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All are welcome. \nThis is a mask-optional and vaccine-optional dance. While dancing, we will have a mask-required line if enough people show up who are interested. Details and registration will be forthcoming on our website.  \n ","links":["https://cdss.org/event/pittsburgh-fall-dance-weekend/","https://pittsburghcontra.org/fdw/","https://www.facebook.com/events/608965457991737/"],"start":"2023-10-27T20:00:00-04:00","end":"2023-10-29T15:30:00-04:00","country":"USA","state":"PA","city":"Pittsburgh","styles":["contra","ecd"],"workshop":false,"social":true,"bands":["Stomp Rocket","Supertrad"],"callers":["Gaye Fifer","Janine Smith","Michael Karchar"],"price":"$60-$120","organisation":"Pittsburgh Contra Dance","source":"events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml"},{"name":"Pittsburgh Contra Dance","details":"Come dance to the music of the Lackawanna Longnecks with caller Gaye Fifer. Our free beginner lesson begins at 7:30pm. Complete beginners are welcome! 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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":"Whitewater Whirl","details":"The Whitewater Whirl returns for its 17th year in West Virginia’s New River Gorge area. Gaye Fifer and Janine Smith call to the tunes of Hot Coffee Breakdown: Tom Cunningham (fiddle), Luis de Leon (percussion/harmonica), Kate Sanders (keyboard)—and Brazenkeys, with Tadhg Ó Meachair (all-Ireland champion on accordion), Joanna Hyde (fiddle), and Eric Schedler (piano). \nNew Deal-era dance hall with suspended wooden floor, free tent camping or dorm style bunks, motels and B&Bs in area, meal plan available. 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