BACDS currently holds dances on Wednesdays and Fridays through Sundays. Graphical browser users can click on the date to go to its listings.
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Please note: Except where noted, all dances start at 8pm.
Wednesday 1
Outside the realm of community dance, but near and dear to BACDS' soul, sunrise of May Day (or "May Morning") features more Morris dancing than you can shake a stick (or hanky) at. Come see Berkeley Morris, the West Coast's first morris team and still going strong, dance up the sun at Inspiration Point in Tilden Park in the hills above Berkeley. Or in the Baylands at the end of Embarcadero in Palo Alto, watch Mayfield Morris and Sword, Deer Creek Morris and members of Fools Choice Morris caper and cheer as the sun rises once more. If you're interested in Morris, this is a must!
That evening, there's the contradance at NFM in Berkeley, featuring the Erik Hoffman calling to an Open Band featuring The Scalawags (Brenday Dowle, Susan Sullivan, Dan Warrick and Karen Warrick).
The San José English dance happens at SJS. Jody McGeen, fore of Mayfield Morris, and probably pretty tired at this point, nevertheless will lead dances, with music by Greenwich Mean Time (Vaughn Wolff, Stan and Susan Kramer and Kay Thorne.
Friday 3
The downtown Palo Alto English dance at MT. Bob Fraley teaches and leads dances with music by the Nonesuch Country Dance Players (Ruth Anne Fraley, Stan and Susan Kramer).
Saturday 4
The San Francisco contradance at SF. Charlie Fenton leads dancing, with music by Ray Bierl, Craig Johnson and Lee Anne Welch.
Wednesday 8
The second Wednesday East Bay English dance: featuring the versatile David Newitt calling and playing concertina, with fellow English progammmers/managers Anise Feldman, Allen Dodson, and Craig Johnson filling out the band.
Friday 10
The East Bay contra at FIN ... Kirston Koths calls to the music of the Crackerjacks (Sylvia Herold, Chuck Aronson, Paul Kotapish and Chris Lewis.
Saturday 11
Two dances at PA: The second Saturday family dance, starting at 5pm with a potluck dinner at 6:30. Bob Fraley and Joyce Uggla teach dances for all the ages...
Followed by the Palo Alto contra at PA, with Eric Black calling and music by The Crackerjacks (Paul Kotapish, Chris Lewis, Chuck Aronson and Sylvia Herold).
Up in San Francisco at 7:30pm, the second Saturday English dance at CDS features Bob Fraley calling with music by Ruth Anne Fraley, Allen Dodson and Anise Feldman.
Sunday 12
The 2nd Sunday Square and Contradance at ECV features special guest caller Ron Buchanan from Pittsburgh, with an open band led by Kathrine Gardner and Chris Knepper. Starts at 7pm.
Wednesday 15
In Berkeley, the contradance at NFM features Ron Buchanan with mishc by a hot open band hosted by Chuck Aronson, David Brown, Michael Harmona nd Piper Heisig.
The 3rd Wednesday San José English dance at SJS, with Jody McGeen and Alisa Dodson leading dances, with music by Greenwich Mean Time (Kay Thorne, Susan and Stan Kramer and Vaughn Wolff).
Friday 17
The downtown Palo Alto English dance at MT. Bob Fraley leads dances to the music of The Nonesuch Country Dance Band (Ruth Anne Fraley, Stan and Susan Kramer).
Saturday 18
The third Saturday SF contra at SF. Ron Buchanan makes his final Bay Area calling appearance (at least for this trip) and music is provided by the Crackerjacks (Chris Lewis, Sylvia Herold, Chuck Aronson and Paul Kotapish).
Wednesday 22
The NFM Wednesday English dance, with Lise Dyckman calling dances to the music of Charlie Hancock, David Newitt and David Strong.
Friday 24
The 4th Friday San Francisco contra (at SF) features David Newitt calling with music by Jan's Band (Chris Carney, Danette Duncan, Debra Teyleur and Joanne Weil).
Saturday 25
The Palo Alto at PA features Eric Black calling, with music provided by those Hillbillies from Mars (Kevin Carr, Paul Kotapish, Daniel Steinberg and Ray Bierl).
The Fairfax contra at FCC features stalwart Santa Rosa caller Barbara Coole with music by Fiddle Faddle (Bobbie Nickles and Ray Frank).
Unfortunately, the 4th Saturday English country dance for experienced dancers is cancelled ... happy Memorial Day Weekend!
Sunday 26
The Square/contra moves for this time only to the Thousand Oaks Baptist Church in Berkeley, starting at 7pm, as Jim Saxe calls to the music of dotGals (Susan Sullivan, Kathy Hirsh, Karren Warrick and Adam Cavan). The Church is at the corner of Catalina and Colusa, right off the east end of Solano Avenue, at the north end of Berkeley.
Wednesday 29
Two chances to try your voice at calling!
There's a contradance at NFM featuring a community band, Hell Broke Loose in Berkeley. If you're interested in playing, call Kathrine Gardner at 415/726-3495, if you want to call, contact Erik Hoffman at 510/444-4397 or email him at Erikthor@aol.com.
In the South Bay at SJS there's a "new voices" dance; music will be provided by Greenwich Mean Time (Kay Thorne, Susan and Stan Kramer and Vaughn Wolff). Those intersted in leading dances should contact Jody McGeen.
Friday 31
Special location for Palo Alto English dance!
The downtown Palo Alto English dance moves for this date only to Midtown: specifically St Mark's Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto (a few blocks west of Middlefield). The series will return to MT for the June 7 dance. Bob Fraley calls the dances to the music of the Nonesuch Country Dance Players (Ruth Anne Fraley, Stan and Susan Kramer).