{"events":[{"name":"Fire Ant Frolic","details":"The Traditional Austin Area Dance Association is pleased to announce the 24th Annual Fire Ant Frolic Contra Dance Weekend! \nCaller: Bob Issacs \nBand: Playing with Fyre\n \nMark your calendar and join us for a Great Weekend of Music, Friendship and Dancing! \nIncluding party on Saturday Night (wear your fire colors!), workshops, hot local band for a Saturday session, 30 minute mind-blowing medley, and potluck brunch on Sunday. \nMore information at FireAntFrolic.org","links":["https://fireantfrolic.org/wp/","https://cdss.org/event/fire-ant-frolic/"],"start":"2023-11-17T19:00:00-06:00","end":"2023-11-19T14:00:00-06:00","country":"USA","state":"TX","city":"Austin","styles":["contra"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"bands":["Contraverts","Playing with Fyre"],"callers":["Bob Isaacs","Marc Airhart","Rich MacMath"],"organisation":"CDSS","source":"events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml"},{"name":"Fall Frolick","details":"Join us for two days and nights of English Country dancing, singing, and workshops aplenty at The Bishop’s Ranch in beautiful Sonoma County (Healdsburg, CA) wine country. Featuring callers Dan Blim, Kalia Kliban, and Bridget Whitehead with music by Patti Cobb, Alex Cumming, Audrey Jaber, Christopher Jacoby, Caroline McCaskey, Rebecca King, and more! \nSpace is limited—register now! All for $395! There are some work-trade discounts and youth scholarships available.","links":["https://www.bacds.org/camps/fallwk2023/","https://cdss.org/event/fall-frolick-the-2023-bacds-fall-dance-weekend/"],"start":"2023-11-17T17:00:00-08:00","end":"2023-11-19T16:00:00-08:00","country":"USA","state":"CA","city":"Healdsburg","styles":["ecd"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"bands":["Alex Cumming","Caroline McCaskey","Patti Cobb","Audrey Jaber","Christopher Jacoby","Rebecca King"],"callers":["Bridget Whitehead","Dan Blim","Kalia Kliban"],"price":"$395","organisation":"CDSS","source":"events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml"},{"name":"Asheville Mid-Winter ECD Weekend","details":"Mara Shea, Julie Gorka and Dean Herrington join Bruce Hamilton for a weekend of English Country Dancing at the beautiful downtown Masonic Temple in Asheville, North Carolina. Some English Country Dance experience is helpful for this event, and the weekend is intended for all levels of dancers.  Please come join us! See the website for weekend workshops and evening dancing details.  ","links":["https://ashevillemidwinter.org/","https://cdss.org/event/asheville-mid-winter-ecd-weekend/"],"start":"2024-02-02T19:30:00-05:00","end":"2024-02-04T13:30:00-05:00","country":"USA","state":"NC","city":"Asheville","styles":["ecd"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"price":"$110-$125","organisation":"CDSS","source":"events/usa/cdss.yaml"},{"name":"Set for Spring","details":"This event rotates among cities in Texas and Oklahoma and will be in Austin, Texas in 2024. Caller Susan Kevra and musicians Jacqueline Schwab, Audrey Knuth and Ben Schreiber will provide excellent teaching and music for our dancing pleasure.","links":["https://taada.us/sfs/","https://cdss.org/event/set-for-spring-english-country-dance-weekend/"],"start":"2024-03-29T19:00:00-05:00","end":"2024-03-31T14:00:00-05:00","country":"USA","state":"TX","city":"Austin","styles":["ecd"],"workshop":false,"social":true,"bands":["Jacqueline Schwab, Audrey Knuth & Ben Schreiber"],"callers":["Susan Kevra"],"price":"$120","organisation":"CDSS","source":"events/usa/cdss.yaml"},{"name":"Spring Dance Weekend","details":"Our Spring Dance Weekend features English Country Dance at its finest. Join us for the entire weekend of workshops led by our experienced dance instructors, Gaye Fifer and Olivia Barry. Magical live music all weekend provided by our two featured bands, nationally renowned musicians Rachel Bell, Susan Kevra, and Jacqueline Schwab along with local group, Dame’s Delight. Option for dancers with some prior experience to drop into our Saturday evening community dance for $10.","links":["https://www.folkschool.org/2024/02/01/spring-dance-weekend-2024/","https://cdss.org/event/spring-dance-weekend/"],"start":"2024-04-26T15:00:00-04:00","end":"2024-04-28T12:00:00-04:00","country":"USA","state":"NC","city":"Brasstown","styles":["ecd"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"bands":["Dame's Delight"],"callers":["Gaye Fifer","Olivia Barry"],"price":"$256","organisation":"CDSS","source":"events/usa/cdss.yaml"},{"name":"BACDS Hey Days English Dance and Music Week","details":"Come join us for Hey Days, the annual BACDS English Country Dance and Music Week in the scenic wine country of northern California. We look forward to a wonderful week of dancing, singing, music-making, and friendship, with a good dose of merry abandon. Staff includes Bridget Whitehead (program director), Melissa Running, David Millstone, Alchemy, Betsy Branch, Jeff Spero, Dave Langford, Jonathan Werk, and McKinley James.","links":["https://www.bacds.org/camps/eweek2024/","https://cdss.org/event/bacds-hey-days-english-dance-and-music-week/"],"start":"2024-06-16T16:00:00-04:00","end":"2024-06-23T16:00:00-04:00","country":"USA","state":"CA","city":"Rohnert Park","styles":["ecd"],"workshop":false,"social":true,"bands":["Alchemy"],"price":"$1220","organisation":"CDSS","source":"events/usa/cdss.yaml"},{"name":"BACDS Family Week","details":"BACDS Family Week celebrates its 31st year with its magical dance and music celebration in the beautiful redwoods of Aptos, CA. Open and welcoming to families of all kinds and sizes! \nStaff this year will include Shirleigh Brannon (Irish dance), Lindsay Verbil (English Country Dance), Yoyo Zhou (Contra) and Susan Frontczak (theater and storytelling), plus Talitha Amadeo Aho (singing), Jeff Spero (keyboard), M’Gilvry Allen (fiddle), Ben Saylor (Irish flute), Anne Bingham Goess (fiddle), Craig Johnson (keyboard), Lorraine Kostka (crafts), and Raffi Maslan and Andy Wilson (Circus Arts). Camp also offers Waldorf-inspired preschool and roving babysitters for the little ones. \n$975 adults, $840 teens, $650 kids 6-12, $300 kids 2-5. Work trade discount available.","links":["https://www.bacds.org/familyweek/","https://cdss.org/event/bay-area-country-dance-society-family-week-camp/"],"start_date":"2024-06-23","end_date":"2024-06-29","country":"USA","state":"CA","city":"Aptos","styles":["contra","ecd"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"callers":["Lindsay Verbil","Yoyo Zhou"],"price":"$650-$975","organisation":"CDSS","source":"events/usa/cdss.yaml"},{"name":"Northwest Passage","details":"PCDC’s Northwest Passage Committee is already at work planning for Northwest Passage 2024 – and all English Country Dancing Weekend located in beautiful Rhodedendron, Oregon, at the foot of Mt. Hood. \nCallers: Graham Christian and Jenna Simpson \nMusic: Trio Con Brio (Jonathan Jensen, Elke Baker, and Paul Oorts) and Night Heron (Karen Axelrod, Audrey Jaber, and Shira\nKammen). \nDancers: YOU and about 100 friends you may or may not have met yet!","links":["https://nwpdancecamp.org/2024/","https://cdss.org/event/northwest-passage-all-ecd-dance-weekend/"],"start":"2024-08-30T16:00:00-07:00","end":"2024-09-02T13:00:00-07:00","country":"USA","state":"OR","city":"Rhododendron","styles":["ecd"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"bands":["Night Heron","Trio Con Brio"],"callers":["Graham Christian","Jenna Simpson"],"organisation":"CDSS","source":"events/usa/cdss.yaml"},{"name":"Forty Again Fest","details":"I’m throwing 2 nights of music and dance for my 40th birthday, at my home The Pink Poodle: \n\nSquare Dance with Charmaine Slaven and The New Hoosier Broadcasters\nContra Dance with Chet Gray and Euphor","links":["https://cdss.org/event/forty-again-fest/2024-09-06/","https://cdss.org/event/forty-again-fest/2024-09-07/","https://www.facebook.com/events/8663964143618269/","https://www.facebook.com/events/1490271261861310/"],"start":"2024-09-06T19:00:00-04:00","end":"2024-09-07T21:00:00-04:00","country":"USA","state":"IN","city":"Bloomington","styles":["contra"],"workshop":false,"social":true,"bands":["Euphor","New Hoosier Broadcasters"],"callers":["Charmaine Slaven","Chet Gray","Tamara Loewenthal"],"organisation":"CDSS","source":"events/usa/cdss.yaml"},{"name":"Fandango! 2024","details":"English Country Dance Atlanta presents Fandango! 2024  (ecdatlanta.org) \nDecatur Recreation Center, 231 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA \nKalia Kliban, caller \nMusic by Persons of Quality: John Berger, Jim Oakden, & Rebecca King \nRegistration opens in April 2024   (ecdatlanta.org)","links":["https://ecdatlanta.org/fandango/2024/","https://cdss.org/event/fandango-2024/"],"start":"2024-09-20T19:00:00-04:00","end":"2024-09-22T13:00:00-04:00","country":"USA","state":"GA","city":"Decatur","styles":["ecd"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"bands":["Persons of Quality"],"callers":["Kalia Kliban"],"organisation":"CDSS","source":"events/usa/cdss.yaml"},{"name":"Wasatch Wiggle","details":"Music by Playing with Fyre—Rob Zisette, Steve Kemple, and George Paul\nCalling by Susan Petrick—Redwood City, California \nYour registration for Wasatch Wiggle 2024 includes:\nDancing starting at 7:00 pm on Friday, and ending at 2:00pm on Sunday. All dances and workshops are included. \nMeals included are continental breakfast on Saturday and Sunday. Healthy snacks will be available all weekend. \nSaturday dinner is on your own. Salt Lake City is known for its world class restaurants and varied dining opportunities. Several are within walking distance.","links":["https://wasatchcontras.org/ww/","https://cdss.org/event/wasatch-wiggle-contradance-weekend-2024/"],"start":"2024-10-18T19:00:00-06:00","end":"2024-10-20T14:00:00-06:00","country":"USA","state":"UT","city":"Salt Lake City","styles":["contra"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"bands":["Playing with Fyre"],"callers":["Susan Petrick"],"price":"$75-$120","organisation":"CDSS","source":"events/usa/cdss.yaml"},{"name":"Head for the Hills","details":"A getaway weekend of dance, music, and song at Camp Harlam, near Kresgeville, PA in the Poconos, sponsored by Princeton Country Dancers. \n\nContra Dancing and English Country Dancing every day\nCouple Dancing\nWorkshops: dance, singing, instrumental music, and more\nAn oh-so-elegant Saturday evening cocktail party with live swing dance music\nA fabulous ceilidh (sidesplitting skits, serious songs, dance performances…)\nTune swap/jamming\nLate night fun\n\n$190-$240","links":["http://www.princetoncountrydancers.org/about-hfth","https://cdss.org/event/head-for-the-hills/"],"start_date":"2024-11-08","end_date":"2024-11-10","country":"USA","state":"PA","city":"Kresgeville","styles":["contra","ecd"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"bands":["Raise the Roof","Brooklyn Swing Ensemble","A Joyful Noise"],"callers":["Donna Hunt","Scott Higgs","Gaye Fifer"],"price":"$140-$240","organisation":"CDSS","source":"events/usa/cdss.yaml"},{"name":"Fire Ant Frolic","details":"Dance weekend Nov 8-10 in Austin. Lake Effect with Larry Unger. Koren Wake and Rich Goss calling.","links":["http://www.fireantfrolic.org/","https://cdss.org/event/fire-ant-frolic/"],"start_date":"2024-11-08","end_date":"2024-11-10","country":"USA","state":"TX","city":"Austin","styles":["contra"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"bands":["Lake Effect"],"callers":["Koren Wake","Rich Goss"],"price":"$60-$145","organisation":"CDSS","source":"events/usa/cdss.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.yaml"},{"name":"Dance in the Desert","details":"Our annual weekend camp features callers Lisa Greenleaf and Susan Petrick, with music by Playing with Fyre and Stomp Rocket.","links":["https://tucsoncontradancers.org/tucson-contra-dancers/dance-in-the-desert-2024/","https://cdss.org/event/dance-in-the-desert-2024/"],"start":"2024-11-08T18:00:00-07:00","end":"2024-11-10T15:00:00-07:00","country":"USA","state":"AZ","city":"Oracle","styles":["contra"],"workshop":false,"social":true,"bands":["Playing with Fyre","Stomp Rocket"],"callers":["Lisa Greenleaf","Susan Petrick"],"organisation":"CDSS","source":"events/usa/cdss.yaml"},{"name":"BACDS Fall Frolick","details":"The Bay Area Country Dance Society Presents\nFall Frolick\nA predominantly English Country Dance Weekend at The Bishop’s Ranch in Healdsburg, CA \nEnglish Country Dance Luminaries Brad Foster, David Newitt, and Anna Rain! \nKaren Axelrod & Ben Schreiber offering a musician’s track, plus Audrey Jaber, Christopher Jacoby, Shira Kammen, Jim Oakden, & Chip Prince. Sound support by Christopher Jacoby & Alicia Cover. \nJoin us for two days and nights of English dancing, music-making, and workshops aplenty, beginning with something new: dinner on Friday night included! \nRegister now.","links":["https://www.bacds.org/camps/fallwk2024//","https://cdss.org/event/bacds-fall-frolick/"],"start":"2024-11-15T16:00:00-08:00","end":"2024-11-17T17:00:00-08:00","country":"USA","state":"CA","city":"Healdsburg","styles":["ecd"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"callers":["Anna Rain","Brad Foster","David Newitt"],"price":"$440","organisation":"CDSS","source":"events/usa/cdss.yaml"},{"name":"John C. Campbell Folk School Winter Dance Week","details":"Join us for a favorite Folk School pastime of contras, squares, circles, sets, and more. Dances feature live music with callers teaching dances. \n\nWinter Dance Week, December 27-31\nDances open to the public\nCallers: Janet Shepherd, Seth Tepfer, Annie Fain Barralon, Claire Takemori, Wendy Graham, Dan Seppeler, Susan Kevra, and more.\nBands: 3 bands per night, including Serendipity, Chicken Feathers, Brasstown Balfolk Band, and more!\nKeith House Community Room\n\nA donation of $5-10 per adult is suggested for most events, but all are welcome regardless of contribution. Lineup and schedule are subject to change. Check our online events calendar for the most up-to-date information.","links":["https://folkschool.configio.com/pd/2572/winter-dance-week","https://cdss.org/event/john-c-campbell-folk-school-winter-dance-week/2024-12-27/","https://cdss.org/event/john-c-campbell-folk-school-winter-dance-week/2024-12-28/","https://cdss.org/event/john-c-campbell-folk-school-winter-dance-week/2024-12-29/","https://cdss.org/event/john-c-campbell-folk-school-winter-dance-week/2024-12-30/","https://cdss.org/event/john-c-campbell-folk-school-winter-dance-week/2024-12-31/"],"start":"2024-12-27T19:00:00-05:00","end":"2024-12-31T22:00:00-05:00","country":"USA","state":"NC","city":"Brasstown","styles":["balfolk","contra","ecd"],"workshop":false,"social":true,"bands":["Brasstown Balfolk Band","Chicken Feathers","Serendipity"],"callers":["Annie Fain Barralon","Claire Takemori","Dan Seppeler","Janet Shepherd","Seth Tepfer","Susan Kevra","Wendy Graham"],"price":"$482","organisation":"CDSS","source":"events/usa/cdss.yaml"},{"name":"37th Ralph Page Dance Event","details":"Sponsored by the New England Folk Festival Association \n\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.\nCallers: Sue Rosen, Steve Zakon-Anderson, and Tod Whittemore!\nLive Music by: 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 Weekend 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 for many years.","links":["https://www.neffa.org/annual-ralph-page-dance-event/","https://cdss.org/event/new-england-folk-festivals-37th-ralph-page-dance-event/2025-01-10/","https://cdss.org/event/new-england-folk-festivals-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,"callers":["Don Heinold","Steve Zakon-Anderson","Sue Rosen","Tod Whittemore"],"price":"$55-$65","organisation":"CDSS","source":"events/usa/cdss.yaml"},{"name":"Carolina Meltdown","details":"Come join us for an amazing contra dance weekend featuring the bands Topspin (Owen Morrison, Anna Patton, Emily Troll, & Stefan Amidon) and Hot Coffee Breakdown (Tom Cunningham, Kate Sanders, & Luis de Leon). Our wonderful callers will be Rick Mohr and Darlene Underwood. \nHosted by the Charlotte Contra Dancers and held at beautiful YMCA Camp Thunderbird in Lake Wylie, South Carolina. Visit our website for more details.","links":["https://www.charlottecontradance.org/carolina-meltdown","https://cdss.org/event/carolina-meltdown/"],"start_date":"2025-03-21","end_date":"2025-03-23","country":"USA","state":"SC","city":"Lake Wylie","styles":["contra"],"workshop":true,"social":true,"bands":["Hot Coffee Breakdown","Topspin"],"callers":["Darlene Underwood","Rick Mohr"],"organisation":"CDSS","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"}]}