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events:
  - name: Spring Dance Weekend
    details: "Our Spring Dance Weekend features English Country Dance at its finest. Join us for the entire weekend of workshops led by our experienced dance instructors, Gaye Fifer and Olivia Barry. Magical live music all weekend provided by our two featured bands, nationally renowned musicians Rachel Bell, Susan Kevra, and Jacqueline Schwab along with local group, Dame’s Delight. Option for dancers with some prior experience to drop into our Saturday evening community dance for $10."
    links:
      - "https://www.folkschool.org/2024/02/01/spring-dance-weekend-2024/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/spring-dance-weekend/"
    start: "2024-04-26T15:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-04-28T12:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: NC
    city: Brasstown
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - "Dame's Delight"
    callers:
      - Gaye Fifer
      - Olivia Barry
    price: $256
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Whitewater Whirl
    links:
      - "https://www.footmad.org/whirl"
    start_date: 2024-05-03
    end_date: 2024-05-05
    country: USA
    state: WV
    city: Fayetteville
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Hot Coffee Breakdown
      - Brazenkeys
    callers:
      - Gaye Fifer
      - Janine Smith
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - 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
  - 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
  - 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
  - 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
  - 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
  - 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