Upcoming ONLINE Events

We can't dance together physically these days due to the Coronavirus, but we can still enjoy music and dance using online technology! Below are the events coming up in the next 18 days.

NOTICE: For safety, most "online meeting" links will ONLY be available via email, starting 9/21/20. If you get the BACDS-Announce emails (or Claire's Mailchimp weekly updates), you are all set. Otherwise, sign up here.

Monday, October 26, 2020: ONLINE Workshop Audrey Knuth leads the continuing Audrey's Tunes ’N Stuff Contra Dance Masterclass for Musicians, Mondays 4–5:30pm PDT (7–8:30pm EDT). For information and to register, contact Audrey at audreylk24@gmail.com; More at http://www.audreyknuth.com/lessons.

Sunday, November 1, 2020: ONLINE ENGLISH DANCE Sharon Green or Kalia Kliban with music by favorite recorded musicians! Sharon & Kalia call solo adaptations of English Country dances either to recorded or live music. Doors open 1:00 pm PDT (sound check and chat), dance starts at 1:30PM PDT. Link will appear the Thursday or Friday before the dance on bacds-announce mailing list (subscribe here) and on the Odd Sundays mailchimp list (to learn how to join that Odd Sundays email list, email Sharon at sharon@bacds.org. More information and planned set list at http://bacds.org/series/virtual/20201018.html.

The Online Calendars list past as well as current events, showing how many events we continue to support and conduct). See CDSS.org for more online music & dance events hosted by other organizations.

Cancellations

All of us in California should by now be aware that the Governor has declared an emergency “Shelter In Place” order, and has banned all nonessential gatherings of any number of people.

As much as we might feel that dancing is essential to our health and well-being, we must cancel all in-person events until further notice. We’re all in this together! Let’s keep us all healthy!

We look forward to resuming our dance and other activities as soon as possible. In the meantime, please join our many wonderful musicians and other performers as they stream online house concerts and other tastes of the culture we love so much.

And please consider sharing the money you would have spent on dances to the stellar performers who no longer have those gigs as their source of income.

You can Donate to BACDS to help support performers whose events have been canceled, as well as other aspects of BACDS continuing operations. A PayPal account is not required to donate via PayPal using your credit card.

Donate as much as you can to help support our many musicians, callers, and sound techs, for many of whom this is their only or main source of income. Buy CDs directly from the band (instead of Amazon or streaming), support their Kickstarter program, buy a tunebook, book a remote lesson over Skype or Zoom.