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events:
  - name: Bal Folk dance
    links:
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/1309986429497191/"
      - "https://forms.gle/fP8no4vi4dAgjZP18"
    start: "2022-05-08T18:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2022-05-08T20:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Montague
    styles:
      - balfolk
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Eloise & Co.
    price: $15
    organisation: Rachel Bell
    cancelled: true
    source: events/usa/massachusetts.yaml
  - name: 24th Annual Autumn Harvest Ball
    links:
      - "https://www.facebook.com/groups/42189851366/posts/10159050256336367/"
    start: "2022-11-12T19:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2022-11-12T23:15:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Boston
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Spare Parts
    callers:
      - Chris Ricciotti
      - Tony Parkes
    price: $7-$18
    organisation: Boston Gender-Free Contra
    source: events/usa/boston.yaml
  - name: 5th Friday dance
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
    start: "2022-12-30T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2022-12-30T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - River Road
    callers:
      - Will Mentor
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Guiding Star Grange
    source: events/usa/greenfield.yaml
  - name: "New Year's Eve Party"
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
    start: "2022-12-31T20:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2023-01-01T00:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - balfolk
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Nova
    callers:
      - Steve Zakon-Anderson
    price: $15-$25
    organisation: Guiding Star Grange
    source: events/usa/greenfield.yaml
  - name: 1st/3rd Wednesday English
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
    start: "2023-01-04T19:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2023-01-04T21:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - "Karen, Anna & Earl"
    callers:
      - Mary
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Guiding Star Grange
    source: events/usa/greenfield.yaml
  - name: 1st Saturday contra
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
    start: "2023-01-07T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2023-01-07T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Wild Asparagus
    callers:
      - George Marshall
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Guiding Star Grange
    source: events/usa/greenfield.yaml
  - name: Greenfield Bal Folk Dance Party
    links:
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/689248876247889/"
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
    start: "2023-01-13T20:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2023-01-13T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - balfolk
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Eloise & Co.
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Guiding Star Grange
    source: events/usa/greenfield.yaml
  - name: TopHill Music Contradance Party
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
    start: "2023-01-14T20:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2023-01-14T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Guiding Star Grange
    source: events/usa/greenfield.yaml
  - name: 1st/3rd Wednesday English
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
    start: "2023-01-18T19:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2023-01-18T21:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - "Kate, Micah & Laurie"
    callers:
      - Graham
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Guiding Star Grange
    source: events/usa/greenfield.yaml
  - name: 3rd Friday contra
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
    start: "2023-01-20T20:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2023-01-20T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Back Row Band
    callers:
      - Liz Nelson
    price: $10
    organisation: Guiding Star Grange
    source: events/usa/greenfield.yaml
  - name: 3rd Saturday contra
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
    start: "2023-01-21T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2023-01-21T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Moving Violations
    callers:
      - Ben Sachs-Hamilton
    price: $8-20
    organisation: Guiding Star Grange
    source: events/usa/greenfield.yaml
  - name: 4rd Friday experienced contra
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
    start: "2023-01-27T20:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2023-01-27T23:15:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Crossover Trio
    callers:
      - Nils Fredland
    price: $8-15
    organisation: Guiding Star Grange
    source: events/usa/greenfield.yaml
  - name: TopHill Music Contradance Party
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
    start: "2023-01-28T20:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2023-01-28T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $10-$15
    organisation: Guiding Star Grange
    source: events/usa/greenfield.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: NEFFA
    links:
      - "https://www.neffa.org/"
    start_date: 2023-04-21
    end_date: 2023-04-23
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Marlborough
    styles:
      - contra
      - scandi
      - balfolk
    workshop: true
    social: true
    organisation: NEFFA
    source: events/usa/neffa.yaml
  - name: The Phoenix
    links:
      - "https://amherstecd.org/our-dances/phoenix/"
      - "https://www.bandsintown.com/e/103850608?app_id=pkvts0on0m&came_from=287&utm_medium=api&utm_source=partner_api&utm_campaign=event"
    start_date: 2023-04-28
    end_date: 2023-04-30
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Lenox
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Alchemy
    callers:
      - Andrew Shaw
      - Graham Christian
    price: $200
    organisation: Amherst Area English Country Dancers
    source: events/usa/lenox.yaml
  - name: LCFD Spring Camp
    links:
      - "https://www.lcfd.org/spring-camp-2023.html"
    start_date: 2023-06-09
    end_date: 2023-06-11
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    organisation: Lavender Country and Folk Dancers
    source: events/usa/pinewoods.yaml
  - name: July 4th Session
    links:
      - "https://cds-boston-j4weekend.weebly.com/"
    start: "2023-06-29T15:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2023-07-04T10:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Alchemy
      - Night Watch
    price: $383-$393
    organisation: CDS-Boston Centre
    source: events/usa/pinewoods.yaml
  - name: English-Scottish-Contra session
    links:
      - "http://rscdsboston.org/pinewoods-esc.html"
    start_date: 2023-07-03
    end_date: 2023-07-07
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - scd
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    organisation: "Boston Branch, RSCDS"
    source: events/usa/pinewoods.yaml
  - name: Scottish Session I
    links:
      - "http://rscdsboston.org/pinewoods-scottish-sessions.html"
    start_date: 2023-07-07
    end_date: 2023-07-10
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - scd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    organisation: "Boston Branch, RSCDS"
    source: events/usa/pinewoods.yaml
  - name: Scottish Session II
    links:
      - "http://rscdsboston.org/pinewoods-scottish-sessions.html"
    start_date: 2023-07-10
    end_date: 2023-07-15
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - scd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    organisation: "Boston Branch, RSCDS"
    source: events/usa/pinewoods.yaml
  - name: Family Week at Pinewoods
    links:
      - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/off-season-family-week-at-pinewoods/"
    start_date: 2023-07-15
    end_date: 2023-07-22
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $67-$950
    organisation: Pinewoods
    source: events/usa/pinewoods.yaml
  - name: American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods
    links:
      - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/american-dance-music-week-at-pinewoods/"
    start_date: 2023-07-22
    end_date: 2023-07-29
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $950
    organisation: Pinewoods
    source: events/usa/pinewoods.yaml
  - name: Harmony of Song & Dance
    links:
      - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/harmony-of-song-dance-at-pinewoods/"
    start_date: 2023-07-29
    end_date: 2023-08-05
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $950
    organisation: Pinewoods
    source: events/usa/pinewoods.yaml
  - name: English Dance Week
    links:
      - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/english-dance-week-at-pinewoods/"
    start_date: 2023-08-05
    end_date: 2023-08-12
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $950
    organisation: Pinewoods
    source: events/usa/pinewoods.yaml
  - name: Early Music Week
    links:
      - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/early-music-week-at-pinewoods-2/"
    start_date: 2023-08-12
    end_date: 2023-08-19
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $990
    organisation: Pinewoods
    source: events/usa/pinewoods.yaml
  - name: Worcester Contra Dance
    details: "Time: Dance 7:30-10:30 pm [Intro session 7:15 pm]\nThis is so wicked fun!! We dance to the fiddle tunes of Ireland, Scotland, England, France, and Appalachia and we often switch partners after every dance so there is no need to bring a partner, and no experience is needed to have a fantastic time!!\nCaller: Billy Fischer! Billy has been calling dances for over thirty years, starting out in New Haven, Connecticut with the contra dance series that has been a fixture of the folk music and dance scene since 1976. In addition to contra dances in and around the northeast, he has called at various dance camps regionally and nationally. This will be quite a treat!\nLive Music: Dead Sea Squirrels are Cathy Mason on fiddle and mandolin; Craig Edwards on fiddle, banjo, mandolin, and vocals; and Henry Yoshimura on guitar and vocals.\nAdmission: (your choice) $10 – $12 p.p., $6 – $8 students, families $25. Donations are gratefully appreciated!\nFood! Donations of snacks for the break are wanted and gleefully appreciated!\nClothing & Footwear: Clothing is casual. Please wear non-street shoes that move easily on the floor (rubber-soled sneakers are discouraged, but some do wear them even though it makes dancing harder).\nParking: There is plenty of parking behind the church by driving up State Street or up Gertrude Street.\nRole terms are: “Ladies & Gents” but dancers are welcome to choose whatever role their heart desires."
    links:
      - "https://www.worcesterdance.org/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/worcester-contra-dance/"
    start: "2023-11-11T19:15:00-05:00"
    end: "2023-11-11T22:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Worcester
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $6-$12
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml
  - name: Worcester Contra Dance
    details: "Time: Dance 7:30-10:30 pm [Intro session 7:15 pm]\nThis is so wicked fun! We dance to the fiddle tunes of Ireland, Scotland, England, France, and Appalachia and we often switch partners after every dance so there is no need to bring a partner, and no experience is needed to have a fantastic time!!\nCaller: Don Heinold. Don has been calling dances for over 14 years. Don is sought for weddings, parties & regular dances! He is known for teaching waltz and still does waltz lessons.\nLive music by Old Bel Air, who are Jenn Wheeler, piano; Steve Hunker, accordion; Dave Fox. fiddle; Jo-Anne Lund, fiddle; Dave Blodgett, guitar; Bill Fisher, mandolin; Joyce Isen, percussion; and Jerry Bellows, recorder. They make a terrific sound you will love to dance to!\nAdmission: (your choice) $10 – $12 p.p., $6 – $8 students, families $25. Donations are gratefully appreciated!\nParking: There is plenty of parking behind the church by driving up State Street or up Gertrude Street.\nFood! Donations of snacks for the break are wanted and gleefully appreciated!\nClothing & Footwear: Clothing is casual. Please wear non-street shoes that move easily on the floor (rubber-soled sneakers are discouraged, but some do wear them even though it makes dancing harder).\nRole Terms are “Women & Men,” but dancers are welcome to choose whatever role that works for them, with no worries."
    links:
      - "https://www.worcesterdance.org/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/worcester-contra-dance/"
    start: "2023-12-09T19:15:00-05:00"
    end: "2023-12-09T22:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Worcester
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    callers:
      - Don Heinold
    price: $6-$12
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml
  - name: Worcester Potluck & Contra Dance
    details: "One-time change to 1st Saturday, not 2nd Saturday!\nPotluck 6:00 – 7:00 Bring food to share!\nDance 7:30-10:30 pm [Intro session 7:15 pm]\nThis is so wicked fun! We dance to the fiddle tunes of Ireland, Scotland, England, France, and Appalachia and we often switch partners after every dance so there is no need to bring a partner, and no experience is needed to have a fantastic time!\nCaller: Jordan Kammeyer\nLive Music by The Fiddling Thomsons, who are winners of the 2023 New Hampshire Governor’s Arts Award!\nAdmission: (your choice) $10 – $12 p.p., $6 – $8 students, families $25. Donations are gratefully appreciated!\nParking: There is plenty of parking behind the church by driving up State Street or up Gertrude Street.\nFood: Donations of snacks for the break are wanted and gleefully appreciated!\nClothing & Footwear: Clothing is casual. Please wear non-street shoes that move easily on the floor (rubber-soled sneakers are discouraged, but some do wear them even though it makes dancing harder).\nRole Terms are “Women & Men,” but dancers are welcome to choose whatever role that works for them with no worries."
    links:
      - "https://www.worcesterdance.org/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/worcester-potluck-contra-dance/"
    start: "2024-01-06T18:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-01-06T22:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Worcester
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Fiddling Thomsons
    callers:
      - Jordan Kammeyer
    price: $6-$12
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: 36th Ralph Page Dance Event
    links:
      - "https://www.neffa.org/ralph-page/rpde/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/neffas-ralph-page-dance-weekend/2024-01-12/1/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/neffas-ralph-page-dance-weekend/2024-01-12/2/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/ralph-page-dance-weekend-saturday/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/ralph-page-dance-weekend-friday-evening/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/neffas-ralph-page-dance-weekend/2024-01-13/"
    start: "2024-01-12T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-01-13T22:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Worcester
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Sugar River Band
      - Canterbury Dance Orchestra
    callers:
      - Tod Whittemore
      - Lisa Greenleaf
      - Dudley Laufman
    price: $40-$65
    organisation: NEFFA
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers.  \nCost: $10-$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/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-01-24/"
    start: "2024-01-24T19:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-01-24T21:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Experienced Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "This series is geared to experienced dancers and will feature challenging dances, plus some no-walk-throughs and medleys. “Experienced” means: \n\nYou know how to do a roll away, California twirl, pass through to a wave, contra corners, and basic moves without teaching\nYou know where to be at the start of each dance phrase and how to recover from a lapse\nYou assist your partner and neighbor to the next move\nYou execute flourishes safely and on time without disturbing others\nYou respond to confusion and missteps by others with grace, encouragement and good humor\n\nCost: $15-10 sliding scale / $8 for full-time students \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fourth-friday-experienced-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-01-26/"
    start: "2024-01-26T20:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-01-26T23:15:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $8-$15
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: First Saturday Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Wild Asparagus with George Marshall, David Cantieni, Becky Tracy, Ann Percival and guests. Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 7:30-8:00 beginners’ workshop, 8:00-11:00 contra dance \nCost: $12 – $20 sliding scale \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/first-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-02-03/"
    start: "2024-02-03T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-02-03T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Wild Asparagus
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: George Marshall
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Grange Hall Contra Dance
    details: "Community Shindig: In the tradition of New England’s earliest settlers, Vineyard Preservation Trust and Circuit Arts invite you to a contra dance to celebrate the traditions of the Grange Hall as part of the fundraising campaign launch to restore/rejuvenate the historic Hall. No experience necessary!\nThis is so wicked fun! It is the most fun you can have with your clothes on!\nLive Music by The Flying Elbows, Martha’s Vineyard’s favorite string band: a community tradition! They are: Nancy Jephcote, fiddle, Bob Hammond, fiddle and banjo, Paul Thurlow, bass, Brian Weiland, percussion and mandolin, Tom Hodgson guitar.\nCaller: Don Heinold. Hailing from Rhode Island, Don has been calling at dances, weddings, and parties all over New England for over 14 years. Don is also known for teaching the Rotary (country) Waltz.\nAdmission is free, but donations are gratefully appreciated and accepted!\nParking: on-site.\nClothing & Footwear: Clothing is casual. Please wear shoes that move easily on the floor (rubber-soled sneakers are discouraged, but some do wear them even though it makes dancing harder).\nRole Terms are “Women & Men,” but dancers are welcome to choose whatever role that works for them. with no worries."
    links:
      - "https://vineyardtrust.org/event/contra-dance-feb-10/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/grange-hall-contra-dance/"
    start: "2024-02-10T18:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-02-10T20:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: West Tisbury
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Flying Elbows
    callers:
      - Don Heinold
    organisation: Vineyard Preservation Trust
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Worcester Contra Dance
    details: "Time: Dance 7:30-10:30 pm [Intro session 7:15 pm]\nThis is so wicked fun! It is the most fun you can have with your clothes on!\nDancing is to live fiddle tunes of Ireland, Scotland, England, France, and Appalachia! We often switch partners after every dance so there is no need to bring a partner, and no experience is needed to have a fantastic time!\nLive music by Truffle Creek from Boston. They are Lillian Chase on the fiddle, Jonah Spear on guitar and foot percussion, and Cecily Mills on the cello. They draw heavily from the old time genre for their tune selections, but certainly don’t limit themselves to a singular tradition for repertoire selection. Together these three bring creativity, variety, tradition, and joy to any room they find themselves making music in.\nCaller: Paul Wilde from Rhode Island.\nAdmission (your choice): $10 – $12 p.p., $6 – $8 students, families $25. Donations are gratefully appreciated!\nParking: There is plenty of parking behind the church. Drive up State Street, take a left behind the church, and walk down Gertrude Street to enter the hall.\nFood! Donations of snacks for the break are wanted and gleefully appreciated!\nClothing & Footwear: Clothing is casual. Please wear non-street shoes that move easily on the floor (rubber-soled sneakers are discouraged, but some do wear them even though it makes dancing harder).\nRole Terms are: “Women & Men” but dancers are welcome to choose whatever role that works for them. with no worries.\nMasks: Masks are *no longer* required, but still welcome."
    links:
      - "https://www.worcesterdance.org/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/worcester-contra-dance/"
    start: "2024-02-10T19:15:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-02-10T22:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Worcester
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Truffle Creek
    callers:
      - Paul Wilde
    price: $6-$12
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: TopHill Music Contradance Party
    details: "Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: There will be a newcomers workshop at 7:45pm. Please come early to help our new dancing friends! All are welcome! \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale \n\nHigh-level masks are mandated for this dance.\nPlease bring your own water bottle.\nUp-to-date vaccinations are encouraged but not required.\nIf you are not feeling well, please do not attend, but rather care for yourself and others and join us next time!\n\nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-saturday-tophill-music-contradance-party-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-02-10/"
    start: "2024-02-10T19:45:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-02-10T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Alice Kenney
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers.  \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-02-14/"
    start: "2024-02-14T19:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-02-14T21:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Third Friday Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The Back Row Band will return to the Guiding Star Grange Friday 2/16, led by Susan Conger and Steve Howland on fiddles, Becky Hollingsworth on piano and Joe Blumenthal on bass. Our caller will be Rich Sbardella. \nAn N-95 or equivalent mask is required. If you play an acoustic instrument, come and join the band on stage. There will be a beginner’s session at 7:45 if you are a new dancer. \nCaller and featured musicians vary each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 8:00 PM: Contra Dancing for All; beginner session at 7:45. \nCost: $10 or barter equivalent \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-friday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-02-16/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-friday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange-2/"
    start: "2024-02-16T19:45:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-02-16T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Back Row Band
    callers:
      - Rich Sbardella
    price: $10
    organisation: Joe Blumenthal
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Experienced Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The dances in this series are open to all but will be geared toward experienced dancers. “Experienced” means: \n\nYou know how to do a roll away, California twirl, pass through to a wave, contra corners, and basic moves without teaching\nYou know where to be at the start of each dance phrase and how to recover from a lapse\nYou assist your partner and neighbor to the next move\nYou execute flourishes safely and on time without disturbing others\nYou respond to confusion and missteps by others with grace, encouragement and good humor\n\nAdmission: $12-20 \nPlease help us make this a scent-free and substance-free event. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy. \nQuestions: Steve Zakon-Anderson or Katie Olmstead."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fourth-friday-experienced-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-02-23/"
    start: "2024-02-23T20:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-02-23T23:15:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers.  \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-02-28/"
    start: "2024-02-28T19:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-02-28T21:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: First Saturday Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Wild Asparagus with George Marshall, David Cantieni, Becky Tracy, Ann Percival and guests. Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 7:30-8:00 beginners’ workshop, 8:00-11:00 contra dance \nCost: $12 – $20 sliding scale \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/first-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-03-02/"
    start: "2024-03-02T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-03-02T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Wild Asparagus
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: George Marshall
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: TopHill Music Contradance Party
    details: "Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: There will be a newcomers workshop at 7:45pm. Please come early to help our new dancing friends! All are welcome! \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale \n\nHigh-level masks are mandated for this dance.\nPlease bring your own water bottle.\nUp-to-date vaccinations are encouraged but not required.\nIf you are not feeling well, please do not attend, but rather care for yourself and others and join us next time!\n\nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-saturday-tophill-music-contradance-party-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-03-09/"
    start: "2024-03-09T19:45:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-03-09T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Alice Kenney
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers.  \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-03-13/"
    start: "2024-03-13T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-03-13T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Beantown Stomp
    links:
      - "https://www.beantownstomp.com"
    start_date: 2024-03-15
    end_date: 2024-03-17
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Cambridge
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Mean Lids
      - The Figments
    callers:
      - Maia McCormick
      - Will Mentor
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Third Friday Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nOther musicians are welcome to come and be part of the amorphous “Back Row Band.” \nSchedule: 8:00 PM: Contra Dancing for All; often a beginner session at 7:45. \nCost: $10 or barter equivalent \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-friday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-03-15/"
    start: "2024-03-15T19:45:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-03-15T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Back Row Band
    price: $10
    organisation: Joe Blumenthal
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Homecoming Album Release English Country Dance
    details: "Music: Alex Cumming, accordion & piano; Audrey Jaber, fiddle\nCalling: Barbara Finney & Brad Foster\nSound: Jesse Ball\nAdmission: $15-$25 Sliding Scale \nAlex Cumming’s new album Homecoming is on pre-sale now and will be released February 28, and Alex & Audrey will be on an album release tour in March. We are very pleased to find a big enough gap in their tour schedule to fit in a dance. This is a special treat; the musical combination of Alex & Audrey are not to be missed. Hopefully they can sing a piece or two from the album as well. \nHealth & Hall Safety Policy: Masking is required on the dance floor. As always, if you are not feeling well regardless of the reason, please stay home. If you suspect or know that someone in your household currently has Covid, please stay home. Bring clean, soft-soled shoes for dancing to protect the Town Hall’s wood floor. \n\nAlex’s Homecoming album webpage\nAlex & Audrey’s Homecoming Tour details\nAlex’s album on Bandcamp\nAudrey’s website"
    links:
      - "https://amherstecd.org/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/homecoming-album-release-english-country-dance/"
    start: "2024-03-16T13:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-03-16T15:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Orange
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Alex Cumming & Audrey Jaber
    callers:
      - Barbara Finney
      - Brad Foster
    price: $15-$25
    organisation: Amherst Area English Country Dancers
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The Moving Violations are: Van Kaynor (fiddle, feet), Ron Grosslein (fiddle, mandolin, percussion), and Eric Eid-Reiner (piano). Caller varies each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: Newcomers workshop 7:30-8:00 p.m. Contra dance 8:00-11:00 p.m. \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale ($10 for students and children, $8 for under 13) at the door. \nCalling terms: Gender-neutral terms (usually larks and robins) are used at the 3rd Saturday dance. \nThere is no preregistration or verified dancer list for the 3rd Sat. dance. There is also no attendance cap. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-03-16/"
    start: "2024-03-16T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-03-16T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Moving Violations
    price: $8-$20
    organisation: Van Kaynor
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Experienced Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The dances in this series are open to all but will be geared toward experienced dancers. “Experienced” means: \n\nYou know how to do a roll away, California twirl, pass through to a wave, contra corners, and basic moves without teaching\nYou know where to be at the start of each dance phrase and how to recover from a lapse\nYou assist your partner and neighbor to the next move\nYou execute flourishes safely and on time without disturbing others\nYou respond to confusion and missteps by others with grace, encouragement and good humor\n\nAdmission: $12-20 \nPlease help us make this a scent-free and substance-free event. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy. \nQuestions: Steve Zakon-Anderson or Katie Olmstead."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fourth-friday-experienced-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-03-22/"
    start: "2024-03-22T20:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-03-22T23:15:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    callers:
      - Steve Zakon-Anderson
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: "Groton Grange #7 Contra Dance"
    details: "Community Shindig: In the tradition of New England’s earliest settlers, The Groton Grange and Contra Banditos invite you to a New England Contra Dance to celebrate the traditions of the Grange Hall. No partner or experience necessary!\nThis is so wicked fun! It is the most fun you can have with your clothes on!\nLive Music by: The Contra Banditos. The Banditos were formed in the late 1980s when original band member Dan Fassett and two of his students decided to practice their craft at a contra dance in the First Parish Church in Groton, MA. Those practice sessions evolved into the formation of the band. From a handful of fiddle members, we have grown into a band with typically eight members who play fiddle, banjo, guitar, piano, mandolin, whistle, bass and percussion.\nCaller: Don Heinold. Hailing from Rhode Island, Don has been calling at dances, weddings, and parties all over New England for over 14 years. Don is also known for teaching the Rotary (country) Waltz.\nAdmission: $5 suggested donation per person. Contributions are greatly appreciated!\nParking: on-street. Please be careful.\nClothing & Footwear: Clothing is casual. Please wear shoes that move easily on the floor (rubber-soled sneakers are discouraged, but some do wear them even though it makes dancing harder).\nRole Terms are: “Women & Men,” but dancers are welcome to choose whatever role that works for them. with no worries."
    links:
      - "https://grotongrange.org/contra-dance/"
      - "https://contrabanditos.com/show/contra-dance-groton-grange-3/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/groton-grange-7-contra-dance/"
    start: "2024-03-23T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-03-23T22:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Groton
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Contra Banditos
    callers:
      - Don Heinold
    price: $5
    organisation: "Groton Grange #7"
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers.  \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-03-27/"
    start: "2024-03-27T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-03-27T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Fifth Friday Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "River Road with Alex Deis-Lauby calling. 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 \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fifth-friday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange-2/"
    start: "2024-03-29T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-03-29T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - River Road
    callers:
      - Alex Deis-Lauby
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Jesse Ball
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Fifth Saturday Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: See venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy.
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fifth-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange-2/"
    start: "2024-03-30T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-03-30T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: First Saturday Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Wild Asparagus with George Marshall, David Cantieni, Becky Tracy, Ann Percival and guests. Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 7:30-8:00 beginners’ workshop, 8:00-11:00 contra dance \nCost: $12 – $20 sliding scale \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://cdss.org/event/first-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-04-06/"
    start: "2024-04-06T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-04-06T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Wild Asparagus
    callers:
      - George Marshall
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: George Marshall
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers.  \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-04-10/"
    start: "2024-04-10T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-04-10T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: TopHill Music Contradance Party
    details: "Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: There will be a newcomers workshop at 7:45pm. Please come early to help our new dancing friends! All are welcome! \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale \n\nHigh-level masks are mandated for this dance.\nPlease bring your own water bottle.\nUp-to-date vaccinations are encouraged but not required.\nIf you are not feeling well, please do not attend, but rather care for yourself and others and join us next time!\n\nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-saturday-tophill-music-contradance-party-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-04-13/"
    start: "2024-04-13T19:45:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-04-13T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Alice Kenney
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: NEFFA
    details: "13 parallel stages, Friday thru Sunday."
    links:
      - "https://www.neffa.org/festival-home/"
    start: "2024-04-19T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-04-21T17:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Marlborough
    styles:
      - balfolk
      - contra
      - e-ceilidh
      - ecd
      - scd
      - scandi
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Live Wire
      - Kingfisher
      - Torrent
      - Good Company
      - Dogtown
      - Roaring Jelly
      - Cojiro
      - The Orphans
      - Open Band
      - Raise the Roof
      - The Dixie Butterhounds
      - The Midlings
      - Chimney Swift
      - Not Enough Fiddles
      - Rum & Onions
      - Wissahickon Express
      - "Einstein's Little Homunculus"
      - Les Bijoux Folque Orchestra
      - Zarkadelphia
      - Joy Factor
    callers:
      - Alex Deis-Lauby
      - Rick Mohr
      - Ben Sachs-Hamilton
      - Bob Isaacs
      - Michael Karcher
      - Dereck Kalish
      - Carl Levine
      - Dylan Simpson
      - David Millstone
      - Sue Gola
      - Liesl Jandrey
      - Tamar Myers
      - Qwill Duvall
      - Jeremy Korr
      - Steve Zakon-Anderson
      - Donna Hunt
      - Greg Frock
      - Lisa Greenleaf
      - Cindy Larock
      - Hannah Chamberlain
      - Don Veino
    organisation: NEFFA
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Third Friday Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nOther musicians are welcome to come and be part of the amorphous “Back Row Band.” \nSchedule: 8:00 PM: Contra Dancing for All; often a beginner session at 7:45. \nCost: $10 or barter equivalent \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-friday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-04-19/"
    start: "2024-04-19T19:45:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-04-19T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Back Row Band
    price: $10
    organisation: Joe Blumenthal
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The Moving Violations are: Van Kaynor (fiddle, feet), Ron Grosslein (fiddle, mandolin, percussion), and Eric Eid-Reiner (piano). Caller varies each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: Newcomers workshop 7:30-8:00 p.m. Contra dance 8:00-11:00 p.m. \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale ($10 for students and children, $8 for under 13) at the door. \nCalling terms: Gender-neutral terms (usually larks and robins) are used at the 3rd Saturday dance. \nThere is no preregistration or verified dancer list for the 3rd Sat. dance. There is also no attendance cap. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-04-20/"
    start: "2024-04-20T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-04-20T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Moving Violations
    price: $8-$20
    organisation: Van Kaynor
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers.  \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-04-24/"
    start: "2024-04-24T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-04-24T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Experienced Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The dances in this series are open to all but will be geared toward experienced dancers. “Experienced” means: \n\nYou know how to do a roll away, California twirl, pass through to a wave, contra corners, and basic moves without teaching\nYou know where to be at the start of each dance phrase and how to recover from a lapse\nYou assist your partner and neighbor to the next move\nYou execute flourishes safely and on time without disturbing others\nYou respond to confusion and missteps by others with grace, encouragement and good humor\n\nAdmission: $12-20 \nPlease help us make this a scent-free and substance-free event. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy. \nQuestions: Steve Zakon-Anderson or Katie Olmstead."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fourth-friday-experienced-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-04-26/"
    start: "2024-04-26T20:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-04-26T23:15:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: First Saturday Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Wild Asparagus with George Marshall, David Cantieni, Becky Tracy, Ann Percival and guests. Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 7:30-8:00 beginners’ workshop, 8:00-11:00 contra dance \nCost: $12 – $20 sliding scale \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/first-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-05-04/"
    start: "2024-05-04T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-05-04T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Wild Asparagus
    callers:
      - George Marshall
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: George Marshall
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers.  \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-05-08/"
    start: "2024-05-08T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-05-08T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: TopHill Music Spring Special
    details: "We are pleased to bring these TWO wonderful bands together for you at one dance party!  \nPlease welcome River Road: Sarah Hadley-Yakir on fiddle, Jesse Ball on mandolin and feet, and Kristen Planeaux on keys, accordion and flute \nand \nwelcome back Nova: Kathleen Fownes on fiddle, Everest Witman on guitar, and Guillaume Sparrow-Pepin on accordion and piano. \nThese two delightful bands offer nonstop talent and fun for this THM Contradance Party! \nBut wait—There’s more good news: \nCalling the evening program for you will be Lisa Greenleaf \nPlease join us for this double dance!\nThere will be a newcomers workshop at 7:00pm. Please come early to help our new dancing friends! All are welcome. Let’s gooooooooooooo! \nAdmission: $25-30\nMasks are recommended but not mandated for this dance.\nPlease bring your own water bottle. \n**If you are not feeling well please do not attend, but rather care for yourself and others and join us next time!\nMore info: Alice Kenney, 413-575-9721, alicekenneypt@gmail.com"
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/tophill-musics-spring-special-contradance-party/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-saturday-tophill-music-contradance-party-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-05-11/"
    start: "2024-05-11T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-05-11T23:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Nova
      - River Road
    callers:
      - Lisa Greenleaf
    price: $25-$30
    organisation: TopHill Music
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Worcester Contra Dance
    details: "Time: Dance 7:30-10:30 pm [short basics session 7:15 pm]\nThis is so wicked fun! It is the most fun you can have with your clothes on!\nDancing is to live fiddle tunes of Ireland, Scotland, England, France, and Appalachia! We often switch partners after every dance so there is no need to bring a partner, and no need to know how!\nCaller: Rich Sbardella – Rich has been a dance caller for 30 years, and he has had the opportunity to lead contra dances, square dances, barn dances, and community dances throughout New England and as far away as Nevada, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Florida! His dances in Connecticut have been a big hit! Don’t miss this!\nLive Music: Mickey Koth (fiddle) and John Kalinowski (accordion). They are an energetic and exuberant contra dance and concert band with roots in Irish, Scottish, French-Canadian, jazz, and classical music. Their original arrangements of New England and Celtic reels, jigs, hornpipes, and waltzes delight and surprise listeners and dancers alike.\nAdmission: (your choice) $10 – $12 p.p., $6 – $8 students, families $25. Donations are gratefully appreciated!\nParking: There is plenty of parking behind the church by driving up State Street and left behind the church and walk down Gertrude Street to enter the hall.\nFood! Donations of snacks for the break are wanted and gleefully appreciated!\nClothing & Footwear: Clothing is casual. Please wear non-street shoes that move easily on the floor (rubber-soled sneakers are discouraged, but some do wear them even though it makes dancing harder).\nRole Terms are “Women & Men,” but dancers are welcome to choose whatever role that works for them. with no worries."
    links:
      - "https://www.worcesterdance.org/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/worcester-contra-dance/"
    start: "2024-05-11T19:15:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-05-11T22:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Worcester
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Wild Notes
    callers:
      - Rich Sbardella
    price: $6-$12
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra Dance at Arlington K of C
    details: "Community Shindig: In the tradition of New England’s earliest settlers, The Knights of Columbus #109 invite you to a New England Contra Dance to celebrate the traditions of community dancing. No need to bring a partner know how to have one hell of a great time!\nIt is so wicked fun! It is the most fun you can have with your clothes on!\nLive Music by: Captain Fiddle and Paul Mangion!\nCaptain Fiddle is Ryan Thomson (on left handed fiddle). Ryan is an award-winning fiddler. Ryan and his son Brennish were the winners of the 2023 New Hampshire Governor’s Arts Award for Folk Heritage. Ryan has been honored by inclusion on both the Traditional and Touring Artist rosters of the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. He is a past winner of the Blaine Stubblefield Northeastern USA Regional award at the National Fiddle Contest in Weiser, Idaho. He is a multi-instrumentalist who plays fiddle, banjo, wooden flute, piano, accordion, bones, pennywhistle, ukulele, and other instruments. You can watch and listen to his performances on these instruments on his You Tube channel.\nPaul Mangion (on drums): Paul Mangion first heard the music of the southern mountains as a student in 1964. He took up clawhammer banjo in 1973 and, after moving to the Southen Maine area, helped start up The Last Chance String Band. In 1988 he started to play percussion in a zydeco band, The Crawdad Wranglers, as well as at many of the local Irish sessions. He renewed his interest in the banjo and the singing the old time songs.\nCaller: Don Heinold. Hailing from Rhode Island, Don has been calling at dances, weddings & parties all over New England for over 14 years. Don is also known for teaching the Rotary (country) Waltz.\nAdmission: $15 suggested donation per person, or $10 for students per person.\nParking: plenty of well lighted parking next to the KC building. Enter around the corner on Prescott St.\nClothing & Footwear: Clothing is casual. Please wear shoes that move easily on the floor (rubber-soled sneakers are discouraged, but some do wear them even though it makes dancing harder).\nRole Terms are “Ladies & Gents” or “Women & Men” but dancers are welcome to choose whatever role that works for them. with no worries."
