Friday Night - Swing Dance

Friday night, as part of our Casino will be the Swing Dance, held right next door in the Cedar Ballroom at 9:30 pm. Swing has always been a fun and popular event but most recently it has reinvented itself and become a new and exciting dance phenomenon. So come see what all the talk is all about!

Never danced Swing before? A class will be offered by Swing Dance Instructors Persephone Keckley and Michael Marangio from 7-8pm In the Cedar Ballroom upstairs so the beginers and pros can both enjoy the event.

Saturday Night - Blade Runner Masked Ball and Dance

There will be a dance and masquerade at the Blade Runner Masked Ball and Dance. However, you might want to examine the general rules to help you. This will be a one-of a kind event, so don't miss it! See the masquerade page for full details.

Sunday Night Dance - The Intergalactic Carnival

Come one, come all, to the greatest show in the Universe. See the death defying acts of the trapeze artists as they swing from the very tip of the Big Top, enjoy the zany antics of clowns, the heroic deeds of the animal tamers, see the strongest man on earth, and Hildegard the bearded lady. Come join us on Sunday night to enjoy the fun of our carnival themed dance. Inspried by The old time carnivals and circuses with a futuristic twist. So come ready for fun and enjoy some old childhood memories as you dance the night away.

Regency Dance - Sunday Night

In BayCon tradition, James and Cathleen Myers will lead Regency dancing. The English Regency (strictly 1811-1820) is the era of Austen, Byron, Shelley, Nelson, Wellington, the setting of Georgette Heyer and Patrick O'Brian novels, Bernard Cornwall's Sharpe series, and the age of Napoleon, country dance was the ballroom dance of the time.

One of the piquant pleasures of Regency dancing at the convention is watching the dancers and their costumes. In addition to the many people in T-shirts and jeans, you may see Miss Elizabeth Bennet waltzing with Darth Vader, and Fitzwilliam Darcy with Commander Ivanova.

Even if you have never danced before, James and Cathleen Myers of PEERS will give you instruction, and you will soon be dancing the night away. You needn't bring a partner - we'll swap around after every dance. So you have no excuse, for you not to come and try something new.

Presented jointly by BAERS, the Bay Area English Regency Society, and PEERS, the Period Events & Entertainments Re-Creation Society. You are cordially invited to BAERS and PEERS events outside BayCon as well.