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events:
  - name: Lady of the Lake June Week
    details: "On the shores of Coeur d’Alene Lake, fifty miles from Spokane, WA, is a week long adventure full of dance, music, and song shared with a welcoming community from all over the West and beyond.  There’s time to hike, canoe and just hang out on the beach or porches. \nA unique blend of contras and English country featuring three daily contra dance workshops, two daily English country dance workshops, two callers workshops (contras and English), three different band workshops (including English) and two different singing workshops.  Plus evening dances that include contra and English dances run concurrently. \nStaff include three callers: Gaye Fifer, Lindsey Dono, and Luke Donforth and three bands: Dam Beavers (Ben Schreiber & Scotty Leach), Fiddle Hellions (Betsy Branch, George Penk, & Sue Songer) and Root System (Audrey Jaber, Anna Patton & Amy Englesberg). Wonderful food with four different choices (gluten free, vegan, vegetarian, dairy free).  Cedar cabins and nearby meadows for camping.  And a sliding scale of fees starting at $750 with breakeven at $850.  Transportation to and from the Spokane Airport to camp is available."
    links:
      - "http://www.ladyofthelake.org/june-week/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/lady-of-the-lake-music-and-dance-week/"
    start: "2025-06-22T15:00:00-07:00"
    end: "2025-06-28T11:00:00-07:00"
    country: USA
    state: ID
    city: Harrison
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Dam Beavers
      - Fiddle Hellions
      - Root System
    callers:
      - Gaye Fifer
      - Lindsey Dono
      - Luke Donforth
    price: $750-$1050
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Roanoke Railroader
    links:
      - "http://www.roanokerailroader.com/"
    start_date: 2025-07-03
    end_date: 2025-07-06
    country: USA
    state: VA
    city: Salem
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Toss the Possum
      - The Latter Day Lizards
      - Rushfest
    callers:
      - Will Mentor
      - Gaye Fifer
    price: $95-$160
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Harmony of Song & Dance at Pinewoods
    details: "Join us for a week of singing, dancing, and more! At Harmony of Song & Dance, we’ll enjoy learning and sharing in a variety of song and dance traditions. This year, the week is loosely focused on percussive dance and the musical conversations between and among dancers, vocalists, and instrument-players. If you love to sing, dance, jam, or do all of those at the same time, this is the week for you! Though there will also be plenty of opportunities to do them just one at a time as well. \nEach day’s schedule includes an all-camp singing session, an all-camp dance session (where both newcomer and experienced dancers will find a lesson for their skill level), and many types of singing, dancing, and instrumental workshops, including some that invite collaboration between and among dancers, musicians, and singers. \nEvery evening, we will enjoy mini-concerts by our brilliant staff, followed by a dance featuring contra and English country dancing, plus some late-night festivities. Within each jam-packed day, there is also time built into the schedule for jamming, snoozing, swimming, chatting, or taking some solo time if you need it. Pinewoods offers a beautiful venue for a glorious week of song, dance, learning, connection, revelry, and rejuvenation. I look forward to singing and dancing with you there!"
    links:
      - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/harmony-of-song-dance-at-pinewoods/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/harmony-of-song-dance-at-pinewoods-camp/"
    start: "2025-07-26T15:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-08-02T10:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Countercurrent
    callers:
      - Gaye Fifer
      - Adina Gordon
    price: $850-$1500
    organisation: Country Dance & Song Society
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Cleveland Butterfly Twirl
    details: "An exciting weekend dance, in Cleveland, with two wonderful bands: George Paul and Playing with Fire, & Tom Cunningham and Hot Coffee Breakdown. Two wonderful callers: Gaye Fifer and Darlene Underwood. Sound by Hanno. We’d love you and your friends to join us for a dance weekend of smiling faces, joyous laughter, wonderful music, hands four, friendship and community."
    links:
      - "https://www.clevelandbutterflytwirl.org/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/cleveland-butterfly-twirl/"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/1279189076745356/"
    start_date: 2025-09-12
    end_date: 2025-09-14
    country: USA
    state: OH
    city: Chagrin Falls
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Hot Coffee Breakdown
      - Playing with Fyre
    callers:
      - Carol Kopp
      - Darlene Underwood
      - Gaye Fifer
      - Michael Hamilton
    price: $130
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Feet Retreat
    links:
      - "https://www.feetretreat.com/feet-retreat-2025/"
    start_date: 2025-09-19
    end_date: 2025-09-21
    country: USA
    state: NC
    city: Ellerbe
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Supertrad
      - River Road
    callers:
      - Will Mentor
      - Cis Hinkle
      - Emily Rush
      - Gaye Fifer
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Adirondack Dance Weekend
    details: "A weekend of Contra, English Country and Balfolk dancing, tucked into the Adirondack Mountains on the shores of Lake George. Featuring Will Mentor, River Road, Gaye Fifer and more to be announced. Dance, sing, jam, hike, swim, kayak and more."
    links:
      - "https://www.danceflurry.org/adirondack-dance-weekend/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/adirondack-dance-weekend/"
    start_date: 2025-09-26
    end_date: 2025-09-28
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: Silver Bay
    styles:
      - balfolk
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - River Road
      - Lighthouse
      - Eloise & Co.
    callers:
      - Gaye Fifer
      - Will Mentor
    organisation: DanceFlurry
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Pittsburgh Fall Dance Weekend
    details: "Mark your calendars now to join us once again in the heart of Pittsburgh for our annual Fall Dance Weekend, happening Oct 17–19, 2025 at the Wightman School community building in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood! Dance all weekend long to music by \n\nThe Dam Beavers (Ben Schreiber, Scotty Leach, Ness Smith-Savedoff)\nTopspin (Anna Patton, Owen Morrison, Emily Troll, Stefan Amidon)\n\nwith calling by \n\nGaye Fifer and\n\nWill Mentor\n\nWatch this space for more details as they become known. Registration is expected to open by summer. \n$120 early admission, $75 for dancers under 25. After September 30 or at the door: add $20; $75 for financial need."
    links:
      - "https://pittsburghcontra.org/fdw/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/pittsburgh-fall-dance-weekend/"
    start: "2025-10-17T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-10-19T15:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: PA
    city: Pittsburgh
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Dam Beavers
      - Topspin
    callers:
      - Gaye Fifer
      - Will Mentor
    price: $75-$140
    organisation: Pittsburgh Contra Dance
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Epicenter
    links:
      - "https://nbcds.org/epicenter-2025/"
    start_date: 2026-03-27
    end_date: 2026-03-29
    country: USA
    state: CA
    city: Mill Valley
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Notorious
      - The Syncopaths
    callers:
      - Gaye Fifer
      - Liz Nelson
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml