[[events]] name = "River Rendezvous" links = ["https://riverrendezvous.com/", "https://www.facebook.com/events/656454182128444/"] start = "2022-07-15T15:00:00-04:00" end = "2022-07-17T15:00:00-04:00" country = "USA" state = "OH" city = "Coshocton" styles = ["contra"] workshop = false social = true bands = ["Toss the Possum", "The Mean Lids"] callers = ["Gaye Fifer", "Terry Doyle", "Carol Kopp"] price = "$95-$171.50" organisation = "Northeast Ohio Contra Dance" source = "events/usa/ohio.yaml" [[events]] name = "Fiddling Frog" links = ["https://www.caldancecoop.org/special-events/fiddling-frog/"] start = "2023-02-24T19:00:00-08:00" end = "2023-02-26T22:30:00-08:00" country = "USA" state = "CA" city = "Pasadena" styles = ["contra"] workshop = false social = true bands = ["Root System", "The Dam Beavers"] callers = ["Gaye Fifer", "Jeremy Korr"] price = "$85-$190" organisation = "California Dance Co-Operative" source = "events/usa/california.yaml" [[events]] name = "Hawaii Contra Dance Week" links = ["https://kalani.com/hawaii-contra-dance-week-march-2023/"] start = "2023-03-11T16:00:00-10:00" end = "2023-03-17T12:00:00-10:00" country = "USA" state = "HI" city = "Pahoa" styles = ["contra"] workshop = false social = true bands = ["Tangent"] callers = ["Gaye Fifer", "Claire Takemori"] price = "$1420-$3100" organisation = "Kalanimua" source = "events/usa/hawaii.yaml" [[events]] name = "Whitewater Whirl" links = ["https://www.footmad.org/whirl"] start = "2023-05-05T18:00:00-04:00" end = "2023-05-07T13:00:00-04:00" country = "USA" state = "WV" city = "Fayetteville" styles = ["contra", "ecd"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["Playing with Fyre", "Trillium"] callers = ["Gaye Fifer", "Terry Doyle"] price = "$60-$110" organisation = "FOOTMAD" source = "events/usa/fayetteville.yaml" [[events]] name = "Fall Dance Weekend" details = """ Come dance to the music of Supertrad and Stomp Rocket with callers Gaye Fifer, Janine Smith, and guest caller Michael Karchar. All are welcome. This is a mask-optional and vaccine-optional dance. While dancing, we will have a mask-required line if enough people show up who are interested. Details and registration will be forthcoming on our website.   """ links = ["https://cdss.org/event/pittsburgh-fall-dance-weekend/", "https://pittsburghcontra.org/fdw/", "https://www.facebook.com/events/608965457991737/"] start = "2023-10-27T20:00:00-04:00" end = "2023-10-29T15:30:00-04:00" country = "USA" state = "PA" city = "Pittsburgh" styles = ["contra", "ecd"] workshop = false social = true bands = ["Stomp Rocket", "Supertrad"] callers = ["Gaye Fifer", "Janine Smith", "Michael Karchar"] price = "$60-$120" organisation = "Pittsburgh Contra Dance" source = "events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml" [[events]] name = "Pittsburgh Contra Dance" details = "Come dance to the music of the Lackawanna Longnecks with caller Gaye Fifer. Our free beginner lesson begins at 7:30pm. Complete beginners are welcome! This dance, masks are optional, but we also hold a masks-required dance each month. " links = ["https://pittsburghcontra.org/", "https://cdss.org/event/pittsburgh-contra-dance-masks-optional-2/"] start = "2023-12-15T19:30:00-05:00" end = "2023-12-15T23:00:00-05:00" country = "USA" state = "PA" city = "Pittsburgh" styles = ["contra"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["Lackawanna Longnecks"] callers = ["Gaye Fifer"] price = "$15" organisation = "Pittsburgh Contra Dance" source = "events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml" [[events]] name = "Pittsburgh Contra Dance" details = "Come dance to the music of the Snappin’ Bug Stringband with caller Gaye Fifer. Our free beginner lesson begins at 7:30. Complete beginners are welcome! At this dance masks are required, but we also have a mask-optional dance each month. " links = ["https://pittsburghcontra.org/", "https://cdss.org/event/pittsburgh-contra-dance/"] start = "2024-01-26T19:30:00-05:00" end = "2024-01-26T23:00:00-05:00" country = "USA" state = "PA" city = "Pittsburgh" styles = ["contra"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["Snappin' Bug Stringband"] callers = ["Gaye Fifer"] organisation = "Pittsburgh Contra Dance" source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml" [[events]] name = "Bayou Bedlam" links = ["http://www.bayoubedlam.org/", "https://cdss.org/event/bayou-bedlam/"] start = "2024-02-09T19:30:00-06:00" end = "2024-02-11T19:30:00-06:00" country = "USA" state = "TX" city = "Houston" styles = ["contra"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["The Dam Beavers"] callers = ["Gaye Fifer"] organisation = "Houston Area Traditional Dance Society" source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml" [[events]] name = "Pittsburgh Contra Dance" details = "Come dance to the music of GrayScale with caller Gaye Fifer. Our free beginner lesson begins at 7:30pm. Complete beginners are welcome! At this dance masks are optional, but we also hold a masks-required dance each month." links = ["https://pittsburghcontra.org/", "https://cdss.org/event/pittsburgh-contra-dance-masks-optional-2/"] start = "2024-03-29T19:30:00-04:00" end = "2024-03-29T23:00:00-04:00" country = "USA" state = "PA" city = "Pittsburgh" styles = ["contra"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["GrayScale"] callers = ["Gaye Fifer"] price = "$15" organisation = "Pittsburgh Contra Dance" source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml" [[events]] name = "Springforth Ball and Dance Weekend" details = """ The Traditional American Dance and Music Society invites you to the 27th Annual Springforth Ball & Dance Weekend April 12-13-14, 2024 Featuring Drive Train Ed Howe (fiddle) Bennett Konesni (guitar), and Noah Fishman (bass, mandolin & bouzouki) with Gaye Fifer calling Join us for a high energy weekend of food, dance, music, and workshops.""" links = ["https://tadamsva.org/springforth-2024/", "https://cdss.org/event/springforth-ball-and-dance-weekend/"] start = "2024-04-12T19:00:00-04:00" end = "2024-04-14T15:00:00-04:00" country = "USA" state = "VA" city = "Richmond" styles = ["contra"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["Drive Train"] callers = ["Gaye Fifer"] organisation = "TADAMS (Traditional American Dance and Music Society)" source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml" [[events]] name = "Whitewater Whirl" details = """ The Whitewater Whirl returns for its 17th year in West Virginia’s New River Gorge area. Gaye Fifer and Janine Smith call to the tunes of Hot Coffee Breakdown: Tom Cunningham (fiddle), Luis de Leon (percussion/harmonica), Kate Sanders (keyboard)—and Brazenkeys, with Tadhg Ó Meachair (all-Ireland champion on accordion), Joanna Hyde (fiddle), and Eric Schedler (piano). New Deal-era dance hall with suspended wooden floor, free tent camping or dorm style bunks, motels and B&Bs in area, meal plan available. Register at WhitewaterWhirl.org. Sponsored by Kanawha Valley Friends of Old Time Music and Dance (FOOTMAD). $115, under 30 $75""" links = ["https://www.footmad.org/whirl", "https://cdss.org/event/whitewater-whirl-contra-dance-weekend/"] start = "2024-05-03T19:00:00-04:00" end = "2024-05-05T15:00:00-04:00" country = "USA" state = "WV" city = "Fayetteville" styles = ["contra"] workshop = false social = true bands = ["Brazenkeys", "Hot Coffee Breakdown"] callers = ["Gaye Fifer", "Janine Smith"] price = "$75-$115" organisation = "Kanawha Valley Friends of Old Time Music and Dance" source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml" [[events]] name = "Spring Dance Romance" links = ["https://tcdancers.org/sdr"] start_date = "2024-05-24" end_date = "2024-05-26" country = "USA" state = "NC" city = "Carrboro" styles = ["contra"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["The Mean Lids", "River Road"] callers = ["Gaye Fifer", "Alex Deis-Lauby"] organisation = "TryContra" source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml" [[events]] name = "Dance Trance Weekend" links = ["https://www.dancetrance.ltda.us/"] start = "2024-06-07T20:00:00-04:00" end = "2024-06-09T15:00:00-04:00" country = "USA" state = "KY" city = "Lexington" styles = ["contra", "ecd"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["Hot Coffee Breakdown", "Dreamdance"] callers = ["Gaye Fifer", "Joe Wilkie"] price = "$50-$115" organisation = "TryContra" source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml" [[events]] name = "Swing into Summer" links = ["http://www.swingintosummer.org/"] start_date = "2024-06-14" end_date = "2024-06-16" country = "USA" state = "MA" city = "Plymouth" styles = ["contra", "ecd"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["Countercurrent", "Miranda Weinberg, Aaron Marcus, & Carrie Rose"] callers = ["Gaye Fifer", "Adina Gordon"] price = "$100-$260" organisation = "TryContra" source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml" [[events]] name = "Roanoke Railroader" links = ["http://www.roanokerailroader.com/"] start_date = "2024-07-04" end_date = "2024-07-07" country = "USA" state = "VA" city = "Salem" styles = ["contra"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["Toss the Possum", "The Latter Day Lizards"] callers = ["Will Mentor", "Gaye Fifer"] price = "$95-$160" organisation = "TryContra" source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml" [[events]] name = "Cascade of Music & Dance" links = ["https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/cascade-of-music-dance-at-louise/"] start_date = "2024-08-12" end_date = "2024-08-18" country = "USA" state = "MD" city = "Cascade" styles = ["contra"] workshop = true social = true callers = ["Wendy Graham Settle", "Gaye Fifer"] organisation = "TryContra" source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml" [[events]] name = "Rendezvous Dance Weekend" links = ["https://cfootmad.org/rendezvous"] start_date = "2024-08-30" end_date = "2024-09-02" country = "USA" state = "CO" city = "Boulder" styles = ["contra"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["Nova", "The Dam Beavers"] callers = ["Gaye Fifer", "Will Mentor"] organisation = "TryContra" source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml" [[events]] name = "Pittsburgh Fall Dance Weekend" links = ["http://pittsburghcontra.org/fdw/"] start_date = "2024-10-25" end_date = "2024-10-27" country = "USA" state = "PA" city = "Pittsburgh" styles = ["contra"] workshop = true social = true bands = ["Engine Room", "Hot Coffee Breakdown"] callers = ["Gaye Fifer", "River Rainbowface Abel"] organisation = "TryContra" source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml"