---
events:
  - name: Flurry Festival
    links:
      - "https://www.flurryfestival.org/"
    start_date: 2023-02-17
    end_date: 2023-02-19
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: Saratoga Springs
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
      - scandi
      - balfolk
    workshop: true
    social: true
    organisation: DanceFlurry
    source: events/usa/flurry.yaml
  - name: Fiddlehead Frolic
    links:
      - "http://www.hands4dancers.org/upcoming-dances/2023/4/1/fiddlehead-frolic"
    start: "2023-04-01T12:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2023-04-01T22:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: Ithica
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Alchemy
      - "O'Shanigans"
    callers:
      - Pamela Goddard
      - Sarah VanNorstrand
      - Nancy Spero
    price: $15-$30
    organisation: Hands Four Dancers of Ithaca
    source: events/usa/ithica.yaml
  - name: Adirondack Dance Weekend
    links:
      - "https://www.danceflurry.org/adirondack-dance-weekend/"
    start_date: 2023-09-29
    end_date: 2023-10-01
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: Silver Bay
    styles:
      - balfolk
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Red Case Band
    price: $150-$675
    organisation: DanceFlurry
    source: events/usa/flurry.yaml
  - name: Holiday Delights
    details: "Our festive English country dance is the third of the “trifecta” or “triple crown” weekend, in which Bare Necessities plays for dances in NJ, PA, and NY. Orly Krasner will call a relaxed afternoon of favorites. \nMembers: $25; Non-members: $30."
    links:
      - "https://sites.google.com/site/countrydancersofwestchester"
      - "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yUedzLaDrhnE69M_LVy8WqvZ6zge1nuV/view"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/holiday-delights/"
    start: "2023-12-03T14:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2023-12-03T17:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: White Plains
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Bare Necessities
    callers:
      - Orly Krasner
    price: $25-$30
    organisation: Country Dancers of Westchester
    source: events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml
  - name: "New Year's Eve English Dance"
    details: "Bring in the New Year with old friends and new, fine music, tasty snacks, and great dances with the Country Dancers of Westchester. Expert calling by Orly Krasner and Dorothy Cummings, with delightful music by our house band Serendipity. \n$30 ($25 for members)"
    links:
      - "https://sites.google.com/site/countrydancersofwestchester/special-events-2021-22/123123_new-years-eve"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/new-years-eve-english-dance/"
    start: "2023-12-31T20:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-01-01T00:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: White Plains
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Serendipity
    callers:
      - Dorothy Cummings
      - Orly Krasner
    price: $25-$30
    organisation: Country Dancers of Westchester
    source: events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml
  - name: Ease & Elegance
    details: "Country Dancers of Westchester presents Ease & Elegance, its renowned style workshop and dance party for experienced English country dancers. \nThis year’s session, The Hands Are Dancing, presents an anatomy of how the hands and arms work best to enhance our dancing pleasure. Teacher Paul Ross lays out the fundamentals of good handwork with 10 Tips for Good Hand Turns. Musicians Pali Matej, violin; Sue Polansky, clarinet; and Robin Russell, piano, will raise our spirits and quicken our steps with their matchless music. \nWe open with the workshop, then a short break, and end with a joyful dance party, in which one good turn deserves another (and another, and another. . .). \n$20 (members), $25 (nonmembers)"
    links:
      - "https://sites.google.com/site/countrydancersofwestchester/special-events-2021-22/012124_ease-elegance"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/ease-elegance/"
    start: "2024-01-21T14:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-01-21T17:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: White Plains
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $20-$25
    organisation: Country Dancers of Westchester
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Capital English Country Dancers
    details: "English Country Dance on the first Sundays of the month, October – May. Dance to live music. All dances are taught and prompted. The schedule of callers and musicians is below. Beginners, singles & couples are welcome! Doors open at 1:30, beginner workshop at 1:40 pm, dancing starts at 2pm. Please wear clean, flat, soft-soled dance shoes. \nSchedule of Events \n\nFeb 4: Orly Krasner with our Early Music Ensemble with Harpsichord (Larry Wallach, Tricia van Oers and Eric Buddington)\nMar 3: Elizabeth Freedman with Vonnie Estes, Charles Fisher and Nancy Bakemeier\nApr 7: Val Medve with Pat McPherson and Dough Creighton\nMay 5: Ice Cream Sunday – Melanie Axel-Lute, Elizabeth Stehl, Don Bell with Spare Parts and Britany Orlebeke\n\nOur COVID Policy \n\nWearing a mask is recommended.\nPlease stay home if you feel sick or have symptoms of Covid or flu.\nCECD will notify all attendees if someone reports a Covid diagnosis within a week after a dance.\n\nRegular Dances: $15, $12 CECD Members (Membership: $15) \nIce Cream Sunday: $17, $14 CECD Members (includes ice cream sundaes)"
    links:
      - "https://www.danceflurry.org/series/capital-english-country-dancers/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/capital-english-country-dancers/2024-02-04/"
    start: "2024-02-04T13:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-02-04T17:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: Albany
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Early Music Ensemble with Harpsichord
    callers:
      - Orly Krasner
    price: $12-$15
    organisation: Capital English Country Dancers
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Dance Flurry Festival
    links:
      - "http://www.flurryfestival.org/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/the-2024-flurry-festival/"
    start: "2024-02-16T19:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-02-18T19:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: Saratoga Springs
    styles:
      - contra
      - ecd
      - scandi
      - balfolk
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Countercurrent
      - Engine Room
      - River Road
      - Supertrad
    callers:
      - Adina Gordon
      - Bob Isaacs
      - Liz Nelson
      - Isaac Banner
      - Lisa Greenleaf
    organisation: DanceFlurry
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: "Frosty's Meltdown"
    details: "Dorothy Cummings leads an afternoon of English Country Dancing to lift our spirits out of the winter doldrums! \nMembers: $20; Non-members: $25"
    links:
      - "https://sites.google.com/site/countrydancersofwestchester/special-events-2021-22/021824_frostys-meltdown"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/frostys-meltdown/"
    start: "2024-02-18T14:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-02-18T17:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: White Plains
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    callers:
      - Dorothy Cummings
    price: $20-$25
    organisation: Country Dancers of Westchester
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Capital English Country Dancers
    details: "English Country Dance on the first Sundays of the month, October – May. Dance to live music. All dances are taught and prompted. The schedule of callers and musicians is below. Beginners, singles & couples are welcome! Doors open at 1:30, beginner workshop at 1:40 pm, dancing starts at 2pm. Please wear clean, flat, soft-soled dance shoes. \nSchedule of Events \n\nFeb 4: Orly Krasner with our Early Music Ensemble with Harpsichord (Larry Wallach, Tricia van Oers and Eric Buddington)\nMar 3: Elizabeth Freedman with Vonnie Estes, Charles Fisher and Nancy Bakemeier\nApr 7: Val Medve with Pat McPherson and Dough Creighton\nMay 5: Ice Cream Sunday – Melanie Axel-Lute, Elizabeth Stehl, Don Bell with Spare Parts and Britany Orlebeke\n\nOur COVID Policy \n\nWearing a mask is recommended.\nPlease stay home if you feel sick or have symptoms of Covid or flu.\nCECD will notify all attendees if someone reports a Covid diagnosis within a week after a dance.\n\nRegular Dances: $15, $12 CECD Members (Membership: $15) \nIce Cream Sunday: $17, $14 CECD Members (includes ice cream sundaes)"
    links:
      - "https://www.danceflurry.org/series/capital-english-country-dancers/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/capital-english-country-dancers/2024-03-03/"
    start: "2024-03-03T13:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-03-03T17:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: Albany
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - "Vonnie Estes, Charles Fisher and Nancy Bakemeier"
    callers:
      - Elizabeth Freedman
    price: $12-$15
    organisation: Capital English Country Dancers
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Celebration of Spring Ball
    details: "In honor of the 50th anniversary year of CDW and of the 50th anniversary of Pat Shaw’s visit to Pinewoods, Country Dancers of Westchester are pleased to present our annual Celebration of Spring Ball, with many dances written or reconstructed by Pat and by our founders Fried de Metz Herman and Christine Helwig. \nPlease join us for this festive afternoon, with outstanding music by the renowned Flying Romanos and calling by Paul Ross, Orly Krasner, and Judi Rivkin. \nOurs is a mask-recommended event, held at St Thomas Episcopal Church in Mamaroneck, NY, close to the train station and to many appealing eateries for after-the-ball socializing if you so choose. More information is on the flyer posted to our website, including a full list of videos appropriate for learning the dances. \n$30 members ($35 nonmembers)."
    links:
      - "https://sites.google.com/site/countrydancersofwestchester/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/celebration-of-spring-ball/"
    start: "2024-03-16T14:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-03-16T17:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: Mamaroneck
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Flying Romanos
    callers:
      - Judi Rivkin
      - Orly Krasner
      - Paul Ross
    price: $30-$35
    organisation: Country Dancers of Westchester
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Capital English Country Dancers
    details: "English Country Dance on the first Sundays of the month, October – May. Dance to live music. All dances are taught and prompted. The schedule of callers and musicians is below. Beginners, singles & couples are welcome! Doors open at 1:30, beginner workshop at 1:40 pm, dancing starts at 2pm. Please wear clean, flat, soft-soled dance shoes. \nSchedule of Events \n\nFeb 4: Orly Krasner with our Early Music Ensemble with Harpsichord (Larry Wallach, Tricia van Oers and Eric Buddington)\nMar 3: Elizabeth Freedman with Vonnie Estes, Charles Fisher and Nancy Bakemeier\nApr 7: Val Medve with Pat McPherson and Dough Creighton\nMay 5: Ice Cream Sunday – Melanie Axel-Lute, Elizabeth Stehl, Don Bell with Spare Parts and Britany Orlebeke\n\nOur COVID Policy \n\nWearing a mask is recommended.\nPlease stay home if you feel sick or have symptoms of Covid or flu.\nCECD will notify all attendees if someone reports a Covid diagnosis within a week after a dance.\n\nRegular Dances: $15, $12 CECD Members (Membership: $15) \nIce Cream Sunday: $17, $14 CECD Members (includes ice cream sundaes)"
    links:
      - "https://www.danceflurry.org/series/capital-english-country-dancers/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/capital-english-country-dancers/2024-04-07/"
    start: "2024-04-07T13:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-04-07T17:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: Albany
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    callers:
      - Val Medve
    price: $12-$15
    organisation: Capital English Country Dancers
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Rochester Trip to Totality
    details: "Come to Rochester, NY to see the 2024 total solar eclipse and do some English Country Dancing! If the skies aren’t clear, and let’s be honest, with April in Rochester that’s a 50/50 chance, you can head down the thruway after the dance to points further south and west.  \nDavid Smukler will be calling eclipse-themed dances, to the fabulous music of the newly formed band Bellamira, combining Jane Knoeck, Eileen Nicholson Kalfass and Catherine Sloboda. If the hotels are booked, we’ll try to find a host family for you to stay with."
    links:
      - "https://cdrochester.org/events/a-trip-to-totality/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-trip-to-totality-2024-english-country-dance/"
    start: "2024-04-07T18:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-04-07T21:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: Rochester
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Bellamira
    callers:
      - Dave Smuckler
    price: $10
    organisation: Country Dancers of Rochester
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: New York Playford Ball
    details: "This year’s New York Playford Ball’s emcees, Paul Ross and Daniel Popowich, are delighted to invite you to an evening of outstanding music and an enticing program nicely balanced between modern and historical selections. This year being the 50th anniversary of Pat Shaw’s visit to the US, we are particularly pleased to note the inclusion of three of Pat’s classics: Miss de Jersey’s Memorial, Mr Ganiford’s Maggot, and Long Pond. Music by Cynthia Shaw, piano; Eric Martin, violin and viola; and Gene Murrow, concertina and recorders, will lift our spirits and enliven our steps. \nAn afternoon practice from 2-4PM is followed by a dinner break, with the Ball itself running from 7-11PM. Registration is now open. Pack your festive finery, and please do join us for this premier event! \n$40 ($22 full-time students)"
    links:
      - "https://cdny.org/cdny-playford-ball-2024/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/new-york-playford-ball/"
    start: "2024-04-13T14:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-04-13T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: New York
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    callers:
      - Paul Ross
    price: $22-$40
    organisation: Country Dance New York
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Port Ewen English Country Dance
    details: "English Country Dance with visiting callers. Live local band. Air conditioned hall, so we dance all summer! \n7 PM skills class for beginners \nDance is 7:30 to 10:30. Entry is $15."
    links:
      - "https://www.hudsonvalleydance.org/english-country-1"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/hudson-valley-country-dancers-port-ewen-english-country-dance/2024-05-04/"
    start: "2024-05-04T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-05-04T22:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: Port Ewen
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    price: $15
    organisation: Hudson Valley Country Dancers
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Capital English Country Dancers
    details: "English Country Dance on the first Sundays of the month, October – May. Dance to live music. All dances are taught and prompted. The schedule of callers and musicians is below. Beginners, singles & couples are welcome! Doors open at 1:30, beginner workshop at 1:40 pm, dancing starts at 2pm. Please wear clean, flat, soft-soled dance shoes. \nSchedule of Events \n\nFeb 4: Orly Krasner with our Early Music Ensemble with Harpsichord (Larry Wallach, Tricia van Oers and Eric Buddington)\nMar 3: Elizabeth Freedman with Vonnie Estes, Charles Fisher and Nancy Bakemeier\nApr 7: Val Medve with Pat McPherson and Dough Creighton\nMay 5: Ice Cream Sunday – Melanie Axel-Lute, Elizabeth Stehl, Don Bell with Spare Parts and Britany Orlebeke\n\nOur COVID Policy \n\nWearing a mask is recommended.\nPlease stay home if you feel sick or have symptoms of Covid or flu.\nCECD will notify all attendees if someone reports a Covid diagnosis within a week after a dance.\n\nRegular Dances: $15, $12 CECD Members (Membership: $15) \nIce Cream Sunday: $17, $14 CECD Members (includes ice cream sundaes)"
    links:
      - "https://www.danceflurry.org/series/capital-english-country-dancers/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/capital-english-country-dancers/2024-05-05/"
    start: "2024-05-05T13:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-05-05T17:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: Albany
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Spare Parts
    callers:
      - Melanie Axel-Lute
      - Elizabeth Stehl
      - Don Bell
    price: $14-$17
    organisation: Capital English Country Dancers
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: The Sun Assembly
    details: "Advanced dance on Friday 7:30-10:30 PM with multiple callers\nBall practice on Saturday 2-5 PM\nBall on Saturday 7-11 PM\nDancing Master: Dan Blim\nMusic by Bellamira: Catherine Sloboda, Eileen Kalfass, Jane Knoeck\nSliding scale- recommended donation $15 for Friday, $50 for Saturday"
    links:
      - "https://syracusecountrydancers.org/the-sun-assembly-is-full/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/the-sun-assembly/"
    start: "2024-05-17T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-05-18T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: Fayetteville
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Bellamira
    callers:
      - Dan Blim
    price: $65
    organisation: Syracuse Country Dancers
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Adirondack Dance Weekend
    links:
      - "https://www.danceflurry.org/adirondack-dance-weekend/"
    start_date: 2024-09-27
    end_date: 2024-09-29
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: Silver Bay
    styles:
      - balfolk
      - contra
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    organisation: DanceFlurry
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml