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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.

Friday, September 3, 2010: ENGLISH at Palo Alto Masonic Temple in Palo Alto. David Newitt with Nonesuch Country Dance Players (Stan & Susan Kramer, Mark Daly) with Bill Jensen  More Info

Saturday, September 4, 2010: CONTRA at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in San Francisco. Mavis McGaugh with The OpporTunists (Alan Snyder, Dave Hansen, Topher Gayle)  More Info

Wednesday, September 8, 2010: ENGLISH at Christ Church Berkeley (formerly Grace North Church) in Berkeley. David Newitt with The Raggedy Annes (Anne Goess, Andy Eggleston, Charlie Hancock)  More Info

Saturday, September 11, 2010: CONTRA at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Erik Hoffman with Three Fifths of Scotch (Debra Tayleur, Michelle Levy, Eloise Blanchard)
Sound: Erik Hoffman
Manager: John Lindley  More Info

Saturday, September 11, 2010: ENGLISH at DanceGround Keriac in San Francisco. Kalia Kliban with David Strong, Craig Johnson  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

Saturday, November 20, 2010: ENGLISH/SPECIAL at San Mateo Masonic Temple in San Mateo. BACDS FALL BALL: "Quite a Song and Dance" . Ric Goldman with music by Bay Area Players More Info

Saturday, April 2, 2011: ENGLISH/SPECIAL at San Jose Woman's Club in San Jose. BACDS Playford Ball. Bob Fraley with music by TBA More Info

Sunday, August 21-Sunday, August 28, 2011: ENGLISH/CAMP: Bishop's Ranch, . ENGLISH DANCE AND MUSIC WEEK. Gene Murrow, Joanna Reiner, Mary Devlin with music by Reunion (Jonathan Jensen, Daniel Beerbohm, Barbara Greenberg) More Info

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 north coast, 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. Won't you consider joining us?

Newcomers are welcome! Follow this link to learn more about our dances, or this link to find out what to expect at your first BACDS dance evening. We welcome first-timers at all our regular series dances except 4th Saturday experienced English and 5th Saturday Zesty Contras.

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Community members are welcome at BACDS Board meetings. Board elections for one-year terms are held at the May meeting; if you're interested please write to bacds-president@bacds.org or bacds-boardchair@bacds.org. The next meeting will be held April 19, 2010 at 8:00 pm. General info on board meetings and location: here.

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