    links:
      - "https://cdss.org/event/contra-dance-at-arlington-k-of-c/"
    start: "2024-05-12T18:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-05-12T21:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Arlington
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Captain Fiddle & Paul Mangion
    callers:
      - Don Heinold
    price: $10-$15
    organisation: "Arlington Knights of Columbus #109"
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nOther musicians are welcome to come and be part of the amorphous “Back Row Band.” \nSchedule: 8:00 PM: Contra Dancing for All; often a beginner session at 7:45. \nCost: $10 or barter equivalent \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-friday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-05-17/"
    start: "2024-05-17T19:45:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-05-17T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Back Row Band
    price: $10
    organisation: Joe Blumenthal
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The Moving Violations are: Van Kaynor (fiddle, feet), Ron Grosslein (fiddle, mandolin, percussion), and Eric Eid-Reiner (piano). Caller varies each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: Newcomers workshop 7:30-8:00 p.m. Contra dance 8:00-11:00 p.m. \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale ($10 for students and children, $8 for under 13) at the door. \nCalling terms: Gender-neutral terms (usually larks and robins) are used at the 3rd Saturday dance. \nThere is no preregistration or verified dancer list for the 3rd Sat. dance. There is also no attendance cap. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-05-18/"
    start: "2024-05-18T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-05-18T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Moving Violations
    price: $8-$20
    organisation: Van Kaynor
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers.  \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-05-22/"
    start: "2024-05-22T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-05-22T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Experienced Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The dances in this series are open to all but will be geared toward experienced dancers. “Experienced” means: \n\nYou know how to do a roll away, California twirl, pass through to a wave, contra corners, and basic moves without teaching\nYou know where to be at the start of each dance phrase and how to recover from a lapse\nYou assist your partner and neighbor to the next move\nYou execute flourishes safely and on time without disturbing others\nYou respond to confusion and missteps by others with grace, encouragement and good humor\n\nAdmission: $12-20 \nPlease help us make this a scent-free and substance-free event. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy. \nQuestions: Steve Zakon-Anderson or Katie Olmstead."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fourth-friday-experienced-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-05-24/"
    start: "2024-05-24T20:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-05-24T23:15:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Latter Day Lizards
    callers:
      - Steve Zakon-Anderson
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.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_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Wild Asparagus with George Marshall, David Cantieni, Becky Tracy, Ann Percival and guests. Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 7:30-8:00 beginners’ workshop, 8:00-11:00 contra dance \nCost: $12 – $20 sliding scale \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/first-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-06-01/"
    start: "2024-06-01T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-06-01T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Wild Asparagus
    callers:
      - George Marshall
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: George Marshall
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Gender-Free Dance Camp
    links:
      - "https://www.lcfd.org/spring-camp-2024.html"
    start: "2024-06-07T15:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-06-09T16:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    callers:
      - Maia McCormick
      - Scott Higgs
      - Stephanie Marie
    price: $150-$400
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: TopHill Music Contradance Party
    details: "Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: There will be a newcomers workshop at 7:45pm. Please come early to help our new dancing friends! All are welcome! \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale \n\nHigh-level masks are mandated for this dance.\nPlease bring your own water bottle.\nUp-to-date vaccinations are encouraged but not required.\nIf you are not feeling well, please do not attend, but rather care for yourself and others and join us next time!\n\nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-saturday-tophill-music-contradance-party-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-06-08/"
    start: "2024-06-08T19:45:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-06-08T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Alice Kenney
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers.  \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-06-12/"
    start: "2024-06-12T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-06-12T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.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: Community Contra Dance for a Cause
    details: "Community Shindig: In the tradition of New England’s earliest settlers, The Arlington Knights of Columbus #109 invite you to a New England Contra Dance to celebrate the traditions of community dancing. No need to bring a partner to have a wicked good time!\nCauses: Arlington Knights of Columbus #109 causes: Children with disabilities (aka the Tootsie Roll Drive), Coats for Kids (warm coats for poor children), and evkids.org (tutoring for inner city children).\nLive Music by: Rohan Weeden (fiddle, feet) & Max Newman (guitar or piano), both originally from Alaska (how cool is that?!), now residing in the Boston area and delighting audiences in New England and all over the country!\nCaller: Don Heinold. Hailing from Rhode Island, Don has been calling at dances, weddings, and parties all over New England for over 14 years. Don is also known for teaching the Rotary (country) Waltz.\nAdmission: $15 suggested donation per person, or $10 for students per person!\nParking: plenty of well-lighted parking next to the building. \nClothing & Footwear: Clothing is casual. Please wear shoes that move easily on the floor (rubber-soled sneakers are discouraged, but some do wear them even though it makes dancing harder)."
    links:
      - "https://cdss.org/event/community-contra-dance-for-a-cause/"
    start: "2024-06-15T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-06-15T22:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Arlington
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    callers:
      - Don Heinold
    price: $10-$15
    organisation: "Arlington Knights of Columbus #109"
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The Moving Violations are: Van Kaynor (fiddle, feet), Ron Grosslein (fiddle, mandolin, percussion), and Eric Eid-Reiner (piano). Caller varies each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: Newcomers workshop 7:30-8:00 p.m. Contra dance 8:00-11:00 p.m. \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale ($10 for students and children, $8 for under 13) at the door. \nCalling terms: Gender-neutral terms (usually larks and robins) are used at the 3rd Saturday dance. \nThere is no preregistration or verified dancer list for the 3rd Sat. dance. There is also no attendance cap. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-06-15/"
    start: "2024-06-15T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-06-15T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Moving Violations
    price: $8-$20
    organisation: Van Kaynor
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nOther musicians are welcome to come and be part of the amorphous “Back Row Band.” \nSchedule: 8:00 PM: Contra Dancing for All; often a beginner session at 7:45. \nCost: $10 or barter equivalent \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-friday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-06-21/"
    start: "2024-06-21T19:45:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-06-21T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Back Row Band
    price: $10
    organisation: Joe Blumenthal
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers.  \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-06-26/"
    start: "2024-06-26T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-06-26T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: July Fourth
    links:
      - "https://cds-boston-j4weekend.weebly.com/"
    start_date: 2024-06-27
    end_date: 2024-07-01
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    callers:
      - Lisa Greenleaf
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Experienced Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The dances in this series are open to all but will be geared toward experienced dancers. “Experienced” means: \n\nYou know how to do a roll away, California twirl, pass through to a wave, contra corners, and basic moves without teaching\nYou know where to be at the start of each dance phrase and how to recover from a lapse\nYou assist your partner and neighbor to the next move\nYou execute flourishes safely and on time without disturbing others\nYou respond to confusion and missteps by others with grace, encouragement and good humor\n\nAdmission: $12-20 \nPlease help us make this a scent-free and substance-free event. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy. \nQuestions: Steve Zakon-Anderson or Katie Olmstead."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fourth-friday-experienced-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-06-28/"
    start: "2024-06-28T20:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-06-28T23:15:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Anna and the Alphabet
    callers:
      - Adina Gordon
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Fifth Saturday Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each time; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \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-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-06-29/"
    start: "2024-06-29T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-06-29T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Good Company
    callers:
      - Annie Kidwell
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Pinewoods English-Scottish-Contra
    links:
      - "https://rscdsboston.org/pinewoods-esc.html"
    start_date: 2024-07-01
    end_date: 2024-07-05
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
      - scd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - River Road
    callers:
      - Michael Karcher
    price: $335-$453
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Wild Asparagus with George Marshall, David Cantieni, Becky Tracy, Ann Percival and guests. Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 7:30-8:00 beginners’ workshop, 8:00-11:00 contra dance \nCost: $12 – $20 sliding scale \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/first-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-07-06/"
    start: "2024-07-06T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-07-06T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Wild Asparagus
    callers:
      - George Marshall
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: George Marshall
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers.  \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-07-10/"
    start: "2024-07-10T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-07-10T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: TopHill Music Contradance Party
    details: "Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: There will be a newcomers workshop at 7:45pm. Please come early to help our new dancing friends! All are welcome! \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale \n\nHigh-level masks are mandated for this dance.\nPlease bring your own water bottle.\nUp-to-date vaccinations are encouraged but not required.\nIf you are not feeling well, please do not attend, but rather care for yourself and others and join us next time!\n\nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-saturday-tophill-music-contradance-party-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-07-13/"
    start: "2024-07-13T19:45:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-07-13T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Alice Kenney
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Community Contra Dance for a Cause
    details: "Hosted by Arlington Knights of Columbus #109\nNo sweat, we have air conditioning!\nCauses: Arlington Knights of Columbus #109 causes: Children with disabilities (aka the Tootsie Roll Drive), Coats for Kids (warm coats for poor children), and evkids.org (tutoring for inner city children)\nLive music by: High-Strumming Strummers. They are: Sarah Jane Nelson on guitar or fiddle (but not both at the sane time!) and Cathy Mason on fiddle. The High-Strung Strummers are a high energy duo that specializes in the old-time dance music of Appalachia, and the performance of Anglo-American ballads that found their home in that region. Cathy and Sarah have been finalists at the popular Lowell Banjo & Fiddle Contest, and they delight audiences with the rich harmonies and rhythmic accents of their “twin” fiddling!\nCaller: Don Heinold. Hailing from Rhode Island, Don has been calling at dances, weddings, and parties all over New England for over 14 years. Don is also known for teaching the Rotary (country) Waltz.\nAdmission: $15 suggested donation per person, or $10 for students per person.\nParking: plenty of parking behind the building. Walk around and enter from Massachusetts Ave.\nClothing & Footwear: Clothing is casual. Shoes that move easily on the floor work fine. Rubber-soled sneakers are okay, but make dancing much harder.\nRole terms are “Ladies & Gents” or “Women & Men,” but dancers are welcome to choose whatever role that works for them, with no worries."
    links:
      - "https://cdss.org/event/community-contra-dance-for-a-cause-2/"
    start: "2024-07-14T18:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-07-14T21:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Arlington
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    callers:
      - Don Heinold
    price: $10-$15
    organisation: "Arlington Knights of Columbus #109"
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nOther musicians are welcome to come and be part of the amorphous “Back Row Band.” \nSchedule: 8:00 PM: Contra Dancing for All; often a beginner session at 7:45. \nCost: $10 or barter equivalent \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-friday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-07-19/"
    start: "2024-07-19T20:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-07-19T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Back Row Band
    price: $10
    organisation: Joe Blumenthal
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: American Dance & Music Week
    links:
      - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/american-dance-music-week-2/"
    start_date: 2024-07-20
    end_date: 2024-07-27
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    callers:
      - Lisa Greenleaf
      - Will Mentor
      - Lindsey Dono
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The Moving Violations are: Ron Grosslein (fiddle, mandolin, djembe), Autumn Rose Lester (fiddle), and Eric Eid-Reiner (piano). Caller varies each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: Newcomers workshop 7:30-8:00 p.m. Contra dance 8:00-11:00 p.m. \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale ($10 for students and children, $8 for under 13) at the door. \nCalling terms: Gender-neutral terms (larks and robins) are used at the 3rd Saturday dance. \nThere is no preregistration or verified dancer list for the 3rd Sat. dance. There is also no attendance cap. \nSee venue website for this month’s details. \nMasks are welcome but optional. Ventilation will be provided to the extent possible, depending on temperature, humidity, and number of dancers. If you are experiencing any symptoms, have tested positive for Covid in the last 10 days, or have a household member with Covid, please stay home and join us a future month."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-07-20/"
    start: "2024-07-20T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-07-20T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Moving Violations
    price: $8-$20
    organisation: Van Kaynor
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers.  \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-07-24/"
    start: "2024-07-24T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-07-24T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Experienced Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The dances in this series are open to all but will be geared toward experienced dancers. “Experienced” means: \n\nYou know how to do a roll away, California twirl, pass through to a wave, contra corners, and basic moves without teaching\nYou know where to be at the start of each dance phrase and how to recover from a lapse\nYou assist your partner and neighbor to the next move\nYou execute flourishes safely and on time without disturbing others\nYou respond to confusion and missteps by others with grace, encouragement and good humor\n\nAdmission: $12-20 \nPlease help us make this a scent-free and substance-free event. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy. \nQuestions: Steve Zakon-Anderson or Katie Olmstead."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fourth-friday-experienced-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-07-26/"
    start: "2024-07-26T20:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-07-26T23:15:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - River Road
    callers:
      - Liz Nelson
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Harmony of Song & Dance
    links:
      - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/harmony-of-song-dance-at-pinewoods/"
    start_date: 2024-07-27
    end_date: 2024-08-05
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - River Road
    callers:
      - Lisa Greenleaf
      - Brooke Friendly
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Wild Asparagus with George Marshall, David Cantieni, Becky Tracy, Ann Percival and guests. Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 7:30-8:00 beginners’ workshop, 8:00-11:00 contra dance \nCost: $12 – $20 sliding scale \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/first-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-08-03/"
    start: "2024-08-03T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-08-03T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Wild Asparagus
    callers:
      - George Marshall
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: George Marshall
    cancelled: true
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: TopHill Music Contradance Party
    details: "Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: There will be a newcomers workshop at 7:45pm. Please come early to help our new dancing friends! All are welcome! \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale \n\nHigh-level masks are mandated for this dance.\nPlease bring your own water bottle.\nUp-to-date vaccinations are encouraged but not required.\nIf you are not feeling well, please do not attend, but rather care for yourself and others and join us next time!\n\nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-saturday-tophill-music-contradance-party-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-08-10/"
    start: "2024-08-10T19:45:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-08-10T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Alice Kenney
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers.  \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-08-14/"
    start: "2024-08-14T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-08-14T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nOther musicians are welcome to come and be part of the amorphous “Back Row Band.” \nSchedule: 8:00 PM: Contra Dancing for All; often a beginner session at 7:45. \nCost: $10 or barter equivalent \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-friday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-08-16/"
    start: "2024-08-16T19:45:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-08-16T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Back Row Band
    price: $10
    organisation: Joe Blumenthal
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: "Campers' Week"
    links:
      - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/campers-week-at-pinewoods/"
    start_date: 2024-08-17
    end_date: 2024-08-24
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    callers:
      - Sue Rosen
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Lenox Contra Dance
    details: "Come join us contra dancing to live music. We have a different band and caller each month. Dances are held on Third Saturday nights in Lenox, Massachusetts in the Lenox Community Center, at 65 Walker Street. Experience the pleasure of dancing on a beautiful wood floor, in a high-ceiling second floor (handicapped accessible) ballroom with a raised stage. \nAdmission is $12-15 for adults and $8-10 for students. New Dancers – 2nd dance free! \nDances begin with a 15-minute beginner introduction at 7:15 followed by dancing from 7:30 to 10:30. Refreshments are offered during the social break from dancing. All the dances are taught. No partner necessary. Come alone or bring friends.  Details at LenoxContraDance.org."
    links:
      - "https://lenoxcontradance.org/sched.php"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/lenox-contra-dance/2024-08-17/"
    start: "2024-08-17T19:15:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-08-17T22:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Lenox
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $8-$15
    organisation: Lenox Contra Dance
    cancelled: true
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The Moving Violations are: Ron Grosslein (fiddle, mandolin, djembe), Autumn Rose Lester (fiddle), and Eric Eid-Reiner (piano). Caller varies each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: Newcomers workshop 7:30-8:00 p.m. Contra dance 8:00-11:00 p.m. \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale ($10 for students and children, $8 for under 13) at the door. \nCalling terms: Gender-neutral terms (larks and robins) are used at the 3rd Saturday dance. \nThere is no preregistration or verified dancer list for the 3rd Sat. dance. There is also no attendance cap. \nSee venue website for this month’s details. \nMasks are welcome but optional. Ventilation will be provided to the extent possible, depending on temperature, humidity, and number of dancers. If you are experiencing any symptoms, have tested positive for Covid in the last 10 days, or have a household member with Covid, please stay home and join us a future month."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-08-17/"
    start: "2024-08-17T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-08-17T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Moving Violations
    price: $8-$20
    organisation: Van Kaynor
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Experienced Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The dances in this series are open to all but will be geared toward experienced dancers. “Experienced” means: \n\nYou know how to do a roll away, California twirl, pass through to a wave, contra corners, and basic moves without teaching\nYou know where to be at the start of each dance phrase and how to recover from a lapse\nYou assist your partner and neighbor to the next move\nYou execute flourishes safely and on time without disturbing others\nYou respond to confusion and missteps by others with grace, encouragement and good humor\n\nAdmission: $12-20 \nPlease help us make this a scent-free and substance-free event. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy. \nQuestions: Steve Zakon-Anderson or Katie Olmstead."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fourth-friday-experienced-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-08-23/"
    start: "2024-08-23T20:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-08-23T23:15:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: TradMaD
    links:
      - "http://minstrelrecords.com/tradmad/"
    start: "2024-08-24T15:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-08-30T10:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    callers:
      - Alex Cumming
    price: $980
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers.  \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-08-28/"
    start: "2024-08-28T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-08-28T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Pinewoods Labor Day Weekend
    links:
      - "https://facone.org/labor-day-weekend/labor-day-weekend.html"
    start_date: 2024-08-30
    end_date: 2024-09-02
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    callers:
      - Ben Sachs-Hamilton
    price: $365-$415
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Contra 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/2024-08-30/"
    start: "2024-08-30T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-08-30T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Calico
    callers:
      - Annie Kidwell
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Jesse Ball
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Fifth Saturday Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each time; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \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-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-08-31/"
    start: "2024-08-31T20:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-08-31T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Stomp Rocket
    callers:
      - Steve Zakon-Anderson
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Wild Asparagus with George Marshall, David Cantieni, Becky Tracy, Ann Percival and guests. Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 7:30-8:00 beginners’ workshop, 8:00-11:00 contra dance \nCost: $12 – $20 sliding scale \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/first-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-09-07/"
    start: "2024-09-07T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-09-07T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Wild Asparagus
    callers:
      - George Marshall
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: George Marshall
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers.  \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-09-11/"
    start: "2024-09-11T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-09-11T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: TopHill Music Contradance Party
    details: "Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: There will be a newcomers workshop at 7:45pm. Please come early to help our new dancing friends! All are welcome! \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale \n\nHigh-level masks are mandated for this dance.\nPlease bring your own water bottle.\nUp-to-date vaccinations are encouraged but not required.\nIf you are not feeling well, please do not attend, but rather care for yourself and others and join us next time!\n\nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-saturday-tophill-music-contradance-party-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-09-14/"
    start: "2024-09-14T19:45:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-09-14T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Alice Kenney
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nOther musicians are welcome to come and be part of the amorphous “Back Row Band.” \nSchedule: 8:00 PM: Contra Dancing for All; often a beginner session at 7:45. \nCost: $10 or barter equivalent \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-friday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-09-20/"
    start: "2024-09-20T19:45:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-09-20T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Back Row Band
    price: $10
    organisation: Joe Blumenthal
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Lenox Contra Dance
    details: "Come join us contra dancing to live music. We have a different band and caller each month. Dances are held on Third Saturday nights in Lenox, Massachusetts in the Lenox Community Center, at 65 Walker Street. Experience the pleasure of dancing on a beautiful wood floor, in a high-ceiling second floor (handicapped accessible) ballroom with a raised stage. \nAdmission is $12-15 for adults and $8-10 for students. New Dancers – 2nd dance free! \nDances begin with a 15-minute beginner introduction at 7:15 followed by dancing from 7:30 to 10:30. Refreshments are offered during the social break from dancing. All the dances are taught. No partner necessary. Come alone or bring friends.  Details at LenoxContraDance.org."
    links:
      - "https://lenoxcontradance.org/sched.php"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/lenox-contra-dance/2024-09-21/"
    start: "2024-09-21T19:15:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-09-21T22:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Lenox
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $8-$15
    organisation: Lenox Contra Dance
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The Moving Violations are: Ron Grosslein (fiddle, mandolin, djembe), Autumn Rose Lester (fiddle), and Eric Eid-Reiner (piano). Caller varies each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: Newcomers workshop 7:30-8:00 p.m. Contra dance 8:00-11:00 p.m. \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale ($10 for students and children, $8 for under 13) at the door. \nCalling terms: Gender-neutral terms (larks and robins) are used at the 3rd Saturday dance. \nThere is no preregistration or verified dancer list for the 3rd Sat. dance. There is also no attendance cap. \nSee venue website for this month’s details. \nMasks are welcome but optional. Ventilation will be provided to the extent possible, depending on temperature, humidity, and number of dancers. If you are experiencing any symptoms, have tested positive for Covid in the last 10 days, or have a household member with Covid, please stay home and join us a future month."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-09-21/"
    start: "2024-09-21T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-09-21T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Moving Violations
    price: $8-$20
    organisation: Van Kaynor
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers.  \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-09-25/"
    start: "2024-09-25T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-09-25T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Experienced Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The dances in this series are open to all but will be geared toward experienced dancers. “Experienced” means: \n\nYou know how to do a roll away, California twirl, pass through to a wave, contra corners, and basic moves without teaching\nYou know where to be at the start of each dance phrase and how to recover from a lapse\nYou assist your partner and neighbor to the next move\nYou execute flourishes safely and on time without disturbing others\nYou respond to confusion and missteps by others with grace, encouragement and good humor\n\nAdmission: $12-20 \nPlease help us make this a scent-free and substance-free event. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy. \nQuestions: Steve Zakon-Anderson or Katie Olmstead."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fourth-friday-experienced-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-09-27/"
    start: "2024-09-27T20:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-09-27T23:15:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: A Foggy Day in Concord Town
    details: "A Foggy Day in Concord Town: An Afternoon Remembering George Fogg, at the Scout House in Concord MA.  Will be a mix of ritual and Colonial dance performances, light refreshments and sharing remembrances, and participatory English country and international dancing for all. It will be free of charge."
    links:
      - "https://cdss.org/event/a-foggy-day-in-concord-town-an-afternoon-remembering-george-fogg/"
    start: "2024-10-05T12:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-10-05T17:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Concord
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: free
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Wild Asparagus with George Marshall, David Cantieni, Becky Tracy, Ann Percival and guests. Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 7:30-8:00 beginners’ workshop, 8:00-11:00 contra dance \nCost: $12 – $20 sliding scale \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/first-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-10-05/"
    start: "2024-10-05T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-10-05T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - River Road
    callers:
      - Alex Deis-Lauby
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: George Marshall
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers.  \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-10-09/"
    start: "2024-10-09T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-10-09T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Worcester Contra Dance
    details: "When: Dance 7:30-10:30 pm [short basics session 7:15 pm]\nWhere: Wesley United Methodist Church’s Gymnasium, 114 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608\nThis is so wicked fun!! We dance to live fiddle tunes of Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Appalachia and America! We often switch partners after every dance so there is no need to bring a partner, and no experience is needed to have a fantastic time!!\nParking: at Wesley United Methodist Church. There is plenty of parking and additional parking behind the building (enter by driving up State St and turning Left into the parking area @ 10-12 State St, Worcester, MA 01609 for parking)\nLive Music: Crossover Duo, who are Alex Cumming (Accordion/Piano), Len Bittenson (Viola/Fiddle/Recorder) and Carol Bittenson (Fiddle). They have been performing for over 6 years, playing for Contra, English Country Dances and Ceilidhs across New England and beyond. With Carol and Len’s driving New England fiddle style and glorious harmonizations and Alex’s robust and rhythmic backing, you are in for an exciting and very danceable few hours of music!\nCaller: Don Veino from Massachusetts. Don says he loves to create opportunities for dancers to have fun, no matter the group size.\nAdmission: (your choice) $10–$12 per person, $6–$8 students, families $25. Donations are gratefully appreciated!\nFood! Donations of snacks for the break are wanted and gleefully appreciated!\nClothing & Footwear: Clothing is casual. Please wear non-street shoes that move easily on the floor (rubber-soled sneakers are discouraged, but some do wear them even though it makes dancing harder).\nRole terms: “Ladies & Gents” or “Women & Men” but dancers are welcome to choose whatever role that works for them. with no worries."
    links:
      - "https://www.worcesterdance.org/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/worcester-contra-dance/"
    start: "2024-10-12T19:15:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-10-12T22:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Worcester
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Crossover Duo
    callers:
      - Don Veino
    price: $6-$12
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: TopHill Music Contradance Party
    details: "Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: There will be a newcomers workshop at 7:45pm. Please come early to help our new dancing friends! All are welcome! \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale \n\nHigh-level masks are mandated for this dance.\nPlease bring your own water bottle.\nUp-to-date vaccinations are encouraged but not required.\nIf you are not feeling well, please do not attend, but rather care for yourself and others and join us next time!\n\nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-saturday-tophill-music-contradance-party-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-10-12/"
    start: "2024-10-12T19:45:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-10-12T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Alice Kenney
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nOther musicians are welcome to come and be part of the amorphous “Back Row Band.” \nSchedule: 8:00 PM: Contra Dancing for All; often a beginner session at 7:45. \nCost: $10 or barter equivalent \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-friday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-10-18/"
    start: "2024-10-18T19:45:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-10-18T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Back Row Band
    price: $10
    organisation: Joe Blumenthal
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Lenox Contra Dance
    details: "Come join us contra dancing to live music. We have a different band and caller each month. Dances are held on Third Saturday nights in Lenox, Massachusetts in the Lenox Community Center, at 65 Walker Street. Experience the pleasure of dancing on a beautiful wood floor, in a high-ceiling second floor (handicapped accessible) ballroom with a raised stage. \nAdmission is $12-15 for adults and $8-10 for students. New Dancers – 2nd dance free! \nDances begin with a 15-minute beginner introduction at 7:15 followed by dancing from 7:30 to 10:30. Refreshments are offered during the social break from dancing. All the dances are taught. No partner necessary. Come alone or bring friends.  Details at LenoxContraDance.org."
    links:
      - "https://lenoxcontradance.org/sched.php"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/lenox-contra-dance/2024-10-19/"
    start: "2024-10-19T19:15:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-10-19T22:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Lenox
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $8-$15
    organisation: Lenox Contra Dance
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers. 
 \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-10-23/"
    start: "2024-10-23T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-10-23T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Experienced Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The dances in this series are open to all but will be geared toward experienced dancers. “Experienced” means: \n\nYou know how to do a roll away, California twirl, pass through to a wave, contra corners, and basic moves without teaching\nYou know where to be at the start of each dance phrase and how to recover from a lapse\nYou assist your partner and neighbor to the next move\nYou execute flourishes safely and on time without disturbing others\nYou respond to confusion and missteps by others with grace, encouragement and good humor\n\nAdmission: $12-20 \nPlease help us make this a scent-free and substance-free event. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy. \nQuestions: Steve Zakon-Anderson or Katie Olmstead."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fourth-friday-experienced-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-10-25/"
    start: "2024-10-25T20:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-10-25T23:15:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Cojiro
    callers:
      - Will Mentor
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: CDS Boston Fall Favorites
    details: "CDS Boston’s 31st annual Fall Favorites English country dance, with Bare Necessities and dances chosen by dancers."
    links:
      - "https://www.cds-boston.org/wp-content/uploads/Fall-Fav-online-flyer-2024-.1.pdf"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/cds-boston-fall-favorites/"
    start: "2024-10-26T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-10-26T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Concord
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Bare Necessities
    price: $10-$25
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Wild Asparagus with George Marshall, David Cantieni, Becky Tracy, Ann Percival and guests. Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 7:30-8:00 beginners’ workshop, 8:00-11:00 contra dance \nCost: $12 – $20 sliding scale \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/first-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-11-02/"
    start: "2024-11-02T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-11-02T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Wild Asparagus
    callers:
      - George Marshall
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: George Marshall
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English / Contra / Squares Weekend
    details: Join us for CDS Boston Centre’s first mixed dance weekend at the Concord Scout House!  We are excited to have Jenna Simpson as our English dance caller and Sue  Rosen for contras and squares. Many of us know Jenna by name because we often do dances that she has created. There will be four dances over the weekend. Pre-registration for these events is optional but doing so will make it easier for us to manage the event.
    links:
      - "https://www.cds-boston.org/event/mixed-english-and-contra-squares-weekend/2024-11-08/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/english-country-dance-with-jenna-simpson/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/mixed-english-and-american-dance/"
    start: "2024-11-08T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-11-10T16:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Concord
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    callers:
      - Jenna Simpson
      - Sue Rosen
    price: $20-$85
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Worcester Contra Dance
    details: "When: Dance 7:30-10:30 pm [short basics session 7:15 pm]\nThis is so wicked fun! We dance to live fiddle tunes of Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Appalachia and America! We often switch partners after every dance so there is no need to bring a partner, and no experience is needed to have a fantastic time!\nParking: at Wesley U.M. Church. There is plenty of parking and additional parking behind the building (enter by driving up State St and turning Left into the parking area @ 10-12 State St.).\nLive Music: Alex Cumming (accordion/piano) and Cecilia Vacanti (fiddle). With Alex’s robust and rhythmic backing, you are in for an exciting and very danceable few hours of music!\nCaller: Harris Laperoff calls contra dances, square dances, and English country dances. He strives for an efficient, friendly calling style that adapts to halls of any skill level.\nAdmission: (your choice) $10 – $12 p.p., $6 – $8 students, families $25. Donations are gratefully appreciated!\nFood: Donations of snacks for the break are wanted and gleefully appreciated!\nClothing & Footwear: Just bring, clean shoes to dance in to preserve the floor (no high heels please). Dress is comfortable and as you like.\nRole Terms are: “Ladies & Gents” or “Women & Men” but dancers are welcome to choose whatever role that works for you."
    links:
      - "https://www.worcesterdance.org/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/worcester-contra-dance-2/"
    start: "2024-11-09T19:15:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-11-09T22:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Worcester
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Alex Cumming & Cecilia Vacanti
    callers:
      - Harris Lapiroff
    price: $6-$12
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: TopHill Music Contradance Party
    details: "Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: There will be a newcomers workshop at 7:45pm. Please come early to help our new dancing friends! All are welcome! \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale \n\nHigh-level masks are mandated for this dance.\nPlease bring your own water bottle.\nUp-to-date vaccinations are encouraged but not required.\nIf you are not feeling well, please do not attend, but rather care for yourself and others and join us next time!\n\nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-saturday-tophill-music-contradance-party-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-11-09/"
    start: "2024-11-09T19:45:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-11-09T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Alice Kenney
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra for a Cause
    details: "Hosted by Arlington Knights of Columbus #109 \n\nThree great causes: Coats for Kids, The Campaign for People with Intellectual Disabilities, and EVkids. After covering the cost of holding the dance (caller, musicians, hall), net proceeds are split amongst the three above charities.\nCommunity Shindig: In the tradition of New England’s earliest settlers, The Knights of Columbus #109 invite you to a New England Contra Dance to celebrate the traditions of community dancing. No need to bring a partner OR know how in order to have a great time!\nLive Music by: Kat Wallace & Helen Grace Kuhar!\n\nKat is a fiddle player with a focus in American and Celtic styles, her music-making centers around original and traditional tunes and songs utilizing tenor guitar, fiddle, viola and voice.\nHelen is a rhythm guitarist and vocalist hailing from Cambridge, MA. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, Helen fell in love with traditional music through contra dancing, and since then has been immersed in Irish, Scottish, and New England folk traditions of Boston, MA and the greater Northeast.! They both together will amaze you!\n\n\nCaller: Don Heinold. Hailing from Rhode Island, Don has been calling at dances, weddings, and parties all over New England for over 14 years. Don is also known for teaching the Rotary (country) Waltz.\nAdmission: $15 suggested donation per person, or $10 for students per person!\nParking: plenty of well lighted parking behind the Arlington K of C building. Enter by walking around the side of the building via Prescott St. to 15 Winslow St.\nClothing & Footwear: Just bring, clean shoes to dance in to preserve the floor (no high heels please). Dress is comfortable and as you like.\nRole Terms are: “Ladies & Gents” or “Women & Men” but dancers are welcome to choose whatever role that works for them. with no worries."
    links:
      - "https://www.kofc109.com/contra"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/contra-for-a-cause-2/"
    start: "2024-11-10T18:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-11-10T21:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Arlington
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    callers:
      - Don Heinold
    price: $10-$15
    organisation: "Knights of Columbus #109"
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers. 
 \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-11-13/"
    start: "2024-11-13T19:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-11-13T21:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nOther musicians are welcome to come and be part of the amorphous “Back Row Band.” \nSchedule: 8:00 PM: Contra Dancing for All; often a beginner session at 7:45. \nCost: $10 or barter equivalent \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-friday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-11-15/"
    start: "2024-11-15T19:45:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-11-15T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Back Row Band
    price: $10
    organisation: Joe Blumenthal
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Lenox Contra Dance
    details: "Come join us contra dancing to live music. We have a different band and caller each month. Dances are held on Third Saturday nights in Lenox, Massachusetts in the Lenox Community Center, at 65 Walker Street. Experience the pleasure of dancing on a beautiful wood floor, in a high-ceiling second floor (handicapped accessible) ballroom with a raised stage. \nAdmission is $12-15 for adults and $8-10 for students. New Dancers – 2nd dance free! \nDances begin with a 15-minute beginner introduction at 7:15 followed by dancing from 7:30 to 10:30. Refreshments are offered during the social break from dancing. All the dances are taught. No partner necessary. Come alone or bring friends.  Details at LenoxContraDance.org."
    links:
      - "https://lenoxcontradance.org/sched.php"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/lenox-contra-dance/2024-11-16/"
    start: "2024-11-16T19:15:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-11-16T22:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Lenox
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $8-$15
    organisation: Lenox Contra Dance
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The Moving Violations are: Ron Grosslein (fiddle, mandolin, djembe), Autumn Rose Lester (fiddle), and Eric Eid-Reiner (piano). Caller varies each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: Newcomers workshop 7:30-8:00 p.m. Contra dance 8:00-11:00 p.m. \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale ($10 for students and children, $8 for under 13) at the door. \nCalling terms: Gender-neutral terms (larks and robins) are used at the 3rd Saturday dance. \nThere is no preregistration or verified dancer list for the 3rd Sat. dance. There is also no attendance cap. \nSee venue website for this month’s details. \nMasks are welcome but optional. Ventilation will be provided to the extent possible, depending on temperature, humidity, and number of dancers. If you are experiencing any symptoms, have tested positive for Covid in the last 10 days, or have a household member with Covid, please stay home and join us a future month."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-11-16/"
    start: "2024-11-16T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-11-16T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    callers:
      - Steve Zakon-Anderson
    price: $8-$20
    organisation: Van Kaynor
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Experienced Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The dances in this series are open to all but will be geared toward experienced dancers. “Experienced” means: \n\nYou know how to do a roll away, California twirl, pass through to a wave, contra corners, and basic moves without teaching\nYou know where to be at the start of each dance phrase and how to recover from a lapse\nYou assist your partner and neighbor to the next move\nYou execute flourishes safely and on time without disturbing others\nYou respond to confusion and missteps by others with grace, encouragement and good humor\n\nAdmission: $12-20 \nPlease help us make this a scent-free and substance-free event. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy. \nQuestions: Steve Zakon-Anderson or Katie Olmstead."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fourth-friday-experienced-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-11-22/"
    start: "2024-11-22T20:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-11-22T23:15:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    callers:
      - Sue Rosen
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers. 
 \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-11-27/"
    start: "2024-11-27T19:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-11-27T21:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra 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/2024-11-29/"
    start: "2024-11-29T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-11-29T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    callers:
      - Annie Kidwell
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Jesse Ball
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Fifth Saturday Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each time; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \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-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-11-30/"
    start: "2024-11-30T20:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-11-30T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    callers:
      - Will Mentor
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Wild Asparagus with George Marshall, David Cantieni, Becky Tracy, Ann Percival and guests. Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 7:30-8:00 beginners’ workshop, 8:00-11:00 contra dance \nCost: $12 – $20 sliding scale \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/first-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-12-07/"
    start: "2024-12-07T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-12-07T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Wild Asparagus
    callers:
      - George Marshall
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: George Marshall
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers. 
 \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-12-11/"
    start: "2024-12-11T19:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-12-11T21:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Worcester Contra Dance
    details: "Second Saturdays September to June! \n\nWhen: Dance 7:30-10:30 pm [short basics session 7:15 pm]\nThis is so wicked fun! We dance to live fiddle tunes of Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Appalachia and America! We often switch partners after every dance so there is no need to bring a partner, and no experience is needed to have a fantastic time!\nParking: at Wesley U.M. Church gymnasium. There is plenty of parking and additional parking behind the building (enter by driving up State St and turning left into the parking area @ 10-12 State St, Worcester, MA 01609 for parking.\nLive Music: Jumpstart! They are: Gene Albert, bass guitar; Paul Lizotte, fiddle; and Victor Troll, keyboard.\nCaller: Rich Sbardella, from Connecticut, has been a dance caller for over 30 years, and has had the opportunity to lead contra dances, square dances, barn dances, and community dances throughout New England and as far away as Nevada, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Florida!\nAdmission: (your choice) $10 – $12 p.p., $6 – $8 students, families $25. Donations are gratefully appreciated!\nFood: Donations of snacks for the break are wanted and gleefully appreciated!\nClothing & Footwear: Just bring clean shoes to dance in to preserve the floor (no high heels please). Dress is comfortable and as you like.\nRole Terms are: “Ladies & Gents,” but dancers are welcome to choose whatever role that works best for you as has been done for years!"
    links:
      - "https://www.worcesterdance.org/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/worcester-contra-dance/"
    start: "2024-12-14T19:15:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-12-14T22:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Worcester
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Jumpstart
    callers:
      - Rich Sbardella
    price: $6-$12
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: TopHill Music Contradance Party
    details: "Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: There will be a newcomers workshop at 7:45pm. Please come early to help our new dancing friends! All are welcome! \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale \n\nHigh-level masks are mandated for this dance.\nPlease bring your own water bottle.\nUp-to-date vaccinations are encouraged but not required.\nIf you are not feeling well, please do not attend, but rather care for yourself and others and join us next time!\n\nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-saturday-tophill-music-contradance-party-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-12-14/"
    start: "2024-12-14T19:45:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-12-14T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Alice Kenney
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nOther musicians are welcome to come and be part of the amorphous “Back Row Band.” \nSchedule: 8:00 PM: Contra Dancing for All; often a beginner session at 7:45. \nCost: $10 or barter equivalent \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-friday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-12-20/"
    start: "2024-12-20T19:45:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-12-20T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Back Row Band
    price: $10
    organisation: Joe Blumenthal
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Lenox Contra Dance
    details: "Come join us contra dancing to live music. We have a different band and caller each month. Dances are held on Third Saturday nights in Lenox, Massachusetts in the Lenox Community Center, at 65 Walker Street. Experience the pleasure of dancing on a beautiful wood floor, in a high-ceiling second floor (handicapped accessible) ballroom with a raised stage. \nAdmission is $12-15 for adults and $8-10 for students. New Dancers – 2nd dance free! \nDances begin with a 15-minute beginner introduction at 7:15 followed by dancing from 7:30 to 10:30. Refreshments are offered during the social break from dancing. All the dances are taught. No partner necessary. Come alone or bring friends.  Details at LenoxContraDance.org."
    links:
      - "https://lenoxcontradance.org/sched.php"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/lenox-contra-dance/2024-12-21/"
    start: "2024-12-21T19:15:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-12-21T22:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Lenox
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $8-$15
    organisation: Lenox Contra Dance
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The Moving Violations are: Ron Grosslein (fiddle, mandolin, djembe), Autumn Rose Lester (fiddle), and Eric Eid-Reiner (piano). Caller varies each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: Newcomers workshop 7:30-8:00 p.m. Contra dance 8:00-11:00 p.m. \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale ($10 for students and children, $8 for under 13) at the door. \nCalling terms: Gender-neutral terms (larks and robins) are used at the 3rd Saturday dance. \nThere is no preregistration or verified dancer list for the 3rd Sat. dance. There is also no attendance cap. \nSee venue website for this month’s details. \nMasks are welcome but optional. Ventilation will be provided to the extent possible, depending on temperature, humidity, and number of dancers. If you are experiencing any symptoms, have tested positive for Covid in the last 10 days, or have a household member with Covid, please stay home and join us a future month."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-12-21/"
    start: "2024-12-21T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-12-21T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Moving Violations
    callers:
      - Will Mentor
    price: $8-$20
    organisation: Van Kaynor
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers. 
 \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-12-25/"
    start: "2024-12-25T19:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-12-25T21:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    cancelled: true
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Experienced Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The dances in this series are open to all but will be geared toward experienced dancers. “Experienced” means: \n\nYou know how to do a roll away, California twirl, pass through to a wave, contra corners, and basic moves without teaching\nYou know where to be at the start of each dance phrase and how to recover from a lapse\nYou assist your partner and neighbor to the next move\nYou execute flourishes safely and on time without disturbing others\nYou respond to confusion and missteps by others with grace, encouragement and good humor\n\nAdmission: $12-20 \nPlease help us make this a scent-free and substance-free event. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy. \nQuestions: Steve Zakon-Anderson or Katie Olmstead."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fourth-friday-experienced-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-12-27/"
    start: "2024-12-27T20:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-12-27T23:15:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Stomp Rocket
    callers:
      - Steve Zakon-Anderson
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: Advanced English Dance Workshop
    details: "CDS Boston is pleased to sponsor an afternoon advanced English Dance workshop, featuring caller Joanna Reiner Wilkinson and musicians Kate Barnes, Karen Axelrod, and Mary Lea. The workshop is open to dancers who have complete familiarity with English dance figures and are able to respond quickly to instructions. For more information, please visit our website or send us email. \n$15 for members, $20 for non-members."
    links:
      - "https://www.cds-boston.org/event/advanced-english-dance-workshop/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/advanced-english-dance-workshop/"
    start: "2025-01-04T13:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-01-04T16:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Concord
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: false
    callers:
      - Joanna Reiner Wilkinson
    price: $15-$20
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Worcester Contra Dance
    details: "Celebrate the New Year 2025 with Live Music and contra dancing! \nNote: This is 1st Saturday in January! \n\nWhen: Dance 7:30-10:30 pm [short basics session 7:15 pm]\nThis is so wicked fun! We dance to live fiddle tunes of Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Appalachia and America! We often switch partners after every dance so there is no need to bring a partner, and no experience is needed to have a fantastic time!\nParking at Wesley U M Church: There is plenty of parking and additional parking behind the building (enter by driving up State St and turning Left into the parking area @ 10-12 State St, Worcester, MA 01609).\nLive Music: “Accentricity”! They are: Debby Knight, Carol Bittenson & Paul Lizotte! Debby is one of the most sought-after piano accompanists for contra dances––a regular at the Concord Scout House and NEFFA; Carol is a Boston-area musician and violin teacher with over 30 years’ experience playing for dances all around New England, and New York to California; and Paul is a NH-based fiddler, has been playing at contra dances throughout New England for over 20 years!\nCaller: Sandy Lafleur, from Southern New Hampshire, Sandy loves contra dancing. As a caller she has traveled all over New England “b.c.,” before Covid. “It (contra) brings all generations together, breaking down barriers. You don’t need a partner, just come. You’re not with the same person all evening.” She organized the Milford Contra Dances years ago and we are so happy to have her this January!\nAdmission: (your choice) $10 – $12 p.p., $6 – $8 students, families $25. Donations are gratefully appreciated!\nFood: Donations of snacks for the break are wanted and gleefully appreciated!\nClothing & Footwear: Just bring clean shoes to dance in to preserve the floor (no high heels please). Dress is comfortable and as you like.\nRole Terms are: “Ladies & Gents ” but dancers are welcome to choose whatever role that works best for you as has been done for years!"
    links:
      - "https://www.worcesterdance.org/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/worcester-contra-dance-2/"
    start: "2025-01-04T19:15:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-01-04T22:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Worcester
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Accentricity
    callers:
      - Sandy Lafleur
    price: $6-$12
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: CDS Boston Holiday Gala
    details: "CDS Boston is pleased to welcome in the new year with our annual holiday gala dance, featuring caller Joanna Reiner Wilkinson and musicians Karen Axelrod, Kate Barnes and Mary Lea. Festive attire is encouraged. There will be a dessert buffet. Traditional and positional calling terms will be used. \n$15 members, $20 non-members"
    links:
      - "https://www.cds-boston.org/event/holiday-gala-2025/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/cds-boston-holiday-gala/"
    start: "2025-01-04T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-01-04T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Concord
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Cilantrio
    callers:
      - Joanna Reiner Wilkinson
    price: $5-$25
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Wild Asparagus with George Marshall, David Cantieni, Becky Tracy, Ann Percival and guests. Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 7:30-8:00 beginners’ workshop, 8:00-11:00 contra dance \nCost: $12 – $20 sliding scale \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/first-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-01-04/"
    start: "2025-01-04T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-01-04T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Wild Asparagus
    callers:
      - George Marshall
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: George Marshall
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Groton Grange Contra Dance
    details: "Community Shindig: In the tradition of New England’s earliest settlers, The Groton Grange and Contra Banditos invite you to a New England Contra Dance to celebrate the traditions of the Grange Hall. No partner or experience necessary!!\nThis is so wicked fun!! NO need to bring a partner AND, NO need to know how, it is easy! Our professional caller will teach you how!\nLive Music by The Contra Banditos. The Banditos were formed in the late 1980s when original band member Dan Fassett and two of his students decided to practice their craft at a contra dance in the First Parish Church in Groton, MA. Those practice sessions evolved into the formation of the band. From a handful of fiddle members, we have grown into a band with typically eight members who play fiddle, banjo, guitar, piano, mandolin, whistle, bass and percussion.\nCaller: Don Heinold. Hailing from Rhode Island, Don has been calling at dances, weddings & parties all over New England for over 14 years. Don is also known for teaching the rotary (country) waltz.\nAdmission: Suggested donation: $5 per person / $20 per couple or family / children under 3 free. Contributions are greatly appreciated!\nParking: on-street. Please be careful.\nClothing & Footwear: Clothing is casual. Please wear shoes that move easily on the floor (rubber-soled sneakers are discouraged, but some do wear them even though it makes dancing harder).\nRole Terms are: “Women & Men” but dancers are welcome to choose whatever role that works for them, with no worries."
    links:
      - "https://grotongrange.org/contra-dance/"
      - "https://contrabanditos.com/show/contra-dance-groton-grange-6/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/groton-grange-contra-dance/"
    start: "2025-01-04T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-01-04T22:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Groton
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Contra Banditos
    callers:
      - Don Heinold
    price: $5-$10
    organisation: "Groton Grange #7"
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Afternoon English Country Dance
    details: "CDS Boston is pleased to sponsor a Sunday afternoon dance with caller Joanna Reiner Wilkinson and musicians Karen Axelrod, Kate Barnes, and Mary Lea. Traditional and positional calling terminology will be used. \n$15 members, $20 non-members"
    links:
      - "https://www.cds-boston.org/event/afternoon-dance-with-joanna-reiner-wilkinson/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/afternoon-english-country-dance/"
    start: "2025-01-05T13:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-01-05T16:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Concord
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Cilantrio
    callers:
      - Joanna Reiner Wilkinson
    price: $5-$25
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers. 
 \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-01-08/"
    start: "2025-01-08T19:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-01-08T21:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: 37th Ralph Page Dance Event
    details: "Sponsored by the New England Folk Festival Association \nCome to Ralph Page Dance Weekend! As one of NEFFA’s two major sponsored events, you’ll experience a full program of exceptional music, varied traditional dancing, and lots of opportunities to be learn what makes the Ralph Page community special. \nRegister Now \n\nCallers: Sue Rosen, Steve Zakon-Anderson, and Tod Whittemore!\nLive Music: David Langford, Randy Miller, Nat Backes, Bruce Rosen, and Sam Zakon-Anderson!\nCelebrate: This year, we will celebrate the careers and achievements of Randy Miller and Sylvia Miskoe–both former recipients of the Governor’s Arts Award for their long-time contribution to the folk heritage of New England. We invite you to come and share their musical journey with us through music and dance.\nScholarship Program: This year we are also restarting the scholarship program for new and developing callers. It is an opportunity to learn about the traditional dance and participate in our Callers’ Showcase. To apply, send an email to info@ralphpage.neffa.org.\nThe Ralph Page Dance Event Committee: Chair: Tod Whittemore. Members: Paul Lizotte (Program), Don Heinold (Publicity), Matt Burke, Justin Godin, Richard Hart, Sandy Lafleur, Gary Nielsen, Andy Taylor-Blenis\nNotes: The Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend began in 1988 to recognize the contributions that Ralph Page made to contra and New England folk dancing. Ralph Page (1903-1985) was known as “the dean of contra dance callers.” He almost single-handedly kept contra dancing alive in the United States when many had abandoned their local dances for that new invention, the television. Page was a dance organizer, band leader, caller, author, and recording artist as well as a leader of weekly dances and dance camps.\n\nPage was one of the founders of the New England Folk Festival Association and served as its president from 1960-1963. The New Hampshire Library of Traditional Music and Dance is the site to which Ralph Page donated his archives.\nThe Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend presents traditional New England contra and square dancing as Page did it, along with modern dance styles as well.\n\n\nClothing & Footwear: Just bring, clean shoes to dance in to preserve the floor (no high heels please). Dress is comfortable and as you like.\nRole Terms are: “Ladies & Gents” but dancers are welcome to choose whatever role that works for them as has been done over the years."
    links:
      - "https://www.neffa.org/annual-ralph-page-dance-event/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/neffas-37th-ralph-page-dance-event/2025-01-10/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/neffas-37th-ralph-page-dance-event/2025-01-11/"
    start: "2025-01-10T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-01-11T22:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Worcester
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Sugar River Band
    callers:
      - Don Heinold
      - Steve Zakon-Anderson
      - Sue Rosen
      - Tod Whittemore
    price: $55-$65
    organisation: NEFFA
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: TopHill Music Contradance Party
    details: "Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: There will be a newcomers workshop at 7:45pm. Please come early to help our new dancing friends! All are welcome! \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale \n\nHigh-level masks are mandated for this dance.\nPlease bring your own water bottle.\nUp-to-date vaccinations are encouraged but not required.\nIf you are not feeling well, please do not attend, but rather care for yourself and others and join us next time!\n\nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-saturday-tophill-music-contradance-party-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-01-11/"
    start: "2025-01-11T19:45:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-01-11T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Alice Kenney
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra for a Cause
    details: "Hosted by Arlington Knights of Columbus #109 \n\nThree great causes: Coats for Kids, The Campaign for People with Intellectual Disabilities, and EVkids. After covering the cost of holding the dance (caller, musicians, hall), net proceeds are split amongst the three above charities.\nCommunity Shindig: In the tradition of New England’s earliest settlers, The Knights of Columbus #109 invite you to a New England Contra Dance to celebrate the traditions of community dancing. No need to bring a partner OR know how in order to have a great time!\nLive Music by: Kat Wallace & Helen Grace Kuhar!\n\nKat is a fiddle player with a focus in American and Celtic styles, her music-making centers around original and traditional tunes and songs utilizing tenor guitar, fiddle, viola and voice.\nHelen is a rhythm guitarist and vocalist hailing from Cambridge, MA. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, Helen fell in love with traditional music through contra dancing, and since then has been immersed in Irish, Scottish, and New England folk traditions of Boston, MA and the greater Northeast.! They both together will amaze you!\n\n\nCaller: Don Heinold. Hailing from Rhode Island, Don has been calling at dances, weddings & parties all over New England for over 14 years. Don is also known for teaching the rotary (country) waltz.\nAdmission: $15 suggested donation per person, or $10 for students per person!\nParking: plenty of well-lighted parking behind the Arlington K of C building. Enter by walking around the side of the building via Prescott St. to 15 Winslow St.\nClothing and Footwear: Just bring, clean shoes to dance in to preserve the floor (no high heels please). Dress is comfortable and as you like.\nRole Terms are: “Ladies & Gents” or “Women & Men” but dancers are welcome to choose whatever role that works for them. with no worries."
    links:
      - "https://www.kofc109.com/contra"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/contra-dance-for-a-cause-2/"
    start: "2025-01-12T18:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-01-12T21:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Arlington
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Kat Wallace & Helen Grace Kuhar
    callers:
      - Don Heinold
    price: $10-$15
    organisation: "Arlington Knights of Columbus #109"
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nOther musicians are welcome to come and be part of the amorphous “Back Row Band.” \nSchedule: 8:00 PM: Contra Dancing for All; often a beginner session at 7:45. \nCost: $10 or barter equivalent \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-friday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-01-17/"
    start: "2025-01-17T19:45:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-01-17T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Back Row Band
    price: $10
    organisation: Joe Blumenthal
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Lenox Contra Dance
    details: "Come join us contra dancing to live music. We have a different band and caller each month. Dances are held on Third Saturday nights in Lenox, Massachusetts in the Lenox Community Center, at 65 Walker Street. Experience the pleasure of dancing on a beautiful wood floor, in a high-ceiling second floor (handicapped accessible) ballroom with a raised stage. \nAdmission is $12-15 for adults and $8-10 for students. New Dancers – 2nd dance free! \nDances begin with a 15-minute beginner introduction at 7:15 followed by dancing from 7:30 to 10:30. Refreshments are offered during the social break from dancing. All the dances are taught. No partner necessary. Come alone or bring friends.  Details at LenoxContraDance.org."
    links:
      - "https://lenoxcontradance.org/sched.php"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/lenox-contra-dance/2025-01-18/"
    start: "2025-01-18T19:15:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-01-18T22:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Lenox
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $8-$15
    organisation: Lenox Contra Dance
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The Moving Violations are: Ron Grosslein (fiddle, mandolin, djembe), Autumn Rose Lester (fiddle), and Eric Eid-Reiner (piano). Caller varies each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: Newcomers workshop 7:30-8:00 p.m. Contra dance 8:00-11:00 p.m. \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale ($10 for students and children, $8 for under 13) at the door. \nCalling terms: Gender-neutral terms (larks and robins) are used at the 3rd Saturday dance. \nThere is no preregistration or verified dancer list for the 3rd Sat. dance. There is also no attendance cap. \nSee venue website for this month’s details. \nMasks are welcome but optional. Ventilation will be provided to the extent possible, depending on temperature, humidity, and number of dancers. If you are experiencing any symptoms, have tested positive for Covid in the last 10 days, or have a household member with Covid, please stay home and join us a future month."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-01-18/"
    start: "2025-01-18T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-01-18T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Moving Violations
    callers:
      - Julian Blechner
    price: $8-$20
    organisation: Van Kaynor
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers. 
 \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-01-22/"
    start: "2025-01-22T19:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-01-22T21:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Experienced Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The dances in this series are open to all but will be geared toward experienced dancers. “Experienced” means: \n\nYou know how to do a roll away, California twirl, pass through to a wave, contra corners, and basic moves without teaching\nYou know where to be at the start of each dance phrase and how to recover from a lapse\nYou assist your partner and neighbor to the next move\nYou execute flourishes safely and on time without disturbing others\nYou respond to confusion and missteps by others with grace, encouragement and good humor\n\nAdmission: $12-20 \nPlease help us make this a scent-free and substance-free event. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy. \nQuestions: Steve Zakon-Anderson or Katie Olmstead."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fourth-friday-experienced-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-01-24/"
    start: "2025-01-24T20:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-01-24T23:15:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Dam Beavers
    callers:
      - Bob Isaacs
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Parish Center for the Arts Barn Dance
    details: "What: A public and community shindig, do-si-do and kick step it over to the PCA for some time well spent with old friends and new. PCA’s barn/contra dances are accompanied by live music! All are welcome, dancers or non. Experienced callers will talk everyone through a thoroughly enjoyable time. No fancy footwork needed to attend, just come, enjoy the friendly camaraderie, dance to live fiddle music and see everyone’s smiling faces! No need to bring a partner, nor have past experience, just know how!\nWhy: To have a wicked good time, get exercise & meet new friends!\nLive Music by: Oh CONTRAire. They are a traditional contra-dance band founded in Westford, Massachusetts in 2002. For almost 15 years, we’ve been presenting a variety of European, French-Canadian, and New England-based music to our dancers, both young and old. While our musicians have come and gone over the years, our passion for this musical tradition has been steadfast. Come and check us out!\nCaller: Don Heinold. Hailing from Rhode Island, Don has been calling at dances, weddings & parties all over New England for over 14 years. Don is also known for teaching the Rotary (country) Waltz.\nAdmission: Admission is $10 regular admission & $5 for students and those 12 years or younger.\nRole Terms: We are traditional contra dance, “Ladies & Gents” or “Women & Men” are the terms we use, but dancers are welcome to choose whatever role that works for them with no worries.\nParking: On-street parking around the Parish Center for the Arts.\nClothing & Footwear: Clothing is casual. Shoes that move easily on the floor work fine. Rubber-soled sneakers are ok but make dancing much harder."
    links:
      - "https://parisharts.square.site/barn-contra-dance"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/parish-center-for-the-arts-barn-dance/"
    start: "2025-01-25T19:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-01-25T21:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Westford
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Oh CONTRAire
    callers:
      - Don Heinold
    price: $5-$10
    organisation: ParishCenter for the Arts
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra 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/2025-01-31/"
    start: "2025-01-31T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-01-31T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Anna & the Alphabets
    callers:
      - Annie Kidwell
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Jesse Ball
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Wild Asparagus with George Marshall, David Cantieni, Becky Tracy, Ann Percival and guests. Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 7:30-8:00 beginners’ workshop, 8:00-11:00 contra dance \nCost: $12 – $20 sliding scale \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/first-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-02-01/"
    start: "2025-02-01T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-02-01T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Wild Asparagus
    callers:
      - George Marshall
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: George Marshall
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: TopHill Music Contradance Party
    details: "Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: There will be a newcomers workshop at 7:45pm. Please come early to help our new dancing friends! All are welcome! \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale \n\nHigh-level masks are mandated for this dance.\nPlease bring your own water bottle.\nUp-to-date vaccinations are encouraged but not required.\nIf you are not feeling well, please do not attend, but rather care for yourself and others and join us next time!\n\nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-saturday-tophill-music-contradance-party-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-02-08/"
    start: "2025-02-08T19:45:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-02-08T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Alice Kenney
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers. 
 \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-02-12/"
    start: "2025-02-12T19:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-02-12T21:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Lenox Contra Dance
    details: "Come join us contra dancing to live music. We have a different band and caller each month. Dances are held on Third Saturday nights in Lenox, Massachusetts in the Lenox Community Center, at 65 Walker Street. Experience the pleasure of dancing on a beautiful wood floor, in a high-ceiling second floor (handicapped accessible) ballroom with a raised stage. \nAdmission is $12-15 for adults and $8-10 for students. New Dancers – 2nd dance free! \nDances begin with a 15-minute beginner introduction at 7:15 followed by dancing from 7:30 to 10:30. Refreshments are offered during the social break from dancing. All the dances are taught. No partner necessary. Come alone or bring friends.  Details at LenoxContraDance.org."
    links:
      - "https://lenoxcontradance.org/sched.php"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/lenox-contra-dance/2025-02-15/"
    start: "2025-02-15T19:15:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-02-15T22:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Lenox
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $8-$15
    organisation: Lenox Contra Dance
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The Moving Violations are: Ron Grosslein (fiddle, mandolin, djembe), Autumn Rose Lester (fiddle), and Eric Eid-Reiner (piano). Caller varies each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: Newcomers workshop 7:30-8:00 p.m. Contra dance 8:00-11:00 p.m. \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale ($10 for students and children, $8 for under 13) at the door. \nCalling terms: Gender-neutral terms (larks and robins) are used at the 3rd Saturday dance. \nThere is no preregistration or verified dancer list for the 3rd Sat. dance. There is also no attendance cap. \nSee venue website for this month’s details. \nMasks are welcome but optional. Ventilation will be provided to the extent possible, depending on temperature, humidity, and number of dancers. If you are experiencing any symptoms, have tested positive for Covid in the last 10 days, or have a household member with Covid, please stay home and join us a future month."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-02-15/"
    start: "2025-02-15T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-02-15T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Moving Violations
    price: $8-$20
    organisation: Van Kaynor
    cancelled: true
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Dancify
    details: "Fun DJ'd event featuring simple high-energy dances to today's music. Variety of partner dances, line dances, balfolk and ceilidh, plus other mayhem and mischief. Snacks! No experience or partner required. Bring your friends!"
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
    start: "2025-02-21T19:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-02-21T21:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - balfolk
      - e-ceilidh
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $5-10
    organisation: Joe Blumenthal
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers. 
 \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-02-26/"
    start: "2025-02-26T19:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-02-26T21:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Experienced Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The dances in this series are open to all but will be geared toward experienced dancers. “Experienced” means: \n\nYou know how to do a roll away, California twirl, pass through to a wave, contra corners, and basic moves without teaching\nYou know where to be at the start of each dance phrase and how to recover from a lapse\nYou assist your partner and neighbor to the next move\nYou execute flourishes safely and on time without disturbing others\nYou respond to confusion and missteps by others with grace, encouragement and good humor\n\nAdmission: $12-20 \nPlease help us make this a scent-free and substance-free event. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy. \nQuestions: Steve Zakon-Anderson or Katie Olmstead."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fourth-friday-experienced-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-02-28/"
    start: "2025-02-28T20:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-02-28T23:15:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Crossover Trio
    callers:
      - Hannah Johlas
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Wild Asparagus with George Marshall, David Cantieni, Becky Tracy, Ann Percival and guests. Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 7:30-8:00 beginners’ workshop, 8:00-11:00 contra dance \nCost: $12 – $20 sliding scale \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/first-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-03-01/"
    start: "2025-03-01T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-03-01T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Wild Asparagus
    callers:
      - George Marshall
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: George Marshall
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Mardi Gras Bal Masqué
    details: "Pioneer Valley Balfolk Dance: Bal Masqué / Mardi Gras: a French-Breton Music & Dance Party celebrating Mardi Gras and Carnival. \n\nDances are easy & fun: circles, lines, & couple dances – no partner necessary – instruction provided.\nLive Music with Danse Café: Cynthia Thomas-fiddle, Doug Feeney-guitar, Tom Gajewski-clarinet.\nJam Session 2:45-3:45\nDance 4:00-6:00\nHors D’oeuvres Potluck\nMasks Optional\n$15 Suggested Donation – Cash Bar."
    links:
      - "https://cdss.org/event/balfolk-dance-mardi-gras-bal-masque/"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/1360329088734464/"
    start: "2025-03-02T14:45:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-03-02T18:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: South Deerfield
    styles:
      - balfolk
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Danse Café
    price: $15
    organisation: Danse Café
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra Dance
    details: "Doors open at 6:45; introductory pre-dance workshop at 7:10pm. $10-15, sliding scale."
    links:
      - "https://www.neffa.org/thursday-contras/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/contra-dance-sue-rosen-with-eileen-ogrady-guillaume-sparrow-pepin-and-donal-sheets/"
    start: "2025-03-06T19:10:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-03-06T22:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Concord
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    callers:
      - Sue Rosen
    price: $10-$15
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: 44th Annual Boston Playford Ball
    details: "CDS Boston is pleased to sponsor our 44th annual Playford Ball, with Mistress of Ceremonies Barbara Finney and musician Bare Necessities. \n\nThe ball will take place at the Melrose Memorial Hall, Melrose Massachusetts, from 7:00-11:00 PM.\nThere will be a ball practice session in the same hall from 1:30-4:30 PM preceding the ball.\nFestive attire is encouraged.\nBall videos may be viewed at our website.\nPre-registration is required.\nAdditional information is available here.\nAdmission: $45 members, $50 non-members"
    links:
      - "https://www.cds-boston.org/event/playford-ball/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/44th-annual-boston-playford-ball/"
    start: "2025-03-08T13:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-03-08T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Boston
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Bare Necessities
    callers:
      - Barbara Finney
    price: $45-$50
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Worcester Contra Dance
    details: "Live Music and Contra Dancing 2nd Saturdays Sept to June! \n\nWhen: Dance 7:30-10:30 pm [learn the ropes 7:15 pm]\nThis is so wicked fun!! We dance to live fiddle tunes of Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Appalachia and America! We switch partners after every dance so there is no need to bring a partner, and there is No need to know how to have a fantastic time!!\nParking: at Wesley U M Church There is plenty of parking and additional parking behind the building (enter by driving up State St and turning Left into the parking area @ 10-12 State St, Worcester, MA 01609 for Parking:)\nLive Music: “Joy Factor“! They are a contra dance band from MA featuring: Henry Yoshimura on guitar, Gianna Marzilli Ericson & Jeremy Widmer on fiddles. They play original tunes alongside Celtic, Quebecois, and old-time repertoire, all with a decidedly New England accent!\nCaller: Don Heinold, a national caller from Rhode Island, Don has been calling at dances, weddings, and parties all over New England for over 14 years and in October recently in Baton Rouge LA. He is also known for his clear calling and teaching the popular rotary (or “turning”) waltz.!\nAdmission: (your choice) $10 – $12 p.p., $6 – $8 students, families $25. Donations are gratefully appreciated!\nFood: Donations of snacks for the break are wanted and gleefully appreciated!\nClothing & Footwear: Just bring, clean shoes to dance in to preserve the floor (no high heels please). Dress is comfortable and as you like.\nRole Terms are: “Ladies & Gents,” but dancers are welcome to choose whatever role that works best for you as has been done for years!"
    links:
      - "https://www.worcesterdance.org/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/worcester-contra-dance/"
    start: "2025-03-08T19:15:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-03-08T22:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Worcester
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Joy Factor
    callers:
      - Don Heinold
    price: $6-$12
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: TopHill Music Contradance Party
    details: "Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: There will be a newcomers workshop at 7:45pm. Please come early to help our new dancing friends! All are welcome! \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale \n\nHigh-level masks are mandated for this dance.\nPlease bring your own water bottle.\nUp-to-date vaccinations are encouraged but not required.\nIf you are not feeling well, please do not attend, but rather care for yourself and others and join us next time!\n\nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-saturday-tophill-music-contradance-party-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-03-08/"
    start: "2025-03-08T19:45:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-03-08T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Alice Kenney
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers. 
 \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-03-12/"
    start: "2025-03-12T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-03-12T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Beantown Stomp
    links:
      - "https://www.beantownstomp.com"
    start_date: 2025-03-14
    end_date: 2025-03-16
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Cambridge
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Stove Dragon
      - Julie Metcalf and Larry Unger
    callers:
      - Alex Deis-Lauby
      - Adina Gordon
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Lenox Contra Dance
    details: "Come join us contra dancing to live music. We have a different band and caller each month. Dances are held on Third Saturday nights in Lenox, Massachusetts in the Lenox Community Center, at 65 Walker Street. Experience the pleasure of dancing on a beautiful wood floor, in a high-ceiling second floor (handicapped accessible) ballroom with a raised stage. \nAdmission is $12-15 for adults and $8-10 for students. New Dancers – 2nd dance free! \nDances begin with a 15-minute beginner introduction at 7:15 followed by dancing from 7:30 to 10:30. Refreshments are offered during the social break from dancing. All the dances are taught. No partner necessary. Come alone or bring friends.  Details at LenoxContraDance.org."
    links:
      - "https://lenoxcontradance.org/sched.php"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/lenox-contra-dance/2025-03-15/"
    start: "2025-03-15T19:15:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-03-15T22:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Lenox
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $8-$15
    organisation: Lenox Contra Dance
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The Moving Violations are: Ron Grosslein (fiddle, mandolin, djembe), Autumn Rose Lester (fiddle), and Eric Eid-Reiner (piano). Caller varies each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: Newcomers workshop 7:30-8:00 p.m. Contra dance 8:00-11:00 p.m. \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale ($10 for students and children, $8 for under 13) at the door. \nCalling terms: Gender-neutral terms (larks and robins) are used at the 3rd Saturday dance. \nThere is no preregistration or verified dancer list for the 3rd Sat. dance. There is also no attendance cap. \nSee venue website for this month’s details. \nMasks are welcome but optional. Ventilation will be provided to the extent possible, depending on temperature, humidity, and number of dancers. If you are experiencing any symptoms, have tested positive for Covid in the last 10 days, or have a household member with Covid, please stay home and join us a future month."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-03-15/"
    start: "2025-03-15T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-03-15T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Moving Violations
    price: $8-$20
    organisation: Van Kaynor
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nOther musicians are welcome to come and be part of the amorphous “Back Row Band.” \nSchedule: 8:00 PM: Contra Dancing for All; often a beginner session at 7:45. \nCost: $10 or barter equivalent \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-friday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-03-21/"
    start: "2025-03-21T19:45:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-03-21T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Back Row Band
    price: $10
    organisation: Joe Blumenthal
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers. 
 \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-03-26/"
    start: "2025-03-26T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-03-26T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Experienced Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The dances in this series are open to all but will be geared toward experienced dancers. “Experienced” means: \n\nYou know how to do a roll away, California twirl, pass through to a wave, contra corners, and basic moves without teaching\nYou know where to be at the start of each dance phrase and how to recover from a lapse\nYou assist your partner and neighbor to the next move\nYou execute flourishes safely and on time without disturbing others\nYou respond to confusion and missteps by others with grace, encouragement and good humor\n\nAdmission: $12-20 \nPlease help us make this a scent-free and substance-free event. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy. \nQuestions: Steve Zakon-Anderson or Katie Olmstead."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fourth-friday-experienced-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-03-28/"
    start: "2025-03-28T20:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-03-28T23:15:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    callers:
      - Will Mentor
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Fifth Saturday Contra and ECD
    details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each time; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nNote: Each dance series now has its own COVID protocol. We hope every dancer will feel comfortable at one or more dances."
    links:
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fifth-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-03-29/"
    start: "2025-03-29T15:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-03-29T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Pegasus Collective
    callers:
      - Imogen Mills
      - Steve Zakon-Anderson
    price: $25-$30
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Wild Asparagus with George Marshall, David Cantieni, Becky Tracy, Ann Percival and guests. Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 7:30-8:00 beginners’ workshop, 8:00-11:00 contra dance \nCost: $12 – $20 sliding scale \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/first-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-04-05/"
    start: "2025-04-05T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-04-05T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - River Road
    callers:
      - Alyssa Adkins
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: George Marshall
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Groton Grange Contra Dance
    details: "Sponsored by The Groton Grange #7\nContra Dancing to The Contra Banditos from Jan – June 2025 \n\nCommunity Shindig: In the tradition of New England’s earliest settlers, The Groton Grange and Contra Banditos invite you to a New England Contra Dance to celebrate the traditions of the Grange Hall. No partner or experience necessary!!\nThis is so wicked fun!! No need to bring a partner AND…no need to know how, it is easy! Our professional caller will teach you how!\n$5 per person / $20 max per couple or family / children under 3 free\nRefreshments will be provided.\nThis dance is made possible by a grant from the Town of Groton’s Trust Fund Lecture Series."
    links:
      - "https://grotongrange.org/events/contra-dance/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/groton-grange-contra-dance/"
    start: "2025-04-05T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-04-05T22:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Groton
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Contra Banditos
    callers:
      - Don Heinold
    price: $5
    organisation: "Groton Grange #7"
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers. 
 \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-04-09/"
    start: "2025-04-09T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-04-09T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Worcester Potluck & Contra Dance
    details: "**Live Music & Contra Dancing 2nd Saturdays Sept to June!** \n\nWhen: Potluck 6:00 pm, Introductory Session 7:15 pm. Dancing to Live Music 7:30-10:30 pm!\nThis is so wicked fun! We dance to live fiddle tunes of Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Appalachia and America! We switch partners after every dance so there is no need to bring a partner, and there is no need to know how to have a fantastic time!\nParking: at Wesley United Methodist Church. There is plenty of parking and additional parking behind the building (enter by driving up State St and turning Left into the parking area @ 10-12 State St, Worcester, MA 01609).\nAdmission: (your choice) $10 – $12 p.p., $6 – $8 students, families $25. Donations are gratefully appreciated!\nFood: Donations of snacks for the break are wanted and gleefully appreciated!"
    links:
      - "https://www.worcesterdance.org/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/worcester-potluck-contra-dance/"
    start: "2025-04-12T18:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-04-12T22:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Worcester
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Dandelion
    callers:
      - Luke Donforth
    price: $6-$12
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: TopHill Music Contradance Party
    details: "Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: There will be a newcomers workshop at 7:45pm. Please come early to help our new dancing friends! All are welcome! \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale \n\nHigh-level masks are mandated for this dance.\nPlease bring your own water bottle.\nUp-to-date vaccinations are encouraged but not required.\nIf you are not feeling well, please do not attend, but rather care for yourself and others and join us next time!\n\nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-saturday-tophill-music-contradance-party-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-04-12/"
    start: "2025-04-12T19:45:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-04-12T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Alice Kenney
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nOther musicians are welcome to come and be part of the amorphous “Back Row Band.” \nSchedule: 8:00 PM: Contra Dancing for All; often a beginner session at 7:45. \nCost: $10 or barter equivalent \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-friday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-04-18/"
    start: "2025-04-18T19:45:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-04-18T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Back Row Band
    price: $10
    organisation: Joe Blumenthal
    cancelled: true
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Lenox Contra Dance
    details: "Come join us contra dancing to live music. We have a different band and caller each month. Dances are held on Third Saturday nights in Lenox, Massachusetts in the Lenox Community Center, at 65 Walker Street. Experience the pleasure of dancing on a beautiful wood floor, in a high-ceiling second floor (handicapped accessible) ballroom with a raised stage. \nAdmission is $12-15 for adults and $8-10 for students. New Dancers – 2nd dance free! \nDances begin with a 15-minute beginner introduction at 7:15 followed by dancing from 7:30 to 10:30. Refreshments are offered during the social break from dancing. All the dances are taught. No partner necessary. Come alone or bring friends.  Details at LenoxContraDance.org."
    links:
      - "https://lenoxcontradance.org/sched.php"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/lenox-contra-dance/2025-04-19/"
    start: "2025-04-19T19:15:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-04-19T22:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Lenox
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $8-$15
    organisation: Lenox Contra Dance
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The Moving Violations are: Ron Grosslein (fiddle, mandolin, djembe), Autumn Rose Lester (fiddle), and Eric Eid-Reiner (piano). Caller varies each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: Newcomers workshop 7:30-8:00 p.m. Contra dance 8:00-11:00 p.m. \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale ($10 for students and children, $8 for under 13) at the door. \nCalling terms: Gender-neutral terms (larks and robins) are used at the 3rd Saturday dance. \nThere is no preregistration or verified dancer list for the 3rd Sat. dance. There is also no attendance cap. \nSee venue website for this month’s details. \nMasks are welcome but optional. Ventilation will be provided to the extent possible, depending on temperature, humidity, and number of dancers. If you are experiencing any symptoms, have tested positive for Covid in the last 10 days, or have a household member with Covid, please stay home and join us a future month."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-04-19/"
    start: "2025-04-19T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-04-19T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Moving Violations
    callers:
      - Bev Bernbaum
    price: $8-$20
    organisation: Van Kaynor
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers. 
 \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-04-23/"
    start: "2025-04-23T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-04-23T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: New England Folk Festival (NEFFA)
    details: "NEFFA attracts over 2000 attendees and close to 1000 performers. The Festival is unique because of the participatory nature of the events. The Festival is known for its varied social dance program, which includes: Contra and traditional square dancing, international folk dancing, couple dancing, waltzing, English country, Scandinavian, and more. There are plenty of introductory workshops, as well as sessions geared towards intermediate and advanced dancers. A particular favorite is the no walk-through contra dance medley, which originated at the NEFFA Festival! \nNEFFA is a great place to bring your family. There are many family-oriented programs at the Festival, from dancing and singing to storytelling and a family activities area. \nThere is music everywhere! You will find jam sessions, instrument workshops, group singing, and traditional music throughout the Festival. \nCostumed ethnic performing groups have been a part of NEFFA since the beginning representing many different cultures: Middle Eastern, Serbian, Bulgarian, Filipino, Polish, and Scandinavian. \nThe Festival Marketplace offers hand-crafted materials and folk-related items for purchase."
    links:
      - "https://www.neffa.org/festival-home/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/new-england-folk-festival-neffa/"
    start: "2025-04-25T18:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-04-27T17:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Marlborough
    styles:
      - balfolk
      - contra
      - ecd
      - scandi
      - scd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Roaring Jelly
      - Joy Factor
      - Kingfisher
      - Torrent
      - Confluence
      - Festival Orchestra
      - Not Enough Fiddles
      - Live Wire
      - Rum & Onions
      - The Orphans
      - Dogtown
      - The Moving Violations
      - "Einstein's Little Homunculus"
      - Jump Start
      - Sugar River Band
      - Zarkadelphia
      - "Tabbies' Delight"
      - Chimney Swift
      - Cojiro
    callers:
      - Melanie Axel-Lute
      - Donna Hunt
      - Maia McCormick
      - Dereck Kalish
      - Hannah Johlas
      - Michael Karcher
      - Lisa Greenleaf
      - Chris Page
      - Darlene Underwood
      - Sue Rosen
      - Ben Sachs-Hamilton
      - Alex Deis-Lauby
      - Jacob Bloom
      - Bev Bernbaum
      - Sue Gola
      - Carl Levine
      - Steve Zakon-Anderson
      - Julian Blechner
      - Harris Lapiroff
      - Qwill Duvall
    price: $85-$120
    organisation: NEFFA
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Experienced Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The dances in this series are open to all but will be geared toward experienced dancers. “Experienced” means: \n\nYou know how to do a roll away, California twirl, pass through to a wave, contra corners, and basic moves without teaching\nYou know where to be at the start of each dance phrase and how to recover from a lapse\nYou assist your partner and neighbor to the next move\nYou execute flourishes safely and on time without disturbing others\nYou respond to confusion and missteps by others with grace, encouragement and good humor\n\nAdmission: $12-20 \nPlease help us make this a scent-free and substance-free event. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy. \nQuestions: Steve Zakon-Anderson or Katie Olmstead."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fourth-friday-experienced-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-04-25/"
    start: "2025-04-25T20:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-04-25T23:15:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Good Company
    callers:
      - Harris Lapiroff
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Wild Asparagus with George Marshall, David Cantieni, Becky Tracy, Ann Percival and guests. Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 7:30-8:00 beginners’ workshop, 8:00-11:00 contra dance \nCost: $12 – $20 sliding scale \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/first-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-05-03/"
    start: "2025-05-03T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-05-03T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Wild Asparagus
    callers:
      - George Marshall
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: George Marshall
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Balfolk dance and jam session
    details: "Please join us for another Pioneer Valley Balfolk on May 4th to celebrate La Fête du Muguet—Lily of the Valley Day! \n\nBecky Tracy will instruct and call the dances.  \nLive music with Danse Café: Cynthia Thomas—fiddle, Doug Feeney—guitar, and Tom Gajewski—clarinet. \nBalfolk jam session from 2:45-3:45\nBalfolk dance from 4:00-6:00\n\n$15 suggested donation"
    links:
      - "https://cdss.org/event/balfolk-dance-and-jam-session/"
    start: "2025-05-04T14:45:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-05-04T18:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: South Deerfield
    styles:
      - balfolk
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Danse Café
    price: $15
    organisation: Danse Café
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Worcester Contra Dance
    details: "Live Music & Contra Dancing 2nd Saturdays Sept to June, Sponsored by the Worcester Contra Dance \n\nWhen: Dance 7:30-10:30 pm [learn the ropes 7:15 pm]\nThis is so wicked fun! We dance to live fiddle tunes of Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Appalachia and America! We switch partners after every dance, so there is no need to bring a partner, and there is no need to know how to have a fantastic time!\nParking: at Wesley U.M. Church gymnasium. There is plenty of parking and additional parking behind the building (enter by driving up State St and turning left into the parking area)."
    links:
      - "https://www.worcesterdance.org/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/worcester-contra-dance/"
    start: "2025-05-10T19:15:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-05-10T22:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Worcester
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Wild Notes
    callers:
      - Steve Holland
    price: $6-$12
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra Dance in Williamstown
    details: "The dance will start at 7:30 and be held in the community hall of the First Congregational Church (the iconic white church on Main Street). Everyone is welcome! Come alone, with a partner, or with your whole family! \nAdmission: pay-as-you-can, $12–$20 suggested. \nPeter Stix will call to music by Joy Factor."
    links:
      - "https://northberkshiredance.org/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/contra-dance-in-williamstown-ma/"
    start: "2025-05-10T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-05-10T22:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Williamstown
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Joy Factor
    callers:
      - Peter Stix
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: North Berkshire Dance
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: TopHill Music Contradance Party
    details: "Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: There will be a newcomers workshop at 7:45pm. Please come early to help our new dancing friends! All are welcome! \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale \n\nHigh-level masks are mandated for this dance.\nPlease bring your own water bottle.\nUp-to-date vaccinations are encouraged but not required.\nIf you are not feeling well, please do not attend, but rather care for yourself and others and join us next time!\n\nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-saturday-tophill-music-contradance-party-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-05-10/"
    start: "2025-05-10T19:45:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-05-10T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Alice Kenney
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers. 
 \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-05-14/"
    start: "2025-05-14T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-05-14T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nOther musicians are welcome to come and be part of the amorphous “Back Row Band.” \nSchedule: 8:00 PM: Contra Dancing for All; often a beginner session at 7:45. \nCost: $10 or barter equivalent \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-friday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-05-16/"
    start: "2025-05-16T19:45:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-05-16T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Elixir
    price: $15-$30
    organisation: Joe Blumenthal
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Lenox Contra Dance
    details: "Come join us contra dancing to live music. We have a different band and caller each month. Dances are held on Third Saturday nights in Lenox, Massachusetts in the Lenox Community Center, at 65 Walker Street. Experience the pleasure of dancing on a beautiful wood floor, in a high-ceiling second floor (handicapped accessible) ballroom with a raised stage. \nAdmission is $12-15 for adults and $8-10 for students. New Dancers – 2nd dance free! \nDances begin with a 15-minute beginner introduction at 7:15 followed by dancing from 7:30 to 10:30. Refreshments are offered during the social break from dancing. All the dances are taught. No partner necessary. Come alone or bring friends.  Details at LenoxContraDance.org."
    links:
      - "https://lenoxcontradance.org/sched.php"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/lenox-contra-dance/2025-05-17/"
    start: "2025-05-17T19:15:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-05-17T22:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Lenox
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $8-$15
    organisation: Lenox Contra Dance
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The Moving Violations are: Ron Grosslein (fiddle, mandolin, djembe), Autumn Rose Lester (fiddle), and Eric Eid-Reiner (piano). Caller varies each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: Newcomers workshop 7:30-8:00 p.m. Contra dance 8:00-11:00 p.m. \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale ($10 for students and children, $8 for under 13) at the door. \nCalling terms: Gender-neutral terms (larks and robins) are used at the 3rd Saturday dance. \nThere is no preregistration or verified dancer list for the 3rd Sat. dance. There is also no attendance cap. \nSee venue website for this month’s details. \nMasks are welcome but optional. Ventilation will be provided to the extent possible, depending on temperature, humidity, and number of dancers. If you are experiencing any symptoms, have tested positive for Covid in the last 10 days, or have a household member with Covid, please stay home and join us a future month."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-05-17/"
    start: "2025-05-17T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-05-17T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Moving Violations
    callers:
      - Lisa Greenleaf
    price: $8-$20
    organisation: Van Kaynor
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Grange Hall Contra Dance
    details: "Sponsored by The Vineyard Preservation Trust \nCommunity & Public Shindig: In the tradition of New England’s earliest settlers, Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust invite you to a New England Contra Dance to celebrate the traditions of the Grange Hall as part of the fundraising campaign to restore/rejuvenate the historic Hall. No partner or need to know how!"
    links:
      - "https://vineyardtrust.org/events/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/grange-hall-contra-dance/"
    start: "2025-05-22T18:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-05-22T20:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: West Tisbury
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Flying Elbows
    callers:
      - Don Heinold
    price: donation
    organisation: Vineyard Preservation Trust
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Experienced Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The dances in this series are open to all but will be geared toward experienced dancers. “Experienced” means: \n\nYou know how to do a roll away, California twirl, pass through to a wave, contra corners, and basic moves without teaching\nYou know where to be at the start of each dance phrase and how to recover from a lapse\nYou assist your partner and neighbor to the next move\nYou execute flourishes safely and on time without disturbing others\nYou respond to confusion and missteps by others with grace, encouragement and good humor\n\nAdmission: $12-20 \nPlease help us make this a scent-free and substance-free event. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy. \nQuestions: Steve Zakon-Anderson or Katie Olmstead."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fourth-friday-experienced-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-05-23/"
    start: "2025-05-23T20:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-05-23T23:15:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Northwoods
    callers:
      - Lisa Greenleaf
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers. 
 \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-05-28/"
    start: "2025-05-28T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-05-28T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra 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/2025-05-30/"
    start: "2025-05-30T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-05-30T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Calico
    callers:
      - Luke Donforth
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Jesse Ball
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Fifth Saturday Double Dance
    details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each time; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \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-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-05-31/"
    start: "2025-05-31T15:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-05-31T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    callers:
      - Joanna Reiner Wilkinson
      - Steve Zakon-Anderson
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Gender-Free Dance Camp
    links:
      - "https://www.lcfd.org/spring-camp-2025.html"
    start_date: 2025-06-06
    end_date: 2025-06-08
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Calico
      - Northwoods
    callers:
      - Mary Wesley
      - Chris Ricciotti
    price: $150-$400
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Wild Asparagus with George Marshall, David Cantieni, Becky Tracy, Ann Percival and guests. Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 7:30-8:00 beginners’ workshop, 8:00-11:00 contra dance \nCost: $12 – $20 sliding scale \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/first-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-06-07/"
    start: "2025-06-07T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-06-07T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Wild Asparagus
    callers:
      - George Marshall
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: George Marshall
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers. 
 \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-06-11/"
    start: "2025-06-11T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-06-11T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Balfolk in the Berkshires
    links:
      - "https://sites.google.com/view/berkshirefolkarts/home"
    start: "2025-06-13T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-06-15T11:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: North Adams
    styles:
      - balfolk
    workshop: true
    social: true
    organisation: Berkshire Folk Arts
    source: events/usa/north_adams.yaml
  - name: Worcester Contra Dance
    details: "Live Music & Contra Dancing 2nd Saturdays Sept to June, Sponsored by the Worcester Contra Dance \n\nWhen: Dance 7:30-10:30 pm [learn the ropes 7:15 pm]\nWhere: Wesley United Methodist Church’s Gymnasium\nThis is so wicked fun! We dance to live fiddle tunes of Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Appalachia and America! We switch partners after every dance so there is no need to bring a partner, and there is No need to know how to have a fantastic time!\nParking: at Wesley United Methodist Church. There is plenty of parking and additional parking behind the building (enter by driving up State St and turning left into the parking area at 10-12 State St, Worcester, MA 01609).\nMore information on Facebook or Town Planner."
    links:
      - "https://www.worcesterdance.org/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/worcester-contra-dance-2/"
    start: "2025-06-14T19:15:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-06-14T22:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Worcester
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Treble Play
    callers:
      - Tod Whittemore
    price: $6-$12
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: TopHill Music Contradance Party
    details: "Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: There will be a newcomers workshop at 7:45pm. Please come early to help our new dancing friends! All are welcome! \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale \n\nHigh-level masks are mandated for this dance.\nPlease bring your own water bottle.\nUp-to-date vaccinations are encouraged but not required.\nIf you are not feeling well, please do not attend, but rather care for yourself and others and join us next time!\n\nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-saturday-tophill-music-contradance-party-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-06-14/"
    start: "2025-06-14T19:45:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-06-14T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Alice Kenney
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Caller and featured musicians vary each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nOther musicians are welcome to come and be part of the amorphous “Back Row Band.” \nSchedule: 8:00 PM: Contra Dancing for All; often a beginner session at 7:45. \nCost: $10 or barter equivalent \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-friday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-06-20/"
    start: "2025-06-20T19:45:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-06-20T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Back Row Band
    price: $10
    organisation: Joe Blumenthal
    cancelled: true
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Lenox Contra Dance
    details: "Come join us contra dancing to live music. We have a different band and caller each month. Dances are held on Third Saturday nights in Lenox, Massachusetts in the Lenox Community Center, at 65 Walker Street. Experience the pleasure of dancing on a beautiful wood floor, in a high-ceiling second floor (handicapped accessible) ballroom with a raised stage. \nAdmission is $12-15 for adults and $8-10 for students. New Dancers – 2nd dance free! \nDances begin with a 15-minute beginner introduction at 7:15 followed by dancing from 7:30 to 10:30. Refreshments are offered during the social break from dancing. All the dances are taught. No partner necessary. Come alone or bring friends.  Details at LenoxContraDance.org."
    links:
      - "https://lenoxcontradance.org/sched.php"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/lenox-contra-dance/2025-06-21/"
    start: "2025-06-21T19:15:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-06-21T22:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Lenox
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $8-$15
    organisation: Lenox Contra Dance
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The Moving Violations are: Ron Grosslein (fiddle, mandolin, djembe), Autumn Rose Lester (fiddle), and Eric Eid-Reiner (piano). Caller varies each month; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: Newcomers workshop 7:30-8:00 p.m. Contra dance 8:00-11:00 p.m. \nCost: $12-20 sliding scale ($10 for students and children, $8 for under 13) at the door. \nCalling terms: Gender-neutral terms (larks and robins) are used at the 3rd Saturday dance. \nThere is no preregistration or verified dancer list for the 3rd Sat. dance. There is also no attendance cap. \nSee venue website for this month’s details. \nMasks are welcome but optional. Ventilation will be provided to the extent possible, depending on temperature, humidity, and number of dancers. If you are experiencing any symptoms, have tested positive for Covid in the last 10 days, or have a household member with Covid, please stay home and join us a future month."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/third-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-06-21/"
    start: "2025-06-21T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-06-21T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Moving Violations
    callers:
      - Liz Nelson
    price: $8-$20
    organisation: Van Kaynor
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers. 
 \nCost: $10-$20, sliding scale. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-06-25/"
    start: "2025-06-25T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-06-25T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10-$20
    organisation: Graham Christian
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: July Fourth
    links:
      - "https://cds-boston-j4weekend.weebly.com/"
    start_date: 2025-06-26
    end_date: 2025-06-30
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
      - irish-set
    workshop: true
    social: true
    callers:
      - Mary Wesley
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Experienced Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The dances in this series are open to all but will be geared toward experienced dancers. “Experienced” means: \n\nYou know how to do a roll away, California twirl, pass through to a wave, contra corners, and basic moves without teaching\nYou know where to be at the start of each dance phrase and how to recover from a lapse\nYou assist your partner and neighbor to the next move\nYou execute flourishes safely and on time without disturbing others\nYou respond to confusion and missteps by others with grace, encouragement and good humor\n\nAdmission: $12-20 \nPlease help us make this a scent-free and substance-free event. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy. \nQuestions: Steve Zakon-Anderson or Katie Olmstead."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fourth-friday-experienced-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2025-06-27/"
    start: "2025-06-27T20:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-06-27T23:15:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Ice Cream Truckers
    callers:
      - Hannah Chambelain
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Pinewoods English-Scottish-Contra
    links:
      - "https://rscdsboston.org/pinewoods-esc.html"
    start_date: 2025-06-30
    end_date: 2025-07-04
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
      - scd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Frost and Fire
    callers:
      - Anna Rain
      - Ben Sachs-Hamilton
      - Kat Dutton
    price: $345-$467
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Family Week at Pinewoods
    details: "Community. Song. Dance. Laughter. \nJoin us among the pines for a week full of magic and joy, music and dance, for young, old, and everyone in between. Family Week at Pinewoods is a rejuvenating and inspiring way to spend time with your children, your grandchildren, your nieces and nephews, or other children dear to you. Together, we participate in the rich traditional music, dance, and song program offered by our skilled staff. \nMorning classes are enjoyed by age groupings, with younger participants delighting in traditional song, dance, stories, and crafts, facilitated by expert children’s educators. Meanwhile, teens and adults choose from an array of energizing community dance classes. Teens are welcome to join in adult activities throughout the day but also have a daily class of their own that will weave together music and dance with dynamic instructors. \nEach day there are two all-community gatherings (morning and evening) where staff and campers alike share stories, songs, and talents. There is also time in the afternoon for campers to offer one-off classes, so bring your talents to share! \nNestled between two pristine New England ponds offering daily idyllic swimming and canoeing, both natural beauty and community spirit are ever-present. Together, we celebrate the charm of living in woodland cabins, eating delicious home-cooked meals, and participating in the rich traditional music, dance, and song program offered by our skilled staff."
    links:
      - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/family-week-at-pinewoods/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/family-week-at-pinewoods-camp/"
    start: "2025-07-12T15:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-07-19T10:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $75-$1500
    organisation: Country Dance & Song Society
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: American Dance & Music Week at Pinewoods
    details: "Does an incomparable week in the woods full of transcendent contras, delightful squares, and swingin’ songs sound appealing to you? \nIf so, then American Week will be a week full of what you love plus the joy of discovering some new things, too. Young or old, new or experienced, come relax amidst our participatory, welcoming vibe and the pressure-relieving radiance of Pinewoods Camp. \n2025 highlights: In addition to the dancing you might expect, some highlights this year include classes on calling, musicianship, singing, flatfooting, tai chi, and fusion dancing. \nAnd of course, we have our contras and squares. We have calling from Cis Hinkle, Janine Smith, and Michael Karcher. Meanwhile, this year’s music revolves around soaring New England melodies from the Stringrays (five piece version!) and deep doses of hot-hot-hot old-time from Jet Bridge. The staff is a unique dream-team of superlatively supportive, talented, world-class teacher-performers."
    links:
      - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/american-dance-music-week-at-pinewoods/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/american-dance-music-week-at-pinewoods-camp/"
    start_date: 2025-07-19
    end_date: 2025-07-26
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Jet Bridge
      - Stringrays
    callers:
      - Cis Hinkle
      - Janine Smith
      - Michael Karcher
    organisation: Country Dance & Song Society
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: American Dance & Music Week
    links:
      - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/american-dance-music-week/"
    start: "2025-07-19T15:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-07-26T10:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Stringrays
      - Jet Bridge
    callers:
      - Janine Smith
      - Michael Karcher
      - Lisa Greenleaf
    price: $850-$1500
    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: English Dance Week at Pinewoods
    details: "A Feast of Tradition and Innovation \nSavor glorious historic dances, accompanied by the latest sparkling choreographies. Add a dash of morris, a slice of sword, and scorching hot clogs. Season with spectacular music and singing, for the most delectable feast imaginable! \nPicture yourself in the beautiful natural setting of Pinewoods Camp, immersed in glorious English dance, music, and song for a full week of fabulous fun! English Dance Week welcomes all to a warm and enthusiastic community, sharing our delight and encouraging all to participate. \nThe biggest problem at English Dance Week? Wishing you could be in two (or three) places at once! You’ll choose among seven daily sessions of country dancing, several display dance styles (longsword, morris, and clog), and multiple music workshops. You’ll also be tempted by singing, a seminar for leaders, and an ever-changing array of one-shot sessions each afternoon. \nEven if there were no classes, just spending a week with our amazing staff would leave you exhilarated. Be sure to leave space for extra-curricular activities including chocolate tasting, ceilidh dancing, afternoon parties, and late-night shenanigans."
    links:
      - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/english-dance-week/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/english-dance-week-at-pinewoods-camp/"
    start: "2025-08-02T15:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-08-09T10:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    callers:
      - Anna Rain
      - Joanna Reiner Wilkinson
      - Margaret Bary
    price: $850-$1500
    organisation: Country Dance & Song Society
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Early Music Week at Pinewoods
    details: "Are you passionate about medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music, especially as revived and played on period instruments? Do you also love nature and being in community with others? If so, this is the week for you! \nEarly Music Week offers joyful opportunities and challenges to players, singers, dancers, and listeners at every level, from novice to highly experienced. As classes unfold through the week, we explore and discover the connections that lie behind some of the world’s most vibrant and compelling early music. We dance together every day, connecting with dancers and musicians in a unique and spontaneous way, so different from a class or a concert hall—in the pavilions under the pine trees."
    links:
      - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/early-music-week-at-pinewoods/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/early-music-week-at-pinewoods-camp/"
    start: "2025-08-09T15:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-08-16T10:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $850-$1500
    organisation: Country Dance & Song Society
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Campers’ Week at Pinewoods
    details: "It’s right there in the name! Campers’ Week is a week like no other—not just for campers, but by campers, who join a small-but-mighty staff in offering classes, leading dances, playing in the band, performing at gatherings, teaching crafts, decorating for the ball, hosting parties, and sharing whatever talent they’d like. If you love helping to make the magic happen, and you’re between the ages of 0 and 187, this is the session for you! Bring your parents, your best friend, your neighbor, your siblings, your kids, your cousins, your spouse, your fiancé, your grandkids, or just yourself (if you’re over 18) for a week of multi-generational, camper-enhanced family fun. \nWhat do we love? At morning and evening gatherings, people of all ages share a tune, tell a story, showcase a skill, sing, laugh, and dance together. During the day, kids under 13 gather twice with their peers—who may well become lifelong friends—to learn new dances, sing, craft, or what have you. Teens have their own class session (don’t worry, it’s not first thing in the morning) and all campers age 13+ can join in daily staff-led contra and English dance classes. There’s also ritual dance instruction, a community band, callers’ workshop, plus whatever delights campers offer. When it’s time to give those dancing feet a rest, you can swim, sun, or canoe in a pond, or find a chair on one of the many porches to craft, sing, jam, or just relax and chat with friends new and old.  \nFestivities continue after dinner with a musical procession through the woods to the all-ages dance, which kicks off evening gathering. After the youngest campers head to bed, talented staff lead a vibrant mix of English, contras, squares, and a few surprises, with the help of the camper band—a delightful mélange of professional musicians, talented dabblers, and enthusiastic neophytes—and guest callers. (Want to call a dance? Let us know.) \nAfterwards, the party moves to the Camp House, where a pub sing, auction, skit night, jams, or impromptu low-key gatherings continue into the night… including whatever merriment intrepid campers incite. (Will Kerry sets return this year? Late night English favorites? Nonstop Rory O’More?  If you want it, make it happen!) \nWhether you grew up here and never left, or are joining for the very first time, Campers’ Week welcomes all ages, all skill levels, all talents, all everything. So pack your instrument (even your ukulele!), your voice, your dance shoes, your ball costume, your crafting supplies, your joy, and your sense of adventure. We hope to see you there."
    links:
      - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/campers-week-at-pinewoods/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/campers-week-at-pinewoods-camp/"
    start: "2025-08-16T15:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-08-23T10:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $750-$1400
    organisation: Country Dance & Song Society
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: TradMaD
    links:
      - "http://minstrelrecords.com/tradmad/"
    start_date: 2025-08-23
    end_date: 2025-08-29
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Pinewoods Labor Day Weekend
    links:
      - "https://facone.org/labor-day-weekend/labor-day-weekend.html"
    start_date: 2025-08-29
    end_date: 2025-09-02
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Plymouth
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml