome.
November 12 CONTRA PCSF Lindsey Dono Contranauts, Lee Anne Welch, Del Eckels, Cheryl McKinney
Contra—beginner lesson at 7:30, dance 8:00–10:00
November 14 REGENCY/ENGLISH (BACDS, BAERS) SME Alan Winston Divertimento
November 18 ENGLISH ASE Lise Dyckman Anne Goess, Renata Bratt, Bill Jensen
November 22 CONTRA FUM
November 25 WOODSHED SDS Maybe you?
Now on fourth Tuesdays at the Dance Studio in Sunnyvale Community Center. We experiment with new and new-to-us material to improve choreography and calling. Sunnyvale prohibits street shoes and doesn't allow food in the hall.
November 26 SF Contra Community Band Night! Contra—beginner lesson at 7:30, dance 8:00–10:00 (CONTRA) PCSF Lark Finnegan
November 29 CONTRA FUM

Dance Venues

VENUE NAME ADDRESS CITY
ASE All Saints Episcopal Church 555 Waverley St Palo Alto
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
PCSF The Polish Club 3040 22nd Street San Francisco
SDS Sunnyvale Community Center Dance Studio 550 E. Remington Drive - in the Theatre Building Sunnyvale
SME St. Mark's Episcopal Church 600 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto