[[events]]
name = "Flurry Festival"
links = ["https://www.flurryfestival.org/"]
start_date = "2023-02-17"
end_date = "2023-02-19"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Saratoga Springs"
styles = ["contra", "ecd", "scandi", "balfolk"]
workshop = true
social = true
organisation = "DanceFlurry"
source = "events/usa/flurry.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Fiddlehead Frolic"
links = ["http://www.hands4dancers.org/upcoming-dances/2023/4/1/fiddlehead-frolic"]
start = "2023-04-01T12:30:00-04:00"
end = "2023-04-01T22:00:00-04:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Ithica"
styles = ["contra", "ecd"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["Alchemy", "O'Shanigans"]
callers = ["Pamela Goddard", "Sarah VanNorstrand", "Nancy Spero"]
price = "$15-$30"
organisation = "Hands Four Dancers of Ithaca"
source = "events/usa/ithica.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Adirondack Dance Weekend"
links = ["https://www.danceflurry.org/adirondack-dance-weekend/"]
start_date = "2023-09-29"
end_date = "2023-10-01"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Silver Bay"
styles = ["balfolk", "contra", "ecd"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["Red Case Band"]
price = "$150-$675"
organisation = "DanceFlurry"
source = "events/usa/flurry.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2023-11-16/"]
start = "2023-11-16T19:30:00-05:00"
end = "2023-11-16T22:30:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Double Dance"
details = """
Will Mentor is calling with River Road for our annual Thanksgiving Double Contra Dance. We hope you can come! 

1:00 – 2:00 Open Waltz
2:30 – 5:30 Advanced Contra
7:30 – 10:30 Evening Contra """
links = ["https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-double-dance/"]
start = "2023-11-25T13:00:00-05:00"
end = "2023-11-25T22:30:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Webster"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["River Road"]
callers = ["Will Mentor"]
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-contra-180/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2023-11-30/"]
start = "2023-11-30T19:30:00-05:00"
end = "2023-11-30T22:30:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Lake Effect"]
callers = ["Margaret Mathews"]
price = "$5-$10"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Holiday Delights"
details = """
Our festive English country dance is the third of the “trifecta” or “triple crown” weekend, in which Bare Necessities plays for dances in NJ, PA, and NY. Orly Krasner will call a relaxed afternoon of favorites. 
Members: $25; Non-members: $30."""
links = ["https://sites.google.com/site/countrydancersofwestchester", "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yUedzLaDrhnE69M_LVy8WqvZ6zge1nuV/view", "https://cdss.org/event/holiday-delights/"]
start = "2023-12-03T14:00:00-05:00"
end = "2023-12-03T17:00:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "White Plains"
styles = ["ecd"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Bare Necessities"]
callers = ["Orly Krasner"]
price = "$25-$30"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Westchester"
source = "events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-contra-181/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2023-12-07/"]
start = "2023-12-07T19:30:00-05:00"
end = "2023-12-07T22:30:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Argula"]
callers = ["Bob Nicholson"]
price = "$5-$10"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-contra-182/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2023-12-14/"]
start = "2023-12-14T19:30:00-05:00"
end = "2023-12-14T22:30:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Esteemed Clams"]
callers = ["Margaret Mathews"]
price = "$5-$10"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-contra-183/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2023-12-21/"]
start = "2023-12-21T19:30:00-05:00"
end = "2023-12-21T22:30:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Audrey Potter & Jane Knoeck"]
callers = ["David Smukler"]
price = "$5-$10"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-contra-184/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2023-12-28/"]
start = "2023-12-28T19:30:00-05:00"
end = "2023-12-28T22:30:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Lake Effect"]
callers = ["Margaret Mathews"]
price = "$5-$10"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "New Year’s Eve at the Ashokan Center"
details = """
A Dinner and Dance 
Check-in opens at 5:30 p.m. Dinner 6 p.m., sing-along 7 p.m., dancing 8 p.m. – 1 a.m. 
Ring in 2024 with great live dance music, sumptuous snacks and fun-loving folks. Music by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason with Swingology; Wheels of the World; and Pont Ondulé. Get ready for vintage swing, country, contras, squares, zydeco, waltzes and freestyles. Callers: John Krumm and Bob Isaacs. 
Cash bar featuring local beers and wines and coffee, tea, lemonade and ice water all night. And a bountiful snack table 11 p.m.-1 a.m. 
This event may sell out. We strongly recommend buying your tickets in advance. 
Dance (adult) – $30
Dance (ages 5 – 25) – $15 
Add dinner (gluten-free and vegan options) – $30"""
links = ["https://ashokancenter.org/product/new-years-eve-dinner-dance-2024/", "https://cdss.org/event/new-years-eve-at-the-ashokan-center/"]
start = "2023-12-31T17:30:00-05:00"
end = "2024-01-01T01:00:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Olivebridge"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Pont Ondulé", "Swingology", "Wheels of the World"]
callers = ["Bob Isaacs", "John Krumm"]
price = "$15-$30"
organisation = "The Ashokan Center"
source = "events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "New Year's Eve English Dance"
details = """
Bring in the New Year with old friends and new, fine music, tasty snacks, and great dances with the Country Dancers of Westchester. Expert calling by Orly Krasner and Dorothy Cummings, with delightful music by our house band Serendipity. 
$30 ($25 for members)"""
links = ["https://sites.google.com/site/countrydancersofwestchester/special-events-2021-22/123123_new-years-eve", "https://cdss.org/event/new-years-eve-english-dance/"]
start = "2023-12-31T20:30:00-05:00"
end = "2024-01-01T00:30:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "White Plains"
styles = ["ecd"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Serendipity"]
callers = ["Dorothy Cummings", "Orly Krasner"]
price = "$25-$30"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Westchester"
source = "events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-contra-185/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2024-01-04/"]
start = "2024-01-04T19:30:00-05:00"
end = "2024-01-04T22:30:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
price = "$5-$10"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-contra-186/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2024-01-11/"]
start = "2024-01-11T19:30:00-05:00"
end = "2024-01-11T22:30:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Ostara"]
callers = ["Casey Carr"]
price = "$5-$10"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-contra-187/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2024-01-18/"]
start = "2024-01-18T19:30:00-05:00"
end = "2024-01-18T22:30:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Sister Haggis"]
callers = ["Evan DeSmitt"]
price = "$5-$10"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Ease & Elegance"
details = """
Country Dancers of Westchester presents Ease & Elegance, its renowned style workshop and dance party for experienced English country dancers. 
This year’s session, The Hands Are Dancing, presents an anatomy of how the hands and arms work best to enhance our dancing pleasure. Teacher Paul Ross lays out the fundamentals of good handwork with 10 Tips for Good Hand Turns. Musicians Pali Matej, violin; Sue Polansky, clarinet; and Robin Russell, piano, will raise our spirits and quicken our steps with their matchless music. 
We open with the workshop, then a short break, and end with a joyful dance party, in which one good turn deserves another (and another, and another. . .). 
$20 (members), $25 (nonmembers)"""
links = ["https://sites.google.com/site/countrydancersofwestchester/special-events-2021-22/012124_ease-elegance", "https://cdss.org/event/ease-elegance/"]
start = "2024-01-21T14:00:00-05:00"
end = "2024-01-21T17:00:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "White Plains"
styles = ["ecd"]
workshop = true
social = true
price = "$20-$25"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Westchester"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-contra-188/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2024-01-25/"]
start = "2024-01-25T19:30:00-05:00"
end = "2024-01-25T22:30:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Lake Effect"]
callers = ["Katy Heine"]
price = "$5-$10"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-contra-189/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2024-02-01/"]
start = "2024-02-01T19:30:00-05:00"
end = "2024-02-01T22:30:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Meg, Laurel & Cat"]
callers = ["David Smukler"]
price = "$5-$10"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Capital English Country Dancers"
details = """
English Country Dance on the first Sundays of the month, October – May. Dance to live music. All dances are taught and prompted. The schedule of callers and musicians is below. Beginners, singles & couples are welcome! Doors open at 1:30, beginner workshop at 1:40 pm, dancing starts at 2pm. Please wear clean, flat, soft-soled dance shoes. 
Schedule of Events 

Feb 4: Orly Krasner with our Early Music Ensemble with Harpsichord (Larry Wallach, Tricia van Oers and Eric Buddington)
Mar 3: Elizabeth Freedman with Vonnie Estes, Charles Fisher and Nancy Bakemeier
Apr 7: Val Medve with Pat McPherson and Dough Creighton
May 5: Ice Cream Sunday – Melanie Axel-Lute, Elizabeth Stehl, Don Bell with Spare Parts and Britany Orlebeke

Our COVID Policy 

Wearing a mask is recommended.
Please stay home if you feel sick or have symptoms of Covid or flu.
CECD will notify all attendees if someone reports a Covid diagnosis within a week after a dance.

Regular Dances: $15, $12 CECD Members (Membership: $15) 
Ice Cream Sunday: $17, $14 CECD Members (includes ice cream sundaes)"""
links = ["https://www.danceflurry.org/series/capital-english-country-dancers/", "https://cdss.org/event/capital-english-country-dancers/2024-02-04/"]
start = "2024-02-04T13:30:00-05:00"
end = "2024-02-04T17:00:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Albany"
styles = ["ecd"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["Early Music Ensemble with Harpsichord"]
callers = ["Orly Krasner"]
price = "$12-$15"
organisation = "Capital English Country Dancers"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-contra-190/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2024-02-08/"]
start = "2024-02-08T19:30:00-05:00"
end = "2024-02-08T22:30:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Molly & Jane"]
callers = ["Bob Fabinski"]
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-contra-192/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2024-02-15/"]
start = "2024-02-15T19:30:00-05:00"
end = "2024-02-15T22:30:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Countercurrent"]
callers = ["Margaret Mathews"]
price = "$10"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Dance Flurry Festival"
links = ["http://www.flurryfestival.org/", "https://cdss.org/event/the-2024-flurry-festival/"]
start = "2024-02-16T19:00:00-05:00"
end = "2024-02-18T19:00:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Saratoga Springs"
styles = ["contra", "ecd", "scandi", "balfolk"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["Countercurrent", "Engine Room", "River Road", "Supertrad"]
callers = ["Adina Gordon", "Bob Isaacs", "Liz Nelson", "Isaac Banner", "Lisa Greenleaf"]
organisation = "DanceFlurry"
source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Frosty's Meltdown"
details = """
Dorothy Cummings leads an afternoon of English Country Dancing to lift our spirits out of the winter doldrums! 
Members: $20; Non-members: $25"""
links = ["https://sites.google.com/site/countrydancersofwestchester/special-events-2021-22/021824_frostys-meltdown", "https://cdss.org/event/frostys-meltdown/"]
start = "2024-02-18T14:00:00-05:00"
end = "2024-02-18T17:00:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "White Plains"
styles = ["ecd"]
workshop = false
social = true
callers = ["Dorothy Cummings"]
price = "$20-$25"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Westchester"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-contra-194/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2024-02-22/"]
start = "2024-02-22T18:00:00-05:00"
end = "2024-02-22T22:30:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["Lake Effect"]
callers = ["Nancy Spero"]
price = "$10"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-contra-195/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2024-02-29/"]
start = "2024-02-29T19:30:00-05:00"
end = "2024-02-29T22:30:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
cancelled = true
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Capital English Country Dancers"
details = """
English Country Dance on the first Sundays of the month, October – May. Dance to live music. All dances are taught and prompted. The schedule of callers and musicians is below. Beginners, singles & couples are welcome! Doors open at 1:30, beginner workshop at 1:40 pm, dancing starts at 2pm. Please wear clean, flat, soft-soled dance shoes. 
Schedule of Events 

Feb 4: Orly Krasner with our Early Music Ensemble with Harpsichord (Larry Wallach, Tricia van Oers and Eric Buddington)
Mar 3: Elizabeth Freedman with Vonnie Estes, Charles Fisher and Nancy Bakemeier
Apr 7: Val Medve with Pat McPherson and Dough Creighton
May 5: Ice Cream Sunday – Melanie Axel-Lute, Elizabeth Stehl, Don Bell with Spare Parts and Britany Orlebeke

Our COVID Policy 

Wearing a mask is recommended.
Please stay home if you feel sick or have symptoms of Covid or flu.
CECD will notify all attendees if someone reports a Covid diagnosis within a week after a dance.

Regular Dances: $15, $12 CECD Members (Membership: $15) 
Ice Cream Sunday: $17, $14 CECD Members (includes ice cream sundaes)"""
links = ["https://www.danceflurry.org/series/capital-english-country-dancers/", "https://cdss.org/event/capital-english-country-dancers/2024-03-03/"]
start = "2024-03-03T13:30:00-05:00"
end = "2024-03-03T17:00:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Albany"
styles = ["ecd"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["Vonnie Estes, Charles Fisher and Nancy Bakemeier"]
callers = ["Elizabeth Freedman"]
price = "$12-$15"
organisation = "Capital English Country Dancers"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-contra-193/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2024-03-07/"]
start = "2024-03-07T19:30:00-05:00"
end = "2024-03-07T22:30:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
price = "$5-$10"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-contra-196/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2024-03-14/"]
start = "2024-03-14T19:30:00-04:00"
end = "2024-03-14T22:30:00-04:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Sister Haggis"]
callers = ["Katy Heine"]
price = "$5-$10"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Celebration of Spring Ball"
details = """
In honor of the 50th anniversary year of CDW and of the 50th anniversary of Pat Shaw’s visit to Pinewoods, Country Dancers of Westchester are pleased to present our annual Celebration of Spring Ball, with many dances written or reconstructed by Pat and by our founders Fried de Metz Herman and Christine Helwig. 
Please join us for this festive afternoon, with outstanding music by the renowned Flying Romanos and calling by Paul Ross, Orly Krasner, and Judi Rivkin. 
Ours is a mask-recommended event, held at St Thomas Episcopal Church in Mamaroneck, NY, close to the train station and to many appealing eateries for after-the-ball socializing if you so choose. More information is on the flyer posted to our website, including a full list of videos appropriate for learning the dances. 
$30 members ($35 nonmembers)."""
links = ["https://sites.google.com/site/countrydancersofwestchester/", "https://cdss.org/event/celebration-of-spring-ball/"]
start = "2024-03-16T14:00:00-04:00"
end = "2024-03-16T17:30:00-04:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Mamaroneck"
styles = ["ecd"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Flying Romanos"]
callers = ["Judi Rivkin", "Orly Krasner", "Paul Ross"]
price = "$30-$35"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Westchester"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2024-03-21/"]
start = "2024-03-21T19:30:00-04:00"
end = "2024-03-21T22:30:00-04:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-waltz-contra/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2024-03-28/"]
start = "2024-03-28T18:00:00-04:00"
end = "2024-03-28T22:30:00-04:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["Clara Riedlinger & Zak Spath", "The PossumTone String Band"]
callers = ["Margaret Mathews"]
price = "$5-$10"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Fiddlehead Frolic"
links = ["http://www.hands4dancers.org/upcoming-dances/2024/3/30/fiddlehead-frolic"]
start = "2024-03-30T12:30:00-04:00"
end = "2024-03-30T22:00:00-04:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Ithaca"
styles = ["balfolk", "contra"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["Eloise & Co.", "Metku"]
callers = ["Mary Wesley"]
price = "$18-$35"
organisation = "TryContra"
source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-contra-199/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2024-04-04/"]
start = "2024-04-04T18:30:00-04:00"
end = "2024-04-04T22:30:00-04:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["Trillium", "Catherine, Laurel & Meg"]
callers = ["David Smukler"]
price = "$5-$10"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Capital English Country Dancers"
details = """
English Country Dance on the first Sundays of the month, October – May. Dance to live music. All dances are taught and prompted. The schedule of callers and musicians is below. Beginners, singles & couples are welcome! Doors open at 1:30, beginner workshop at 1:40 pm, dancing starts at 2pm. Please wear clean, flat, soft-soled dance shoes. 
Schedule of Events 

Feb 4: Orly Krasner with our Early Music Ensemble with Harpsichord (Larry Wallach, Tricia van Oers and Eric Buddington)
Mar 3: Elizabeth Freedman with Vonnie Estes, Charles Fisher and Nancy Bakemeier
Apr 7: Val Medve with Pat McPherson and Dough Creighton
May 5: Ice Cream Sunday – Melanie Axel-Lute, Elizabeth Stehl, Don Bell with Spare Parts and Britany Orlebeke

Our COVID Policy 

Wearing a mask is recommended.
Please stay home if you feel sick or have symptoms of Covid or flu.
CECD will notify all attendees if someone reports a Covid diagnosis within a week after a dance.

Regular Dances: $15, $12 CECD Members (Membership: $15) 
Ice Cream Sunday: $17, $14 CECD Members (includes ice cream sundaes)"""
links = ["https://www.danceflurry.org/series/capital-english-country-dancers/", "https://cdss.org/event/capital-english-country-dancers/2024-04-07/"]
start = "2024-04-07T13:30:00-04:00"
end = "2024-04-07T17:00:00-04:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Albany"
styles = ["ecd"]
workshop = true
social = true
callers = ["Val Medve"]
price = "$12-$15"
organisation = "Capital English Country Dancers"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Trip to Totality"
details = """
Come to Rochester, NY to see the 2024 total solar eclipse and do some English Country Dancing! If the skies aren’t clear, and let’s be honest, with April in Rochester that’s a 50/50 chance, you can head down the thruway after the dance to points further south and west.  
David Smukler will be calling eclipse-themed dances, to the fabulous music of the newly formed band Bellamira, combining Jane Knoeck, Eileen Nicholson Kalfass and Catherine Sloboda. If the hotels are booked, we’ll try to find a host family for you to stay with."""
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/a-trip-to-totality/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-trip-to-totality-2024-english-country-dance/"]
start = "2024-04-07T18:30:00-04:00"
end = "2024-04-07T21:30:00-04:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["ecd"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Bellamira"]
callers = ["Dave Smuckler"]
price = "$10"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-contra-200/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2024-04-11/"]
start = "2024-04-11T19:30:00-04:00"
end = "2024-04-11T22:30:00-04:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Ostara"]
callers = ["Margaret Mathews"]
price = "$5-$10"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "New York Playford Ball"
details = """
This year’s New York Playford Ball’s emcees, Paul Ross and Daniel Popowich, are delighted to invite you to an evening of outstanding music and an enticing program nicely balanced between modern and historical selections. This year being the 50th anniversary of Pat Shaw’s visit to the US, we are particularly pleased to note the inclusion of three of Pat’s classics: Miss de Jersey’s Memorial, Mr Ganiford’s Maggot, and Long Pond. Music by Cynthia Shaw, piano; Eric Martin, violin and viola; and Gene Murrow, concertina and recorders, will lift our spirits and enliven our steps. 
An afternoon practice from 2-4PM is followed by a dinner break, with the Ball itself running from 7-11PM. Registration is now open. Pack your festive finery, and please do join us for this premier event! 
$40 ($22 full-time students)"""
links = ["https://cdny.org/cdny-playford-ball-2024/", "https://cdss.org/event/new-york-playford-ball/"]
start = "2024-04-13T14:00:00-04:00"
end = "2024-04-13T23:00:00-04:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "New York"
styles = ["ecd"]
workshop = false
social = true
callers = ["Paul Ross"]
price = "$22-$40"
organisation = "Country Dance New York"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-contra-201/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2024-04-18/"]
start = "2024-04-18T19:30:00-04:00"
end = "2024-04-18T22:30:00-04:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Esteemed Clams"]
callers = ["Margaret Mathews"]
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rochester Thursday Night Contras"
details = "We are a welcoming contra group, dancing every week to live music. Please come! Check our website in case of last minute changes, and check out our videos on our Country Dancers of Rochester YouTube channel!"
links = ["https://cdrochester.org/events/thursday-night-contra-188/", "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-thursday-night-contras/2024-04-25/"]
start = "2024-04-25T19:30:00-04:00"
end = "2024-04-25T22:30:00-04:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rochester"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
price = "$5-$10"
organisation = "Country Dancers of Rochester"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Northern Dutchess Contradance"
details = """
Come dance with us! We are bringing gender-neutral calling to BeckHook with Hudson Valley Community Dances! 
Open to dancers of any level of experience (including none), any age, with or without a partner. Dances are taught as they go, dress comfortably and enjoy the amazing music and community. Calling Larks and Robins, choose whichever suits you best or try out both! ❤️ 🌈 
Doors open 6:45, beginner lesson 7:15, dance 7:30-10:30pm.  
Admission: $15-20 sliding scale, $7-10 with fulltime student ID."""
links = ["https://cdss.org/event/northern-dutchess-contradance/", "https://www.facebook.com/events/262062196956617/"]
start = "2024-04-27T19:00:00-04:00"
end = "2024-04-27T22:30:00-04:00"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Rhinebeck"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = true
social = true
price = "$7-$20"
organisation = "CDSS"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Old Songs Festival"
links = ["http://festival.oldsongs.org/"]
start_date = "2024-06-28"
end_date = "2024-06-30"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Voorheesville"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["The Moving Violations", "Stove Dragon"]
callers = ["Dave Eisenstadter", "Adina Gordon"]
organisation = "TryContra"
source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Ashokan Northern Week"
links = ["https://ashokancenter.org/product/northern-week-2024/"]
start_date = "2024-07-14"
end_date = "2024-07-20"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Olivebridge"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = true
social = true
callers = ["Will Mentor", "Susan Kevra", "John Krumm"]
organisation = "TryContra"
source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Adirondack Dance Weekend"
links = ["https://www.danceflurry.org/adirondack-dance-weekend/"]
start_date = "2024-09-27"
end_date = "2024-09-29"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Silver Bay"
styles = ["balfolk", "contra", "ecd"]
workshop = true
social = true
organisation = "DanceFlurry"
source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Gender-Free Dance Camp"
links = ["https://www.lcfd.org/lcfd/"]
start_date = "2024-10-18"
end_date = "2024-10-20"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "Olivebridge"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = true
social = true
organisation = "TryContra"
source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "ContraShock"
links = ["http://contrashock.org/"]
start_date = "2024-11-15"
end_date = "2024-11-17"
country = "USA"
state = "NY"
city = "New York"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = true
social = true
organisation = "TryContra"
source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml"