This is the Bay Area Country Dance Society
schedule for the week of Monday, August 4, 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. Student/Low-income $5.
Please wear clean shoes with non-marking soles.
The Events
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Wednesday, August 6, 8:00 pm: BERKELEY CONTRA dance
http://www.bacds.org/series/contra/berkeley_wed/
Grace North Church, 2138 Cedar (between Oxford and Walnut),
with caller Keith Cornett Eustis (from South Carolina)
open band led by The Raggedy Annes
(Anne Goess, Andy Eggleston, Charlie Hancock)
Wednesday, August 6, 8:00 pm: PENINSULA ENGLISH Dance
http://www.bacds.org/series/english/mountain_view/
Flex-It, 425 Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View (across from train station)
* * SUMMER BREAK - NO DANCE - SEE US AFTER LABOR DAY * *
Friday, August 8, _7:30 - 10:00 pm_ OAKLAND CONTRA dance
$9 non-members, $7 members, $5 students.
http://www.bacds.org/series/contra/east_bay_fri/
Humanist Hall, 390 27th St (near Telegraph), OAKLAND
See <http://www.bacds.org/directions/#hum>
for directions.
with caller Keith Cornett Eustis
music by Dave Courchaine, Jeff Ward, John MacFarlane
Newcomer's welcome at 7:00, dance at 7:30
Saturday, August 9, _7:00-10:00_ pm: SAN FRANCISCO ENGLISH dance
http://www.bacds.org/series/english/san_francisco/
DanceGround Keriac, 1805 Divisadero (at Bush, 3 blocks N of Geary), SF
with caller Nick Cuccia
Music by Bangers & Mash (David Strong, Stan & Susan Kramer, Craig
Johnson)
Saturday, August 9: PALO ALTO CONTRA dance
http://www.bacds.org/series/contra/palo_alto/
First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto (Hamilton & Webster)
with caller Erik Hoffman
Music by Erik Thor & Hands Four
(Erik Hoffman, Ingrid Noyes, Michael Harmon)
Newcomers' welcome at 7:30 pm, dancing at 8:00.
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, or
visit the BACDS web site: http://www.bacds.org/
For maps and transit directions to individual dances, click on the links
with the listing for each dance.
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