Dances

Saturday, July 27: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Warren Blier with Little Big Band: Bob Silberstein, Marta Lynch More Info

Saturday, July 27: ENGLISH at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. Kalia Kliban with David Mostardi, Jon Berger, Bill Jensen More Info

Sunday, July 28: ONLINE/ENGLISH at online in the cloud. Kalia Kliban with Recorded Music by Odd Sundays Garage Band and others More Info

Thursday, August 1: CONTRA at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. - NO DANCE TONIGHT - GO TO LARK CAMP More Info

Friday, August 2:
DIFFERENT LOCATION! For Aug. 2 (& Aug. 30) we will dance at St. Bede's Episcopal Church, 2650 Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park (Lehman Hall). Alan Winston calls, with Michelle Masek, Robin Lockner, & Thomas Dewey. All experience levels (including none) are welcome.

Thursday, August 8: ENGLISH at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. Lise Dyckman with Valerie Rose, Betsy St. Aubin, Craig Johnson - English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:25; dance 7:45-10:00 More Info

Saturday, August 10: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Dane Wallinga with Valerie Rose…and friends More Info

Saturday, August 10: Another Jane Austen Ball ( REGENCY/ENGLISH/SPECIAL ) at Odd Fellows True Fellowship Lodge #52 in San Jose. Alan Winston with Divertimento Dance Orchestra: James Langdell, Paul Kostka, William Allen…and friends - An English Regency Ball in San Jose, featuring country dances and waltzes. Period costume admired not required, formal or festive wear requested. Highly accesible dances in a handsome room with a good floor and air-conditioning. More Info
Presented by the Bay Area English Regency Society and the San Jose Odd Fellows (True Fellowship Lodge #52).

Saturday, August 10: ENGLISH at St. John's Presbyterian Church in San Francisco. Cassiane Vlahos Mobley with Alicia Cover, Susan Jensen, Bill Jensen More Info

Sunday, August 11: ONLINE/ENGLISH at online in the cloud. Sharon Green with Recorded Music by Odd Sundays Garage Band and others More Info

Wednesday, August 14: WOODSHED at Los Altos United Methodist Church in Los Altos. Maybe you? More Info

Thursday, August 15: CONTRA at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. Eric Black with Corwin Zekley & Grace Fellows [London]: Corwin Zekley, Grace Fellows More Info

Friday, Aug. 16 - Sunday, Aug. 18: Balance the Bay Contra Dance Weekend ( CONTRA/CAMP/SPECIAL ) at Janet Pomeroy Center in San Francisco. Maia McCormick, Jacqui Grennan with Countercurrent, Riptide: Alex Sturbaum, Brian Lindsay, Alden Robinson, Owen Marshall, Baron Collins-Hill, Mark "Pokey" Hellenberg More Info

Friday, August 16: SQUARE at Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library in Oakland. Robin Fischer with Round Top String Band - Old-Time Square Dance, in South Berkeley/North Oakland near Telegraph and Alcatatraz. (Not a Thursday!) More Info

Monday, August 19: Special Monday-after-Balance-the-Bay dance ( CONTRA/SPECIAL ) at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Yoyo Zhou with Countercurrent: Alex Sturbaum, Brian Lindsay More Info

Thursday, August 22: ENGLISH at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. Alan Winston with Corwin Zekley & Grace Fellows [London]: Corwin Zekley, Grace Fellows - English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:25; dance 7:45-10:00 More Info

Saturday, August 24: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Tanya Merchant with Corwin Zekley & Grace Fellows [London]: Corwin Zekley, Grace Fellows More Info

Saturday, August 24: Family Week Family Dance ( FAMILY/SPECIAL ) at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. Kelsey Hartman with Anne Goess, Craig Johnson, Richard Page - An afternoon dance party for the whole family, all ages welcome! Simple easy-to-learn dances from American and the British Isles folk traditions including circle dances and singing games. 2:00-4:00. At break we'll have a short mummers play and a juggling demo, as well as an “instrument petting zoo” so that kids (and adults) can find out more about the musical instruments we use.

Saturday, August 24: ENGLISH at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. Alan Winston with Rebecca King, Michelle Masek, Judy Linsenberg More Info

Sunday, August 25: ONLINE/ENGLISH at online in the cloud. Kalia Kliban with Recorded Music by Odd Sundays Garage Band and others More Info

Thursday, August 29: CONTRA at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. Deanna Rubin with Noel Cragg, Will Wheeler More Info

Friday, August 30:
Special caller - Renée Camus (Burbank), with Bill Jensen, Robin Lockner, & Valerie Rose. DIFFERENT LOCATION (St. Bede's Episcopal Church, 2650 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park) for this evening. 5th Friday Advanced ECD. Maximum dancing with minimal teaching, and an occasional challenge. Dancers are expected to be undaunted by figures like: double figure 8s; heys for 3, 4 or more in different configurations; double Mad Robin figures; chevrons; triple minor longways formations; and the like. (Not for beginners - instead, please join us on the next Friday, Sept. 6, when we return to St. Mark's Church in Palo Alto.)

Saturday, August 31: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Kelsey Hartman with Pie Ranch String Band: Lucas Lawson, Fox Pettinotti, Leland Mackessy More Info

Thursday, September 5: CONTRA at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. Alan Winston with The Cain Raisers: Craig Johnson, Erik Hoffman, Stefan Curl More Info

Friday, September 6: ENGLISH at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Palo Alto. Lise Dyckman - English dancing for all - dance 7:30-10:00 More Info

Sunday, September 8: ONLINE/ENGLISH at online in the cloud. Sharon Green with Recorded Music by Odd Sundays Garage Band and others More Info

Sunday, September 8: ENGLISH at First Unitarian Church of San Jose in San Jose. Cin Barnes with Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner, William Allen More Info

Thursday, September 12: ENGLISH at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. David Newitt with Michelle Masek, Christopher Jacoby, Patti Cobb - English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:25; dance 7:45-10:00 More Info

Friday, September 13: REGENCY/ENGLISH at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Palo Alto. Alan Winston with Divertimento More Info
Presented by the BACDS and the Bay Area English Regency Society.

Saturday, September 14: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. More Info

Saturday, September 14: ENGLISH at St. John's Presbyterian Church in San Francisco. Alan Winston with Rob Powell, Betsy St. Aubin, Craig Johnson More Info

Thursday, September 19: CONTRA at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. Doe Taryn with The Flagstones: Anne Goess, Will Wheeler, Charlie Hancock More Info

Sunday, September 22: ONLINE/ENGLISH at online in the cloud. Kalia Kliban with Recorded Music by Odd Sundays Garage Band and others More Info

Thursday, September 26: ENGLISH at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. Sharon Green with Maggie Moore, David Mostardi, Charlie Hancock - English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:25; dance 7:45-10:00 More Info

Friday, September 27: SQUARE at Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library in Oakland. Evie Ladin with Round Top String Band - Old-Time square dancing, beginners welcome! Special date in September: the fourth Friday, Sept. 27. (Not a Thursday!) More Info

Saturday, September 28: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Gaye Fifer More Info

Thursday, October 3: CONTRA at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. TBA with Green Gates: Jon Berger, Roxanne Oliva, Todd Silverstein More Info

Friday, October 4: ENGLISH at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Palo Alto. Music by Tartan Suite: Patti Cobb, Caroline McCaskey, Thomas Dewey - English dancing for all - dance 7:30-10:00 More Info

Friday, October 11: REGENCY/ENGLISH at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Palo Alto. Alan Winston with Divertimento More Info
Presented by the BACDS and the Bay Area English Regency Society.

Saturday, October 12: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. More Info

Sunday, October 13: ONLINE/ENGLISH at online in the cloud. Sharon Green with Recorded Music by Odd Sundays Garage Band and others More Info

Sunday, October 13: ENGLISH at First Unitarian Church of San Jose in San Jose. Bruce Hamilton with Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner, William Allen More Info

Thursday, October 17: CONTRA at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. TBA with Daniel Steinberg, Leah Wollenberg, Paul Kotapish More Info

Saturday, October 26: Special Halloween Contra Dance ( CONTRA/SPECIAL ) at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Susan Petrick with Daniel Steinberg, Rodney Miller, Ezra Warren Steinberg, Paul Kotapish More Info

Sunday, October 27: ONLINE/ENGLISH at online in the cloud. Kalia Kliban with Recorded Music by Odd Sundays Garage Band and others More Info

Thursday, October 31: CONTRA at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. Erik Hoffman with TBA More Info

Friday, November 1: ENGLISH at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Palo Alto. - English dancing for all - dance 7:30-10:00 More Info

Thursday, November 7: CONTRA at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. More Info

Friday, November 8: REGENCY/ENGLISH at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Palo Alto. Alan Winston with Divertimento - Preview the dances for Alan's Birthday Ball tonight! More Info
Presented by the BACDS and the Bay Area English Regency Society.

Saturday, November 9: Alan Winston's Birthday Ball ( ENGLISH/SPECIAL ) at Hill and Valley Club - 1808 B Street (at Linden) in Hayward. Alan Winston with Tartan Suite: Patti Cobb, Caroline McCaskey, Thomas Dewey, Shira Kammen - For his 65th birthday, Alan Winston is putting together an evening of his own English dance choreographies, with fabulous music by Patti Cobb, Caroline McCaskey, Thomas Dewey and Shira Kammen - tunes by Rebecca King, Debbie Jackson, Patti Cobb, Larry Unger, and others. Dances are intermediate level; not the dance to attend if you've never done English dance before. Preview the dances on Friday the 8th in Palo Alto.

Saturday, November 9: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. More Info

Sunday, November 10: ENGLISH at First Unitarian Church of San Jose in San Jose. Alan Winston, Lise Dyckman with Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner, William Allen More Info

Thursday, November 21: CONTRA at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. More Info

Saturday, November 23: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Greg Frock More Info

Friday, November 29:
Advanced ECD

Saturday, November 30: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Frannie Marr with Sycamore: Michael Sokolovsky, Cedar Stanistreet More Info

Thursday, December 5: CONTRA at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. Frannie Marr with Sycamore: Michael Sokolovsky, Cedar Stanistreet More Info

Friday, December 6: ENGLISH at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Palo Alto. - English dancing for all - dance 7:30-10:00 More Info

Sunday, December 8: ENGLISH at First Unitarian Church of San Jose in San Jose. Music by Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner, William Allen More Info

Saturday, December 14: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. More Info

Tuesday, December 31: Special New Year's Eve contra dance - finishes with a toast after midnight ( CONTRA/SPECIAL ) at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Susan Petrick with Corwin Zekley & Grace Fellows [London]: Corwin Zekley, Grace Fellows More Info

Saturday, January 11: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. More Info

Saturday, January 25: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Music by Corwin Zekley & Grace Fellows [London]: Corwin Zekley, Grace Fellows More Info