BIDA - Event Schedule

Events

Upcoming Events

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February 19, 2012: Contra Dance

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Jon Cannon, Bennett Konesni, Eric McDonald
Caller: Rachel Shapiro

March 4, 2012: Contra Dance

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: TBA
Caller: TBA

March 18, 2012: Contra Dance

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Victor Troll, Julie Metcalf, Audrey Knuth
Caller: Kim Roberts

April 1, 2012: Contra Dance

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: TBA leading an Open Band
Caller: TBA

April 15, 2012: Contra Dance

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Alden Robinson, Marko Packard, Julie Vallimont
Caller: Chrissy Fowler

May 6, 2012: Contra Dance

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: TBA
Caller: TBA

May 20, 2012: Contra Dance

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Anadama: Amelia Mason, Emily Troll, and Bethany Waickman
Caller: Rebecca Lay

Past Events

January 15, 2012: Contra Dance

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Peter Barnes leading an Open Band
Caller: Linda Leslie

January 11, 2012: BIDA Party

Location: Julie House: 36A Rodgers Ave, Somerville MA

December 18, 2011: Contra Dance

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: The Free Raisins: Audrey Knuth, Jeff Kaufman, Amy Englesberg
Caller: Lisa Greenleaf

November 26, 2011: English/Contra Dance

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Dave Langford, TBA
Caller: Brad Foster

November 20, 2011: Contra Dance

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Z Train: Jonah Sidman, Ross Harriss, Michael Friedman
Caller: Quena Crain

October 16 2011: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Debby Knight leading an open band
Caller: Linda Leslie

October 15, 2011: BIDA Party

Location: 66 Boston Ave, Somerville MA

October 8, 2011: Techno Contra

Location: St John's Church, Watertown MA
Music: DJ Improper
Caller: Dave Eisenstadter

September 18, 2011: Contra Dance

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Caribou and Reed: Carol Bittenson, Steve Bittenson, Barb Levine, Henry Yoshimura
Caller: Nils Fredland

September 11, 2011: BIDA Party

Location: 63 Pinckney St Apt 3 Somerville MA

August 21, 2011: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Tunescape: Jodi Austin, Tim Ball, Rachel Bell, Peter Blue, Nadine Dyskant-Miller
Caller: Scott Higgs

August 9, 2011: Chestnuts Calling Workshop

Location: 426 Marsh St Belmont MA
Caller: David Millstone

July 23, 2011: Spark In The Dark III [flyer]

Location: St John's Church, Watertown MA
Music: Double Apex: Brendan Carey-Block, Julie Vallimont
Caller: Mary Wesley

July 17, 2011: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Firefly: Cedar Stanistreet, Rebecca Bosworth-Clemens, Owen Morrison
Caller: Luke Donev

June 19, 2011: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Last Exit (Ross Harriss, Laurie Tupper, Christopher Jacoby, and Doug Healy)
Caller: Tony Parkes

May 15, 2011: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: La Banane Enchantee (Peter Buchak, Julie Metcalf, and Julie Vallimont)
Caller: Mary Wesley

April 17, 2011: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Corey Walters, Emily Troll, and Michael Friedman
Caller: Daniel Friedman

March 25, 2011: Spark In The Dark II [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Double Apex: Brendan Carey-Block, Julie Vallimont
Caller: George Marshall

March 20, 2011: Contra Dance [flyer], Caller's Workshop [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: The Contraptions: Nora Smith, Bill Quern, and Chloe Maher
Caller: Rick Mohr

March 6, 2011: Lunch Potluck with the BIDA Board [flyer]

Location: 28 Windsor St, Arlington MA

February 13, 2011: Contra Dance [flyer: front, back]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Peter Barnes leading an open band
Caller: Chris Weiler

January 16, 2011: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, Anna Patton, and Bruce Rosen
Caller: Dave Eisenstadter

December 19, 2010: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Stunt Double: Laurie Tupper, Dave Casserly, Chris Jacoby and Julie Vallimont
Caller: Sue Rosen

December 4, 2010: Kerry Sets Workshop and Contra Dance

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: The Figments: Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, Owen Morrison, and Anna Patton
Caller: Daniel Friedman

November 26, 2010: Spark in the Dark: Contra Dance Party [flyer]

Location: St. John's Church, Watertown, MA
Music: Nor'easter and Perpetual e-Motion
Callers: Bill Olson and Dave Eisenstadter

November 21, 2010: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Park Ave Congregational Church, Arlington, MA
Music: Randy Miller, Edward Wallace and Gordon Peery
Caller: Adina Gordon

