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This is the Bay Area Country Dance Society schedule for the
week of Monday, June 20, 2011.

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 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: 

Michael Barraclough started a zesty contra series in England when he lived
there, and has distinguished himself with reconstructing historical English
dances, calling English country and ceilidh dances, and being a good sport at
Family Camp.  We're lucky to have him visiting this week in advance of BACDS
Family Camp, and we're taking full advantage of him, with his joining the
end-of-season cavalcade at the Peninsula English on Tuesday, doing a workshop
and the Wednesday night English dance in Berkeley, calling the San Francisco
4th Friday contra (with the OpporTunists), and the Berkeley 4th Saturday
English.

And from the other side of the world, Australia's John Garden will conduct an
English workshop/dance at St. Clement's Church in  Berkeley on Sunday from 6-9
PM.  John has 22 years experience as a dance teacher, researcher,
choreographer, composer and musician, and has displayed, directed and led
dancing at more than 1,000 events (including at the Sydney Opera House).  For
many years he led the band Earthly Delights, producing 8 CDs of dance music,
and has written several dance/music books, with 10 new books tracing the  
evolution of western European social dance over a period of 450 years currently
in the works. John and his historical-costumer wife  Aylwen direct Austrailia's
leading historic dance academy, the Canberra-based Earthly Delights Historic
Dance Academy, running  weekly classes, monthly public balls, annual festivals
and displays  on request.



Contra dancers can also enjoy the Sacramento-area favorites (swiftly becoming
Palo-Alto area favorites) Star Thistle at the Palo Alto Contra, playing behind
our own excellent Nick Cuccia.

Not enough dance?  Check out the San Francisco Free Folk Festival,
sffolkfest.org, where John Garden and Alan Winston will be leading country
dancing on Saturday afternoon, and there'll be contras and squares on the 
program on Sunday, with a Sunday-night contra organized by Karen Fontana!
All free (although donations earnestly solicited).



                The Events
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  Tuesday, June 21, 7:30-9:30: Peninsula English Dance
  http://www.bacds.org/series/english/peninsula/
  All Saints Episcopopal, Waverley at Hamilton, Palo Alto
  with callers: Alan Winston, Bruce Hamilton, Ric Goldman, Mary Luckhardt,
                and special guest Michael Barraclough.
  and music by Bill Jensen, Stan Kramer, Michelle Levy
  Season-ending party!



  Wednesday, June 22, 6:45 - 7:45: ENGLISH DANCE WORKSHOP
  http://www.bacds.org/series/english/berkeley_wed_workshop/
  Christ Church Berkeley, 2138 Cedar St. (between Oxford and Walnut), Berkeley
  Heys, heys, and more heys!  
  with caller Michael Barraclough
  and musicians Jon Berger and Michelle Levy
  Admission $5
 
  [Christ Church doesn't allow street shoes in the hall]


  Wednesday, June 22, 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 Michael Barraclough
  Open Band led by Jon Berger, Michelle Levy, Charlie Hancock
  [Christ Church doesn't allow street shoes in the hall]


  Friday, June 24, 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 Michael Barraclough
  music by The Opportunists
   (Alan Snyder, David Hansen, Topher Gayle) plus Erik Ievins
     

  Saturday, June 25, 8:00 pm: PALO ALTO CONTRA dance
  http://www.bacds.org/series/contra/palo_alto/
  First United Methodist Church, Hamilton and Webster (upstairs), Palo Alto
  with caller Nick Cuccia
  and music by  Star Thistle 
    (Chetani Cheryl McKinney, Dave Kistler, Lonna Whipple, David Wright)
  

  Saturday, June 25, 7:30-10:30 pm:  BERKELEY EXPERIENCED ENGLISH DANCE
  http://www.bacds.org/series/english/berkeley_sat/
  Christ Church Berkeley, 2138 Cedar (between Walnut and Oxford), Berkeley
  Note special time: 7:30 to 10:30 PM
  with caller Michael Barraclough
  Music by Charlie Hancock, Judy Linsenberg, David Strong
  [Christ Church doesn't allow street shoes in the hall]

  Sunday, June 26, 6:00-9:00 pm:  BERKELEY ENGLISH DANCE AND WORKSHOP
  St. Clement's Church, 2837 Claremont Boulevard (near Ashby), Berkeley
  Note special time: 6:00 to 9:00 PM
  with caller John Garden
  Music by Gary Thomas, Judy Linsenberg, and friend
  [St. Clement's Church doesn't allow street shoes in the hall; the  
  floor is very slippery]


  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 directions, at the BACDS website (<http://www.bacds.org/>).