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events:
  - name: Flying Shoes Community Dance & Contra Dance
    details: "Everyone is welcome at this two-part monthly dance series. From neophytes to lifelong participants, and so many other demographic variations, we all collaborate to make this community-building participatory arts program a joyful success. See you at the dance! \nSchedule:\n\n6:00 pm ~ Musicians Warmup ~ Tunes on the All Comers Band page\n6:30-7:30 pm ~ Community Dance ~ Lisa Newcomb & Chrissy Fowler calling with the All Comers Band, led by Benjamin Foss & Willy Clemetson ~ Community Dance admission is $1 kids, $2 adults\n8:00-11:00 pm ~ Contra Dance ~ We use the terms lark and robin to identify the dance roles. (More on roles here.) ~ Contra Dance Admission is $20 – $15 (a sliding scale lets us cover expenses and compensate performers; please pay as much as you can!)\n\nLocation: First Church in Belfast UCC, 8 Court St, Belfast (enter via Spring St) \nPolicies:  See Community Care Policy and First Friday FAQ ~ BFS programs are chem free (please be sober) ~ Stay home if you don’t feel well \nSponsors: Artisan Builders, Belfast Community Co-op, Colburn Shoe Store, Daisychain Farm, First National Bank, Grace Chiropractic, The Green Store, Searsport Shores Oceanfront Camping, Thomas Fowler PE, Trillium Caterers, and Worth Real Estate"
    links:
      - "https://belfastflyingshoes.org/first-friday-dances/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/flying-shoes-first-friday-community-dance-contra-dance/2025-06-06/"
    start: "2025-06-06T18:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-06-06T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: ME
    city: Belfast
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - All Comers Band
      - Here on the Hill
    callers:
      - Chrissy Fowler
      - Lisa Newcomb
      - Harris Lapiroff
    price: $15-$25
    organisation: Belfast Flying Shoes
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Common Floor Contra Dance
    details: "Contra dancing in Portland, ME every second Sunday. For details, visit our website. \n$15 suggested donation."
    links:
      - "https://www.commonfloorcontra.dance/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/common-floor-contra-dance/2025-06-08/"
    start: "2025-06-08T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-06-08T22:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: ME
    city: Portland
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $15
    organisation: Common Floor Contra Dance
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Acadia Festival of Traditional Music & Dance
    details: "A week-long summer festival of classes, workshops and concerts in Bar Harbor, ME, celebrating Celtic-influenced traditional music and dance."
    links:
      - "https://acadiatradfestival.org/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/acadia-festival-of-traditional-music-dance/"
    start: "2025-06-22T14:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2025-06-28T09:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: ME
    city: Bar Harbor
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Family Week
    details: "This Living Tradition\nOnce is a novelty, twice is a coincidence, third time is a tradition! It’s our third year of the Family Week community making Agassiz feel like home away from home, and we’re inviting you to come dance, sing, and play in the woods of Maine. \nKids and adults take separate classes in the morning, focusing on age-appropriate skill development and bonding with peers. Afternoons are all-comers sessions, where we build community and intergenerational connection. And all-camp gatherings are a chance for campers and staff to perform music, tell jokes and stories, and highlight what they’ve learned and built during camp.  \nIn addition to music, ECD, morris, singing, contra, bal folk, longsword, waltz, stories, mummers’ play, and crafts, you’ll also have a chance to swim, hike, nap, jam, socialize, and after-party. We dance together as a community, then sing sequential waves of children off to bed, giving adults a chance to dance while monitors keep track of the dreamers.  \nCome recharge, reconnect, relax, and renew as we gather together to share joy and reinvigorate traditions and invent new ones. We’d love to see you there!"
    links:
      - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/family-week-at-agassiz-village-2/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/family-week-at-agassiz-village/"
    start_date: 2025-08-11
    end_date: 2025-08-17
    country: USA
    state: ME
    city: Poland
    styles:
      - balfolk
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $850-$1500
    organisation: Country Dance & Song Society
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml