--- events: - name: Echo Summit Dance Camp links: - "https://sactocds.wordpress.com/echo-summit-dance-camp-2022/" start: "2022-09-16T16:00:00-07:00" end: "2022-09-18T15:30:00-07:00" country: USA state: CA city: Sacramento styles: - contra workshop: true social: true bands: - Eloise & Co. - Singularity callers: - Bob Isaacs - Cis Hinkle price: $300-$330 organisation: Sacramento Country Dance Society source: events/usa/california.yaml - name: Beantown Stomp links: - "https://www.beantownstomp.com/" start: "2023-03-10T19:30:00-05:00" end: "2023-03-12T15:00:00-04:00" country: USA state: MA city: Boston styles: - contra workshop: true social: true bands: - River Road - Eloise & Co. callers: - Luke Donforth - Lisa Greenleaf price: $40-$120 organisation: JP Gender Free Contra Dance source: events/usa/boston.yaml - name: Brattleboro Bal Folk links: - "https://www.rachelbellmusic.com/calendar" - "https://www.facebook.com/events/3240314386190965/" start: "2023-03-16T19:00:00-04:00" end: "2023-03-16T22:00:00-04:00" country: USA state: VT city: Guilford styles: - balfolk workshop: true social: true bands: - Eloise & Co. price: $10-$20 organisation: Brattleboro Bal Folk cancelled: true source: events/usa/guilford.yaml - name: Contra Carnivale links: - "https://contracarnivale.org/" start_date: 2024-01-12 end_date: 2024-01-14 country: USA state: CA city: San Luis Obispo styles: - contra workshop: true social: true bands: - Elixir - The Syncopaths - Eloise & Co. callers: - Nils Fredland - Cis Hinkle - Susan Petrick organisation: TryContra source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml - name: Brattleboro Bal Folk details: "Fun, accessible French and European traditional dances just outside Brattleboro.\r\nNo experience or partner necessary.\r\n\r\nLive music & dance instruction by Eloise & Co.\r\nBecky Tracy (fiddle) & Rachel Bell (accordion)\r\n\r\nPlease bring a clean pair of shoes to change into, or clean your shoes off thoroughly once you get inside, before you step onto the dance floor. We want to protect that beautiful wood floor!\r\n\r\nSuggested donation sliding scale $12-$25\r\n\r\nDances range from beautiful to raucous. Even if you’ve never tried anything like this before, come on over! Feel free to listen and watch from the sidelines or jump in. We’ll teach you everything you need to know, and the crowd has a reputation for being welcoming, eager to draw newcomers into the fun. We will continue to offer variations and new dances to keep the experienced dancers engaged!\r\n\r\nShare our video with friends to whet their appetite!\r\nhttps://youtu.be/Y8OUy5JM6Jw?si=s8-aKotdPEayFcW0\r\nMasks are welcome but not required. Please stay home if you feel ill or are testing positive for Covid-19.\r\n\r\nTentative next date: April 21. Stay tuned for details.\r\n\r\nMark your calendars for May 31 at the Greenfield Guiding Star Grange. This will be a bal folk PARTY with no teaching. We'll have an intro session first to get the beginners ready and then it will be dance party time! All are welcome at the party, and even if you don't know all the dances, you'll be able to look around and follow what others around you are doing. It's going to be a blast! Check the Eloise & Co. facebook page for updates on exact timing and details." links: - "https://www.rachelbellmusic.com/calendar" - "https://www.facebook.com/events/319274934467538/" start: "2024-03-24T18:30:00-04:00" end: "2024-03-24T21:00:00-04:00" country: USA state: VT city: Guilford styles: - balfolk workshop: true social: true bands: - Eloise & Co. price: $12-$25 organisation: Brattleboro Bal Folk source: events/usa/guilford.yaml - 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 - name: Balfolk at Guiding Star Grange details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each time; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 7:30 beginner lesson, 8:00-11:00 contras \nCost: $12-$20 sliding scale \nNote: Each dance series now has its own COVID protocol. We hope every dancer will feel comfortable at one or more dances." links: - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html" - "https://cdss.org/event/fifth-friday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-05-31/" start: "2024-05-31T19:30:00-04:00" end: "2024-05-31T23:00:00-04:00" country: USA state: MA city: Greenfield styles: - balfolk workshop: true social: true bands: - Eloise & Co. price: $12-$20 organisation: Jesse Ball source: events/usa/cdss.yaml - name: Dancing Fish links: - "https://dancingfish.dance/" start_date: 2024-06-07 end_date: 2024-06-08 country: USA state: FL city: Melrose styles: - contra workshop: true social: true bands: - Eloise & Co. callers: - Steve Zakon-Anderson organisation: TryContra source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml - name: Dance Camp North links: - "https://contraborealis.org/dance-camp-north/dance-camp-north-2024/" start_date: 2024-08-30 end_date: 2024-09-02 country: USA state: AK city: Fairbanks styles: - contra workshop: true social: true bands: - Eloise & Co. callers: - Susan Petrick organisation: TryContra source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml - name: Music City Masquerade links: - "http://nashvillecountrydancers.org/music-city-masquerade/" - "https://www.facebook.com/events/1205669824137050/" - "https://cdss.org/event/music-city-masquerade-contra-dance-weekend/" start_date: 2024-10-25 end_date: 2024-10-27 country: USA state: TN city: Nashville styles: - contra workshop: true social: true bands: - Eloise & Co. callers: - Cis Hinkle organisation: Nashville Country Dancers source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml