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events:
  - name: Cleveland Butterfly Twirl
    details: "An exciting weekend dance, in Cleveland, with two wonderful bands: George Paul and Playing with Fire, & Tom Cunningham and Hot Coffee Breakdown. Two wonderful callers: Gaye Fifer and Darlene Underwood. Sound by Hanno. We’d love you and your friends to join us for a dance weekend of smiling faces, joyous laughter, wonderful music, hands four, friendship and community."
    links:
      - "https://www.clevelandbutterflytwirl.org/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/cleveland-butterfly-twirl/"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/1279189076745356/"
    start_date: 2025-09-12
    end_date: 2025-09-14
    country: USA
    state: OH
    city: Chagrin Falls
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Hot Coffee Breakdown
      - Playing with Fyre
    callers:
      - Carol Kopp
      - Darlene Underwood
      - Gaye Fifer
      - Michael Hamilton
    price: $130
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Columbus English Country Dance Weekend
    details: "English country dance weekend in Columbus, Ohio with music by Jacqueline Schwab, Mary Lea, Earl Gaddis, and Dan Beerbohm and calling by Beverly Francis and Dan Blim. (More details coming.)"
    links:
      - "https://cdss.org/event/columbus-english-country-dance-weekend/"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/507713561953486/"
    start_date: 2025-10-17
    end_date: 2025-10-19
    country: USA
    state: OH
    city: Colombus
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    callers:
      - Beverly Francis
      - Dan Blim
    organisation: English Country Dancers of Columbus
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Winter WarmUp
    details: "Toss the Possum: Rob and Laura Lizette\nDam Beavers: Ben Schreiber, Scotty Leach, Ness Smith-Savedoff\nCallers: Terry Doyle, Frank Buschelmann\nSound: Jamie Platt\n\nDetails & registration at Big Scioty Contra Dance"
    links:
      - "https://bigscioty.com/winterwarmup/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/winter-warmup-columbus-oh/"
    start: "2025-12-05T20:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-12-07T15:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: OH
    city: Worthington
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Dam Beavers
      - Toss the Possum
    callers:
      - Frank Buschelmann
      - Terry Doyle
    organisation: Big Scioty Contra Dance
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Pigtown Fling
    links:
      - "https://www.pigtownfling.com/"
    start_date: 2026-03-27
    end_date: 2026-03-29
    country: USA
    state: OH
    city: Cincinatti
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Kingfisher
      - The Dam Beavers
    callers:
      - Wendy Graham
      - Will Mentor
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml