This is the Bay Area Country Dance Society schedule for the
week of Monday, January 23, 2012.
BACDS <
http://www.bacds.org > 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 prices:
Supporter: $15
Regular: $10 on Friday/Saturday/Sunday, $9 on weeknights
Member Discount: $2 from regular prices
Student/Low-income: $5
or pay what you can.
Please wear clean shoes with non-marking soles.
Don't know what we're talking about? Check out
www.bacds.org/newcomers
To see what to expect at our dances, try
www.bacds.org/expect
NOTE: This Friday's SF Contra features the unique sound of Cotter's Ceilidh,
which combines the brilliant fiddling of Tuula Cotter, the stellar piano of
Patti Cobb, with the awesome harmonica of virtuouso Winslow Yerxa (author of
"Harmonica for Dummies"). Expect driving Celtic tunes with a possible detour
to Scandinavia. Worth checking out!
Saturday's Palo Alto contra features favorite fiddler Lee Anne Welch (backed up
by fiddlers Sarah Kirton and Julie Smolin, backstopped by killer Scottish
pianist Andy Imbrie) presenting "Sorceror's Apprentice", a band of her young
fiddle students, playing behind the smooth and friendly calling of Susan
Petrick.
English dancers: This weekend is the "Impropriety Weekend", featuring Brooke
Friendly teaching dances from her and Chris Sackett's three volumes of
"Impropriety" dance compositions, with music by 'Roguery', the West-Coast
all-star band of Anita Anderson, Dave Bartley, Jim Oakden and Shira Kammen. The
weekend will feature dance and music workshops and dances in various parts of
the Bay Area, starting out with a Friday-night dance at the Palo Alto Masonic,
the action moving to Berkeley for Saturday, with dancing at Christ Church
Berkeley and music and singing workshops at 1345 Martin Luther King (at Rose),
and more action in Sebastopol on Sunday.
ALl the info is here:
http://www.brookefriendlydance.com/impropriety_wknd.shtml
The Events
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Wednesday, January 25, 8:00 pm: BERKELEY ENGLISH dance
http://www.bacds.org/series/english/berkeley_wed/
Christ Church Berkeley, 2138 Cedar St. (between Oxford and Walnut), Berkeley
with caller Sharon Green
open band led by Danny Carnahan, Avis Minger, Charlie Hancock
[Christ Church doesn't allow street shoes in this hall]
Friday, January 27: SAN FRANCISCO CONTRA dance
http://www.bacds.org/series/contra/san_francisco/
St. Paul's Church, 43d and Judah in San Francisco
with caller Susan Petrick
Music by Cotter's Ceilidh (Tuula Cotter, Winslow Yerxa, Patti Cobb)
Newcomers' welcome at 7:30 pm, dancing at 8:00.
Friday, January 27, 8:00 pm: SPECIAL PALO ALTO ENGLISH dance
http://www.bacds.org/series/english/palo_alto/
with caller Brooke Friendly
Music by Roguery (Anita Anderson, Dave Bartley, Jim Oakden, Shira Kammen)
Part of the Impropriety weekend. $12
Saturday, January 28, PALO ALTO CONTRA DANCE
http://www.bacds.org/contra/palo_alto/
First United Methodist Church (Hamilton & Webster), Palo Alto - upstairs!
with caller Susan Petrick
Music by Sorceror's Apprentice
(Lee Anne Welch, Sarah Kirton, Julie Smolin, Andy Imbrie, and
the next generation of fiddlers!)
Newcomers' welcome at 7:30 pm, dancing at 8:00.
-- Impropriety Weekend Workshops and Dance --
Saturday, January 28, IMPROPRIETY WEEKEND ENGLISH WORKSHOPS & DANCES
http://www.bacds.org/series/english/berkeley_sat/
Christ Church Berkeley, Cedar, near Shattuck
with caller Brooke Friendly
Music by Roguery (Anita Anderson, Dave Bartley, Jim Oakden, Shira Kammen)
[Christ Church doesn't allow street shoes in this hall]
Music and singing workshops are at 1345 Martin Luther King (at Rose St)
12:45 - 2:45 Challenging Impropriety dances: special workshop for
experienced dancers, $10
12:45 - 2:45 Singing with Shira Kammen - $10
3:30 - 5:30 A Wittman Sampler: special workshop for all dancers, $10
3:30 - 5:30 Dave Bartley leads a slow jam on Impropriety tunes, with
style points. - $10
7:30 - 10:30 4th Saturday experienced English dance, $12 ($10 members)
Sunday, January 29 (not BACDS events) IMPROPRIETY WEEKEND in NORTH BAY
(multiple venues)
http://www.brookefriendlydance.com/impropriety_wknd.shtml
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) 383-7746.
You can also find additional information, including maps and
driving/transit directions, at the BACDS website
(<
http://www.bacds.org/ >).