[[events]]
name = "Balance the Bay"
links = ["https://bacds.org/camps/btb2023/", "https://www.facebook.com/events/956293198944366/"]
start = "2023-08-11T19:30:00-07:00"
end = "2023-08-13T22:00:00-07:00"
country = "USA"
state = "CA"
city = "San Francisco"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Nova", "The Gaslight Tinkers"]
callers = ["Lisa Greenleaf", "Michael Karcher"]
price = "$30-$180"
organisation = "Bay Area Country Dance Society"
source = "events/usa/california.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Cascade Contras on the River"
links = ["https://eugenefolklore.org/cascade-contras/", "https://www.facebook.com/groups/cascadecontras/posts/10160208421618964/", "https://www.facebook.com/groups/cascadecontras/permalink/10160107273273964"]
start = "2023-09-29T18:00:00-07:00"
end = "2023-10-01T16:00:00-07:00"
country = "USA"
state = "OR"
city = "Springfield"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["The Dam Beavers", "Bozzy MaCoo"]
callers = ["Michael Karcher", "Susan Petrick"]
price = "$120-$170"
organisation = "Eugene Folklore Society"
source = "events/usa/springfield.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Head for the Hills"
details = "A getaway weekend of dance, music, and song in the Poconos (PA), sponsored by Princeton Country Dancers."
links = ["https://www.princetoncountrydancers.org/about-hfth", "https://cdss.org/event/head-for-the-hills/"]
start = "2023-11-10T17:00:00-05:00"
end = "2023-11-12T15:15:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "PA"
city = "Kunkletown"
styles = ["balfolk", "contra", "ecd"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["A Joyful Noise", "Brooklyn Swing Ensemble", "Millserati", "Raise the Roof", "TWeLve"]
callers = ["Dave Rupp", "Donna Hunt", "Michael Karcher", "Robert Mills", "Ted Rudofker"]
price = "$115-$225"
organisation = "Princeton Country Dancers"
source = "events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "3rd Saturday Contra Dance"
details = """
Every 3rd Saturday from September through May. See our website for this month’s band and caller. 
We use gender neutral role terms at all dances. 
Proud Associate member of PATMAD and CDSS. 
$5 to $20, sliding scale."""
links = ["https://3rdsaturday.thursdaycontra.com/", "https://cdss.org/event/3rd-saturday-contra-dance-in-philadelphia/2024-02-17/"]
start = "2024-02-17T19:15:00-05:00"
end = "2024-02-17T22:30:00-05:00"
country = "USA"
state = "PA"
city = "Philadelphia"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["TWeLve"]
callers = ["Michael Karcher"]
price = "$5-$20"
organisation = "PATMAD"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Medley Marathon Contra Dance"
details = """
Six callers, four bands, three hours of non-stop dancing
The callers and bands will rotate on stage. Dancers will keep dancing. Big kudos to our sound crew, Adam Bodine and Ian Brehm. 
You and your partner may join anytime at the bottom of the line. 
You and your partner may drop out anytime at the top or bottom of the line to hydrate, rest, socialize and find a new partner. 
This dance is not for beginners. There is no lesson and no teaching. We expect dancers will know heys, right-and-left through, petronella turns, pass through to a wave, rory-o-more balances and contra corners. Come to the Thursday Contra during March where the callers will teach all the figures you need to know."""
links = ["https://cdss.org/event/medley-marathon-contra-dance/"]
start = "2024-03-30T19:30:00-04:00"
end = "2024-03-30T22:30:00-04:00"
country = "USA"
state = "PA"
city = "Philadelphia"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Raise the Roof", "The Orphans", "Box and String", "Wissahickon Express"]
callers = ["Michael Karcher", "Sue Gola", "Donna Hunt", "Jan Alter", "Dave Rupp", "Liesl Jandrey"]
price = "$15"
organisation = "PATMAD"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "NEFFA"
details = "13 parallel stages, Friday thru Sunday."
links = ["https://www.neffa.org/festival-home/"]
start = "2024-04-19T19:00:00-04:00"
end = "2024-04-21T17:30:00-04:00"
country = "USA"
state = "MA"
city = "Marlborough"
styles = ["balfolk", "contra", "e-ceilidh", "ecd", "scd", "scandi"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["Live Wire", "Kingfisher", "Torrent", "Good Company", "Dogtown", "Roaring Jelly", "Cojiro", "The Orphans", "Open Band", "Raise the Roof", "The Dixie Butterhounds", "The Midlings", "Chimney Swift", "Not Enough Fiddles", "Rum & Onions", "Wissahickon Express", "Einstein's Little Homunculus", "Les Bijoux Folque Orchestra", "Zarkadelphia", "Joy Factor"]
callers = ["Alex Deis-Lauby", "Rick Mohr", "Ben Sachs-Hamilton", "Bob Isaacs", "Michael Karcher", "Dereck Kalish", "Carl Levine", "Dylan Simpson", "David Millstone", "Sue Gola", "Liesl Jandrey", "Tamar Myers", "Qwill Duvall", "Jeremy Korr", "Steve Zakon-Anderson", "Donna Hunt", "Greg Frock", "Lisa Greenleaf", "Cindy Larock", "Hannah Chamberlain", "Don Veino"]
organisation = "NEFFA"
source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Northwest Folklife"
links = ["https://nwfolklife.org/festival/home.html"]
start_date = "2024-05-24"
end_date = "2024-05-27"
country = "USA"
state = "WA"
city = "Seattle"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["Countercurrent", "Chicken Feathers", "Good Company", "3 Wheel Drive", "SonoOnos", "Playing for Keeps", "The Olympia Volunteer String Band", "The Hat Band", "The Luddite Ramblers", "Effervescence", "Hot Seat", "Racoon Carnival", "Soundspel", "Blue Star", "The Sage Thrashers", "Red Crow", "The Electrodes", "Mystic Deer", "The Reckoners"]
callers = ["Susan Michaels", "Charlie Fenton", "Isaac Banner", "Jessee Partridge", "Susan Petrick", "Koren Wake", "Victoria Fox", "Ric Goldman", "David Kreiss-Tomkins", "Abigail Golden", "Shannon Horst", "William Watson", "Elisabeth Monica", "Chris Page", "Eric Curl", "Craig Wolfe", "Suzanne Girardot", "Shell Stowell", "Michael Karcher", "Lindsey Dono"]
organisation = "TryContra"
source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Pinewoods English-Scottish-Contra"
links = ["https://rscdsboston.org/pinewoods-esc.html"]
start_date = "2024-07-01"
end_date = "2024-07-05"
country = "USA"
state = "MA"
city = "Plymouth"
styles = ["contra", "ecd", "scd"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["River Road"]
callers = ["Michael Karcher"]
price = "$335-$453"
organisation = "TryContra"
source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Whitewater Whirl"
details = """
Join FOOTMAD for the 18th annual Whitewater Whirl Contra Dance Weekend in West Virginia’s scenic New River Gorge area. 
Our bands are Supertrad, a regular on the dance weekend circuit, featuring Sam Bartlett (banjo), Eric Schedler (piano and accordion), and Owen Morrison (guitar and foot percussion) and The Johns featuring Ruby John (fiddle), John Warstler (guitar), and Budd Greenman (mandolin, tenor banjo, fiddle, percussion). 
Our callers are the well-traveled Darlene Underwood from Cincinnati and Michael Karcher, now based in Allentown, PA. 
Our talented sound engineer, Hanno Meingast, will be making the music in the hall sound great. 
Two evening contra dances, contra dance sessions during the day plus a late-night techno-contra, waltz, squares, English Country and Kerry Sets. We’ll be dancing in our wood and stone New Deal-era hall with suspended wooden floor and barn doors opened or closed to suite the weather. The calling terms will be larks and robins. 
Cabin accommodation or camping is included in the weekend price. The camp will open Thursday night for early arrivals and stay open Sunday night for late departures. Online registration starts December 1 on our website."""
links = ["https://www.footmad.org/whirl", "https://www.facebook.com/events/1053543309886331/", "https://cdss.org/event/whitewater-whirl-contra-dance-weekend/"]
start = "2025-05-02T19:30:00-04:00"
end = "2025-05-04T15:00:00-04:00"
country = "USA"
state = "WV"
city = "Fayetteville"
styles = ["contra", "ecd"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["Supertrad", "The Johns"]
callers = ["Darlene Underwood", "Michael Karcher"]
price = "$75-$130"
organisation = "Friends of Old Time Music and Dance of Kanawha Valley (FOOTMAD)"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"