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Promoting traditional English and American music and dance

BACDS Events Calendar

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Schedule of Events

DATE(S) STYLE LOCATION CALLER(S)
TEACHER(S)
MUSICIANS
February 3 ENGLISH ASE Sam Rotenberg Valerie Rose, Renata Bratt, Bill Jensen
February 4 CONTRA CCB Charlie Fenton Midnight Chargers, Patti Cobb, Valerie Rose, Elizabeth Ingber
February 6 ENGLISH SME Kalia Kliban
English dancing for all levels of experience (including none) - 7:30-10:00
February 8 ENGLISH FSJ Alan Winston Mary Tabor, Robin Lockner, William Allen
February 11 CONTRA PCSF John Little
Contra—beginner lesson at 7:30, dance 8:00–10:00
February 11 ENGLISH CCB Sharon Green Valerie Rose, Betsy St. Aubin
English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:25; dance 7:45-10:00
February 13 REGENCY/ENGLISH (BACDS, BAERS) SME Alan Winston Divertimento
February 14 CONTRA FUM Sarah Trop Anne Goess
February 14 ENGLISH SJP Steve White Diana Gómez, Heather MacKay, Craig Johnson
February 17 ENGLISH ASE Bruce Hamilton Cat Taylor, Paul Kostka, Craig Johnson
February 18 CONTRA CCB The Flagstones, Anne Goess, Will Wheeler, Charlie Hancock
February 21 Playford Ball Peninsula Workshop (ENGLISH/SPECIAL) FUM
A workshop to learn the dances for the 2026 BACDS Playford Ball March 21 in San José.
February 21 A JANE AUSTEN BALL (ENGLISH/REGENCY/SPECIAL) (BAERS, TF52) Alan Winston Divertimento Dance Orchestra, James Langdell, Paul Kostka, William Allen
It's Jane Austen's 250th year! Come do the music and dances of her time. Period costume (early 1800s) admired, but not required.
February 24 WOODSHED SDS Maybe you?
Now on fourth Tuesdays in the Dance Studio at Sunnyvale Community Center
7:30-9:30pm

Help us improve our dances!
Experiment with new and new-to-us material to improve choreography, music, and calling.
Note: Sunnyvale prohibits street shoes and absolutely no food is allowed in the hall.
February 25 ENGLISH CCB Lise Dyckman Michelle Masek (Levy), Alicia Cover, Charlie Hancock
English dancing for all - newcomer lesson at 7:25; dance 7:45-10:00
February 28 CONTRA FUM Caroline McCaskey, Christopher Jacoby, Lee Anne Welch

Dance Venues

VENUE NAME ADDRESS CITY
ASE All Saints Episcopal Church 555 Waverley St Palo Alto
CCB Christ Church East Bay 2138 Cedar Street Berkeley
FSJ First Unitarian Church of San Jose 160 N 3rd St San Jose
FUM First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto 625 Hamilton at Byron Palo Alto
PCSF The Polish Club 3040 22nd Street San Francisco
SDS Sunnyvale Community Center Dance Studio 550 E. Remington Drive - in the Theatre Building - enter parking lot from Michelangelo Sunnyvale
SJP St. John's Presbyterian Church 25 Lake San Francisco
SME St. Mark's Episcopal Church 600 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto