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English Dances

Friday, June 12 • 7:45pm–10:00pm: A special Regency dance workshop with dance historian Susan de Guardiola (REGENCY/ENGLISH/SPECIAL/WORKSHOP) at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Palo Alto. Susan de Guardiola - Unusual Regency Dances workshop with Susan de Guardiola and recorded music. More Info
Presented by the BACDS and the Bay Area English Regency Society.

Saturday, June 13 • 7:30pm–10:00pm: ENGLISH at St. John's Presbyterian Church in San Francisco. Juliette Webb (Nashville TN) with Mara Shea, Cynthia Shaw - A special evening featuring staff of Hey Days, BACDS’ English dance week! All are welcome to dance with us the night before camp starts. More Info

Sunday, June 14 • 2:30pm–5:00pm: ENGLISH at First Unitarian Church of San Jose in San Jose. Alan Winston with Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner, William Allen More Info

Sunday, June 14 • 4:00pm to Sunday, Jun. 2112:00pm: Hey Days English Week (ENGLISH/CAMP/SPECIAL) at Green Mountain Retreat in Los Gatos.
Hey Days (BACDS English Dance and Music Week) – a residential camp in the Santa Cruz mountains with English Country Dance, singing, a music track, and more. Advance registration required.

Wednesday, June 24 • 7:45pm–10:00pm: ENGLISH at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. Music by Jon Berger, Caroline Jou Armitage, Charlie Hancock - English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:25; dance 7:45-10:00 More Info

Saturday, June 27 • 7:30pm–10:00pm: ENGLISH/EXPERIENCED at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. Kalia Kliban with Charlie Hancock, Jon Berger, Judy Linsenberg - Berkeley Experienced English More Info

Friday, July 3 • 7:30pm to Friday, Jul. 310:00pm: ENGLISH at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Palo Alto. Sharon Green with Bill Jensen, Caroline Jou Armitage, Robin Lockner - English dancing for all - dance 7:30-10:00 More Info

Wednesday, July 8 • 7:45pm–10:00pm: ENGLISH at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. - English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:25; dance 7:45-10:00 More Info

Saturday, July 11 • 2:00pm–4:30pm: ENGLISH at Almonte Clubhouse in Mill Valley. Alan Winston with Raven & Goose: Corwin Zekley, Grace Fellows - NBCDS Mill Valley English dance More Info
Presented by the North Bay Country Dance Society.

Saturday, July 11 • 7:30pm–10:00pm: ENGLISH at St. John's Presbyterian Church in San Francisco. Sharon Green with Michele Winter, Susan Jensen, Bill Jensen More Info

Tuesday, July 14 • 7:00pm–12:00am: ENGLISH at Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists in Berkeley. Alan Winston with Raven & Goose: Corwin Zekley, Grace Fellows…and friends - queer-centered English - masks required More Info
Presented by the SF Bay Queer Contradance.

Wednesday, July 22 • 7:45pm–10:00pm: ENGLISH at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. - English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:25; dance 7:45-10:00 More Info

Saturday, July 25 • 7:30pm–10:00pm: ENGLISH/EXPERIENCED at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. - Berkeley Experienced English More Info

Friday, July 31 • 7:30pm–10:00pm: ENGLISH/ADVANCED at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Palo Alto. Alan Winston, Lise Dyckman with Craig Johnson, Richard Page, Valerie Rose - 5th Friday Advanced ECD - Maximum dancing with minimal teaching. Dancers are expected to be undaunted by figures like: double figure 8s, heys for 3, 4 or more in different configurations, triple minor longways formations, etc. (While this is not the time to introduce friends or family to ECD, however we would love to have newcomers just one week later at the 1st Friday dances.) More Info

Friday, August 7 • 7:30pm–10:00pm: ENGLISH at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Palo Alto. Bruce Hamilton with Cheryl McKinney, Christopher Jacoby, Susan Jensen - English dancing for all - dance 7:30-10:00 More Info

Saturday, August 8 • 7:00pm–10:30pm: ENGLISH/REGENCY/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 - Another Jane Austen Ball. More Info
Presented by the Bay Area English Regency Society and the San Jose Odd Fellows (True Fellowship Lodge #52).

Saturday, August 8 • 7:30pm–10:00pm: ENGLISH at St. John's Presbyterian Church in San Francisco. Steve White with Heather MacKay, Robin Lockner, Patti Cobb More Info

Wednesday, August 12 • 7:45pm–10:00pm: ENGLISH at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. - English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:25; dance 7:45-10:00 More Info

Saturday, August 22 • 7:30pm–10:00pm: ENGLISH/EXPERIENCED at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. - Berkeley Experienced English More Info

Wednesday, August 26 • 7:45pm–10:00pm: ENGLISH at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. - English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:25; dance 7:45-10:00 More Info

Friday, September 4 • 7:30pm–10:00pm: ENGLISH at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Palo Alto. Alan Winston with Bill Jensen, Susan Jensen, Thomas Dewey - English dancing for all - dance 7:30-10:00 More Info

Wednesday, September 9 • 7:45pm–10:00pm: ENGLISH at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. - English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:25; dance 7:45-10:00 More Info

Saturday, September 12 • 7:30pm–10:00pm: ENGLISH at St. John's Presbyterian Church in San Francisco. Bruce Hamilton with Valerie Rose, Diana Gómez, Craig Johnson More Info

Wednesday, September 23 • 7:45pm–10:00pm: ENGLISH at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. - English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:25; dance 7:45-10:00 More Info

Saturday, September 26 • 7:30pm–10:00pm: ENGLISH/EXPERIENCED at Christ Church East Bay in Berkeley. - Berkeley Experienced English More Info

Saturday, October 17 • 6:30pm–10:00pm: 1726 Ball (ENGLISH/SPECIAL) at Albany Veteran's Memorial Building in Albany.
SAVE THE DATE! 1726 Ball - an evening of all early eighteenth century dances for experienced dance connoisseurs, called by Kalia Kliban, Sharon Green & Mary Luckhardt, and period music by Judy Linsenberg (recorders), Katherine Heater (harpsichord), David Morris (cello/gamba), TBA (violin). There will also be a rehearsal dance on Friday night (either a rehearsal of the ball dances or a welcome dance) and a Sunday afternoon dance in Sebastopol. Stay tuned for details.

Friday, November 13 • 4:00pm to Sunday, Nov. 155:00pm: Fall Frolick Weekend (CAMP/ENGLISH) at Bishop's Ranch in Healdsburg.
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! LOTTERY DEADLINE IS AUG 3
Join us for a weekend of English dancing, music-making, and workshops aplenty. All calling will be gender neutral.
Callers: Rachel Pusey * David Macemon * Sharon Green
Music: Audrey Jaber * Ben Schreiber * Betsy Branch * Bill Tomczak * Chip Prince * Christopher Jacoby * Karen Axelrod
Sound: Christopher Jacoby and Alicia Cover

Friday, January 29 • 7:30pm–10:00pm: ENGLISH at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Palo Alto. — CANCELED - No dance this evening. Happy New Year anyway! More Info


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