BACDS September 2017 Electronic Mailing

Here you'll find electronic flyers from this quarterly mailing (plus a few "bonus" items) with links related to the events or associated dance series. Wanna see something? Just click on an image or icon! Hold your mouse over an image or icon for a short description of what it does or links to.

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Table of Contents Click here to show or hide a list of what's in the "mailing" (click on ◊ to jump to topic) BACDS organization ◊ BACDS Quarterly Calendar - October to December, 2017 ◊ Bay Area Country Dancer #111 - September, 2017 ◊ Are you a BACDS member? ◊ BACDS Code of Conduct BACDS dance series' Fall season schedules ◊ Hayward Contra ◊ Peninsula English ◊ South Bay Contra Special events ◊ Northwest Passage Contra Dance and Music camp (2017-09-01) ◊ Kitchen Sink Molly Morris workshops (2017-09-09) ◊ Camp New Harmony Benefit (2017-09-22) ◊ Playford to the Present Ball (2017-10-07) ◊ Fall Frolick (2017-10-13) ◊ Palo Alto Halloween Contra 2017-12-28 ◊ Portland English Country Dance Weekend (2017-11-03) ◊ No Snow Ball (2017-12-02) ◊ Next Steps Contra Workshop (2017-12-17) ◊ Camp New Harmony (2017-12-27) ◊ Palo Alto New Year's Eve Contra (2017-12-31) ◊ Arizona Winter Frolic (2018-01-12) ◊ Playford Ball - Save the Date (2018-03-24)

BACDS Quarterly Calendar October to December, 2017

Bay Area Country Dancer #111 September, 2017 The BACDS newsletter. Catch up on all the local dance news. In this issue: Mindful Dancing Haiku I Brought Home a Poem from Contra Dancing New This October at Fall Frolick! Some Things are not Happening in November Rare Fifth Sunday English Dance in Sebastopol The No Snow Ball Returns to Saturday Night The President's Corner Volunteer Thanks Upcoming Events

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BACDS Code of Conduct
BACDS Dance Series BACDS sponsors English and American traditional dances in the San Francisco Bay Area. This is fun, relatively easy, community-oriented dancing with live music. All dances are taught, no partner is necessary, and first-timers are welcome unless otherwise noted. Here are selected series' schedules.

Hayward Contra Fall season 4th/5th Sundays Hayward

Peninsula English Fall season 1st/3rd/5th Tuesdays 1st/3rd/5th Thursday in October only Palo Alto

South Bay Contra Fall season 3rd Sundays Newcomers' Introduction 2:30p, Dance 3:00-6:00p San Jose Gender-Free calling, Kid-friendly dance, First time trying contra is free with Intro at 2:30.
Special Events Check out our special event flyers

Northwest Passage Contra Dance and Music Camp Labor Day Weekend Friday to Monday September 1 to 4, 2017 Mt Hood, OR Northwest Passage alternates dance style focus each year. This year is Contra; 2018 will be English.

Kitchen Sink Molly morris workshops Saturdays September 9 and 23, 2017, 1:30p-3:30p Palo Alto

Camp New Harmony Benefit Friday September 22, 2017 8p-11p San Francisco There will be a special contra dance to benefit the campership fund to Camp New Harmony, an annual music/dance camp put on by the San Francisco Folk Music Club over New Year's Eve.

Playford to the Present Ball Saturday October 7, 2017 Pasadena

Fall Frolick Dance Weekend Friday to Sunday October 13-15, 2017 Aptos

Palo Alto Halloween Contra Saturday October 28, 2017 8:00pm-Mindnight Palo Alto Join us in Palo Alto for the 37th annual BACDS Halloween Costume Ball, a fiendishly fun evening of contra dancing to the calling of Susan Petrick and special ghosts, and the mesmerizing music of George Paul, Ben Schreiber, and Mike Scott. Costumes encouraged (compete for the Ron Award!) but not required.

Portland English Country Dance Weekend Friday to Sunday November 3 to 5, 2017 Portland, OR

No Snow Ball Saturday December 2, 2017 7:00pm-11:00pm Oakland

Next Steps Contra Workshop Sunday December 17, 2017 1:00pm-2:15p San Jose

Camp New Harmony Wednesday to Monday December 27, 2017 - January 1, 2018 Santa Rosa San Francisco Folk Music Club regrets that the site for Camp New Harmony burned to the ground in the early hours of the Tubbs fire on October 9-10. We have found an alternative site for this year's camp, but the size will be greatly reduced. Please refer to www.sffmc.org/harmony_body.html.

Palo Alto New Year's Eve Contra Sunday December 31, 2017 8:00pm-12:15am Palo Alto Finish out 2017 with good cheer and good dancing at the Palo Alto Contra. Ring out the old year and waltz in the new to the music of StringFire (Erik Ievins, Patti Cobb, and Shira Kammen). Calling by Kalia Kliban. Happy New Year!

Arizona Winter Frolic Friday to Saturday January 12-13, 2018 Mesa, AZ

Playford Ball - Save the Date Saturday March 24, 2018 San Jose "The Bay Area's grandest English Country Dance gala"

The Bay Area Country Dance Society Website

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BACDS September 2017 Electronic Mailing

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