October 24, 2010: BIDA Party

Location: Koren's House: 15 Windsor St, Arlington

October 17, 2010: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: St. John's Church, Watertown, MA
Music: Brendan Carey-Block, Eric McDonald and Julie Vallimont
Caller: Lisa Greenleaf

September 19, 2010: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Riptide (Alden Robinson, Glen Loper and Owen Marshall)
Caller: Linda Leslie

August 15, 2010: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Sassafras Stomp: Johanna Davis, Adam Nordell and Zack Davis
Caller: Adina Gordon

July 18, 2010: Contra Dance

Location: Park Ave Congregational Church, Arlington, MA
Music: Forks of Nature: Jon Cannon, Jonah Sidman, Kirsten Lamb and Rowen Caplan
Caller: Nils Fredland

July 11, 2010: BIDA Party! Tunes + Good Times

June 20, 2010: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Park Ave Congregational Church, Arlington, MA
Music: Amy Larkin, Mark Roberts and Max Newman
Caller: Richard Fisher

May 16, 2010: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Blue Moose and the Unbuttoned Zippers
Caller: Nils Fredland and Rickey Holt

May 16, 2010: Musicians Workshop [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Blue Moose and the Unbuttoned Zippers

April 18, 2010: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Stunt Double: Laurie Tupper, Dave Casserly, Chris Jacoby and Julie Vallimont
Caller: Chris Weiler

March 21, 2010: Contra Dance

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Amelia Mason, Bethany Waickman, and Simon Chrisman
Caller: Adina Gordon

February 21, 2010: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Notorious: Eden MacAdam-Somer and Larry Unger
Caller: Sue Rosen

January 17, 2010: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Open Band
Caller: Chrissy Fowler

January 10, 2009: BIDA Party! Tunes + Good Times

December 20, 2009: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Dave Langford, Jonah Sidman, Corey Walters, and Max Newman
Caller: Adina Gordon

November 21, 2009: BIDA Dance Party and Potluck

November 15, 2009: Contra Dance

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Einstein's Little Homunculus
Caller: Chris Weiler and Dave Eisenstadter

October 23, 2009: Contra Ceilidh [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, Owen Marshall, and Garrett Sawyer
Caller: Nils Fredland

October 18, 2009: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Matching Orange: Eric Eid-Reiner, Brendan Carey-Block and Eric McDonald
Caller: Sue Rosen

September 20, 2009: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Nor'easter: Cedar Stanistreet, Max Newman and Julie Vallimont
Caller: Lisa Greenleaf

August 23, 2009: End of Summer Bash in the Park

Location: Cambridge Common, Cambridge, MA

July 31, 2009: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Perpetual e-Motion: Ed Howe and John Cote
Caller: Jack Mitchell

July 19, 2009: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Amy Larkin, Debby Knight, and Dave Casserly
Caller: Daniel Friedman

June 26, 2009: BIDA Party + Potluck

June 7, 2009: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Randy Miller, Bruce Randall, Peter Buchak, and Julie Vallimont
Caller: Linda Leslie

May 30, 2009: BIDA Party!

May 17, 2009: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Park Ave Congregational Church, Arlington, MA
Music: Stuart Kenney, Pan Chan, Bethany Waickman, and Jim Guinness
Caller: Nils Fredland

April 10, 2009: BIDA Party: Potluck, Tunes, and Movies

April 5, 2009: Contra Dance and First Annual Membership Meeting [flyer]

Location: Springstep, Medford, MA
Music: David Kaynor, Cedar Stanistreet, and Eric Eid-Reiner
Caller: Adina Gordon

March 22, 2009: Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Masonic Hall, Cambridge, MA
Music: Notorious: Eden MacAdam-Somer and Larry Unger with Max Newman
Caller: Chris Weiler

March 13, 2009: BIDA Potluck and Party

March 8, 2009: Contra Workshop for Families and Children Springstep, Medford, MA

Location: Springstep, Medford, MA
Music: Nor'easter: Cedar Stanistreet, Max Newman and Julie Vallimont
Caller: Chris Weiler

February 22, 2009: BIDA Party

Februay 1, 2009: Kickoff Contra Dance [flyer]

Location: Park Ave Congregational Church, Arlington, MA
Music: Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, Dave Casserly, Julie Vallimont, and Eric McDonald
Caller: Lisa Greenleaf

January 25, 2009: BIDA Party/Jam Session

December 19, 2009: BIDA Jam Session/Party

BIDA's Third Sunday Dance Series is funded in part by the Mary Kay Friday Fund of the Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS) and the Boston Country Dance Society.

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