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Table of Contents
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(click on ◊ to jump to topic)
- BACDS organization
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 BACDS Quarterly Calendar - October to December, 2019
- ◊ Bay Area Country Dancer #119 - September, 2019
- ◊ Are you a BACDS member?
- ◊ BACDS Code of Conduct
- ◊ Am I a Lark or a Raven?
- BACDS dance series' Summer season schedules
- ◊ Berkeley Contra
- ◊ Hayward Contra
- ◊ Peninsula English
- ◊ South Bay Contra
- ◊ South Bay Teen Contra
- Special events
- ◊ Fall Frolick Dance Weekend (2019-10-18)
- ◊ Portland English Country Dance Weekend (2018-10-25)
- ◊ Palo Alto Halloween Contra(2019-10-26)
- ◊ Alan Winston's Birthday Ball (2019-11-16)
- ◊ No Snow Ball (2019-12-08)
- ◊ Special South Bay Family & Contra Dance (2019-12-15)
- ◊ Palo Alto New Year's Eve Contra (2019-12-31)
- ◊ ECD Style workshop (2020-02-01)
- ◊ Playford Ball (2019-03-21)
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BACDS Quarterly Calendar
October to December, 2019
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Bay Area Country Dancer #119
September, 2019
The BACDS newsletter. Catch up on all the local dance news.
In this issue:
- American Week 2019 and Beyond
- In Memorium
- Thank you, all Volunteers
- Upcoming Events
Participate in the special BACDS American Week 2020 and Beyond here:
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Are you a BACDS member?
NOTE: If you receive paper mailings as well as ePubs, please click the email link below to confirm that
you still want to receive paper. Only members will receive paper flyers from now on, and only if they
request them. Be sure to mark your mailing choice every time you renew your membership. Non-members,
please join, especially if you wish to receive paper mailings from us.
Here's a membership form and a link to email the membership secretary.
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BACDS Code of Conduct
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Am I a Lark or a Raven?
Here's a quick-reference guide for Gender-free
dances in the Bay Area: BACDS Berkeley 1st/3rd/5th Wednesday, BACDS
South Bay Contra 3rd Sunday, BACDS Hayward 4th/5th Sunday, Circle Left
Oakland Queer contra 2nd Friday.
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BACDS Dance Series
BACDS sponsors English and American traditional dances in the San Francisco Bay Area. This is fun, relatively easy,
community-oriented dancing with live music. All dances are taught, no partner is necessary, and first-timers are welcome
unless otherwise noted.
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Berkeley Contra Fall season
1st/3rd/5th Wednesdays
Berkeley
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Hayward Contra Fall season
4th/5th Sundays
Hayward
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Peninsula English Fall season
1st/3rd/5th Tuesdays
Palo Alto
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South Bay Contra Fall season
3rd Sundays
Newcomers' Introduction 2:30p, Dance 3:00-6:00p
San Jose
Gender-Free calling, Kid-friendly dance BEFORE the break. Take the intro and get a 2nd dance
free pass (if you are new to contra).
***South Bay contra series continues!
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South Bay Teen Contra Fall Season
1st Saturdays
September 7, October 4, November 2, 2019
6:30p-10p
San Jose
Teen folk music jam & games 6:30p, Contra dance 8p, Potluck snacks 10p. Register and more info at the link:
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Special Events
Check out our special event flyers |
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Fall Frolick Dance Weekend
Friday to Sunday
October 18-20, 2019
Aptos
California's own predominantly English country dance and music residential
weekend, and one of the world's best.
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Portland English Country Dance Weekend
Friday to Sunday
October 25 to 27, 2019
Portland, OR
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Palo Alto Halloween Contra
Saturday
October 26, 2019
8:00pm-11:30pm
Palo Alto
Join us in Palo Alto for the 39th annual BACDS Halloween Costume Ball, a fearsomely fun evening of contra dancing
with the entrancing music of PepperJack (Derry Akin, Jess Newman, Scott Jespersen) and a hexad of Special Ghost Callers.
Costumes encouraged (compete for the Ron Award!) but not required.
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Alan Winston Birthday Ball
Saturday
November 16, 2019
Hayward
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No Snow Ball
Sunday
December 8, 2019
6:00pm-10:00pm
Oakland
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Special South Bay Family & Contra Dance
Sunday
December 15, 2019
3:00pm-6:00pm
San Jose
New to contra? Come to the Introduction at 2:30pm
Everyone is welcome 3:00pm-3:45pm for dances accessible by all ages. Then 3:45pm-6:00pm is our regular contra dance for all ages.
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Palo Alto New Year's Eve Contra
Tuesday
December 31, 2019
8:00pm-12:15am
Palo Alto
Finish out 2019 with good cheer and good dancing at the Palo Alto Contra. Ring out the old
year and waltz in the new to the music of StringFire! (Shira Kammen, Patti Cobb, Erik Ievins).
Gender-neutral calling (Larks & Robins) by Susan Petrick. Happy New Year!
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ECD Style workshop
Sunday
February 1, 2020
2:00pm-5:00pm
Palo Alto
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Playford Ball
Saturday
March 21, 2020
San Jose"The Bay Area's grandest English Country Dance gala"
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