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Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:03 am
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This is the Bay Area Country Dance Society schedule for the
week of Monday, April 28, 2008.

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.

Admission to Friday, Saturday & Sunday dances $10; all
others $9, $2 discount for BACDS members. Student/Low-income $5.

Please wear clean shoes with non-marking soles.

The Bay Area National Dance Week continues. BACDS has FREE introductory
dances:

* Wednesday, intro to contra in Berkeley (7:00-8:00 pm)
* Friday, intro to English Country Dance in Palo Alto (6:30 - 7:30 pm)
* Saturday, intro to contra in San Francisco (6:15 - 7:45 pm)

In each case, attending the entire free intro session brings free admission to
the regular series dance that follows it. This is an excellent time to get
your friends to check this stuff out.

http://www.bacds.org/ndw for more information.

Also, this week, BACDS-affiliated morris teams will dance the sun up on
Thursday, May 1st, in Berkeley, San Francisco, Palo Alto, and Santa Cruz, and
you can be there to cheer them on.

See http://www.bacds.org/mayday for more information.



The Events
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Wednesday, April 30, _6:00 - 7:00 pm_: BERKELEY CONTRA CALLING WORKSHOP
http://www.bacds.org/series/contra/berkeley_wed/
at Grace North Church, 2138 Cedar (between Oxford and Walnut),
Learn to call, III, with Erik Hoffman
(Series of four: $10, or $18 final two)
And work with Erik at the following special workshop:

Wednesday, April 30, _7:00-8:00 pm_: BERKELEY intro CONTRA dance
http://www.bacds.org/series/contra/berkeley_wed/
at Grace North Church, 2138 Cedar (between Oxford and Walnut),
Admission: FREE
with caller Erik Hoffman and members of the calling workshop


Wednesday, April 30, 8:00 pm: BERKELEY CONTRA dance
http://www.bacds.org/series/contra/berkeley_wed/
at Grace North Church, 2138 Cedar (between Oxford and Walnut),
with caller Erik Hoffman
Open band led by Chris Knepper, Noel Cragg
(Free admission for those who attended the 7-8pm intro dance)


Wednesday, April 30, 8:00 pm: MOUNTAIN VIEW ENGLISH dance
http://www.bacds.org/series/english/mountain_view/
Flex-it Aerobics Studio, 425 Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View
(Across from CalTrain station)
with caller Bruce Hamilton
music by Bill Jensen, Stan Kramer, Erik Ievins
(Dance starts _promptly_ at 8:00 and ends _promptly_ at 10:00. Please wear
clean, smooth-soled shoes that won't damage the floor.)


Friday, May 2, _6:30-7:30 pm_: PALO ALTO INTRODUCTORY ENGLISH DANCE
http://www.bacds.org/series/english/palo_alto/
Masonic Temple, 461 Florence St. (just north of University),
with caller Alan Simpson-Vlach
music by Nonesuch Country Dance Players with William Allen
Special FREE National Dance Week event - introductory English dance.
If you attend the entire free workshop, you also get free admission for
the regulat dance that follows.

Friday, May 2, 8:00 pm: PALO ALTO ENGLISH dance
http://www.bacds.org/series/english/palo_alto/
Masonic Temple, 461 Florence St. (just north of University),
with caller Alan Simpson-Vlach
Music by the Nonesuch Country Dance Players
(Stan and Susan Kramer, Mark Daly) with William Allen
Regular prices, or free if you attended the entire introductory dance.


Saturday, May 3, _6:15 - 7:45_: SAN FRANCISCO INTRODUCTORY CONTRA DANCE
http://www.bacds.org/series/contra/san_francisco/
St. Paul's Church, 43rd Avenue at Judah Street, San Francisco
with caller Susan Petrick
Music by Alan Snyder, Howard Booster
Admission FREE, as part of national dance week. (Susan did this dance last
year and it was a great success).


Saturday, May 3, _8:00 pm_: SAN FRANCISCO CONTRA dance
http://www.bacds.org/series/contra/san_francisco/
St. Paul's Church, 43rd Avenue at Judah Street, San Francisco
with caller Susan Petrick
Music by Alan Snyder, Howard Booster


What is English Country Dancing?
http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/~winston/ecd/repasky.htmlx

What is Contra Dancing?
http://www.sbcds.org/contradance/whatis/


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For more information, call (415) 282-7374 or (650) 965-9169.
You can also find additional information, including maps and
driving directions, at the BACDS website (<http://www.bacds.org/>).
 
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