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The Bay Area Country Dance Society promotes, preserves, and teaches traditional English and American music and dance in the San Francisco Bay area.

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Dances During the Next Ten Days

Addresses, maps, start and end times, and lesson information (if a lesson is offered) for each location can be found by following the location link in each listing.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013: ENGLISH at Christ Church Berkeley (formerly Grace North Church) in Berkeley. Bruce Hamilton with StringFire (James MacQueen [CO], Erik Ievins, Patti Cobb)  More Info

Saturday, December 14, 2013: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Kristin Seibert [NC] with Uncle Farmer (Ben Schreiber, Mike Sokolovsky)  More Info

Saturday, December 14, 2013: ENGLISH at DanceGround Keriac in San Francisco. Alan Winston with Rob Powell, Jenny Hanson, William Allen  More Info

Sunday, December 15, 2013: ENG/CON at First Unitarian Church of San Jose in San Jose. Bob Fraley with The Phoenix (William Allen, Stan & Susan Kramer, Mary Tabor) & guests  More Info

Tuesday, December 17, 2013: ENGLISH at All Saints Episcopal Church in Palo Alto. Bruce Hamilton with Ruth Anne Fraley, Stan Kramer, Susan Worland  More Info

Wednesday, December 18, 2013: CONTRA at Christ Church Berkeley (formerly Grace North Church) in Berkeley. Erik Hoffman with Open band led by The wiNgNuts (Chris Knepper, Christie Hubbard, Will Wheeler)  More Info

PRICES
General Public: $9 weeknights, $10 Fri/Sat/Sun
Students/Low-income: $5
Members (of BACDS, CDSS or other CDSS affiliates) $2 discount
Supporting Level Admission: $15
Everyone is welcome so please come and pay as you can!
Prices may vary for special events or workshops. Check the calendar or website for specifics.

Upcoming Special Events

Tuesday, December 31, 2013: CONTRA/SPECIAL at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. New Year’s Eve Contra Dance — TUESDAY, December 31, 8pm–12:15am. $20, $16 members, $10 students. Ring out the old year and waltz in the new with a special contra dance at a special time. Potluck contributions welcome to supplement the provided refreshments — your chance to show off!. Kalia Kliban with music by New Year's Eve Contra Dance with The Contra Bandits (Chris Knepper, Kathrine Gardner, Charlie Hancock)

Tuesday, December 31, 2013: ENGLISH/SPECIAL at Palo Alto Masonic Temple in Palo Alto. New Year's Eve English Dance, Special dance at a special place and a special time: 8:30pm–Midnight; Kissing & Putluck at Midnight. $19, $15 members, $6 students. Note the change from our usual Tuesday location!. Bob Fraley, Alan Winston, Sandra Vlahos with music by New Year's Eve English Dance with Rob Powell, Stan & Susan Kramer, Ruth Anne Fraley

About BACDS

The Bay Area Country Dance Society has been promoting, preserving, and teaching traditional English and American music and dance since the early 1980s. Our activities include:

• Week-long and weekend music and dance camps in lovely SF Peninsula, Sierra foothill, and Santa Cruz locations.
• Dance series featuring lively community dances and wonderful live music.
• Occasional and seasonal special events, ranging from formal balls to workshops for dancers, musicians, dance leaders, and sound technicians.
• Performance teams that bring lively and raucous English folk traditions to the streets, classrooms, farmers' markets, and festivals.

BACDS's activities are made possible through the efforts and contributions of our members. Please join us!

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