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events:
  - name: Dancing Bears Dance Camp
    details: "The Dancing Bears Dance Camp is held every Memorial Day Weekend at King’s Lake Camp in Wasilla, Alaska. Our next camp will be May 23-26, 2025 with calling by Will Mentor and Lindsey Dono and music by River Road (Jesse Ball, Sarah-Hadley Yakir, Kristin Planeaux) and Rhys Jones and the Imaginary Beings (Rhys Jones, Nogosee Fields, Mandy King, Brian DeMarcus)."
    links:
      - "https://www.thedancingbears.org/dance-camp-1"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/dancing-bears-dance-camp/"
    start_date: 2025-05-23
    end_date: 2025-05-26
    country: USA
    state: AK
    city: Wasilla
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Rhys Jones and the Imaginary Beings
      - River Road
    callers:
      - Lindsey Dono
      - Will Mentor
    organisation: The Dancing Bears
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: "Dance, Music & Spice"
    links:
      - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/dance-music-spice-at-cavell/"
    start: "2025-06-14T16:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-06-21T12:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MI
    city: Lexington
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Countercurrent
    callers:
      - Lindsey Dono
      - Susan Kevra
    price: $850-$1500
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - 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: Echo Summit
    links:
      - "https://sactocds.wordpress.com/special-events/echo-summit-dance-camp-2025"
    start_date: 2025-09-12
    end_date: 2025-09-14
    country: USA
    state: CA
    city: Sacremento
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Countercurrent
      - Thunderwing
    callers:
      - Lindsey Dono
      - Michael Karcher
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Wintergreen
    links:
      - "https://bozemanfolklore.org/wintergreen-2026/"
    start_date: 2026-01-23
    end_date: 2026-01-25
    country: USA
    state: MT
    city: Bozeman
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Wake Up Robin
      - Hypergolic
    callers:
      - Lindsey Dono
      - Christa Torrens
    price: $145-$185
    organisation: Bozeman Folklore Society
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml