[[events]]
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). 
New Deal-era dance hall with suspended wooden floor, free tent camping or dorm style bunks, motels and B&Bs in area, meal plan available. Register at WhitewaterWhirl.org. 
Sponsored by Kanawha Valley Friends of Old Time Music and Dance (FOOTMAD). 
$115, under 30 $75"""
links = ["https://www.footmad.org/whirl", "https://cdss.org/event/whitewater-whirl-contra-dance-weekend/"]
start = "2024-05-03T19:00:00-04:00"
end = "2024-05-05T15:00:00-04:00"
country = "USA"
state = "WV"
city = "Fayetteville"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = false
social = true
bands = ["Brazenkeys", "Hot Coffee Breakdown"]
callers = ["Gaye Fifer", "Janine Smith"]
price = "$75-$115"
organisation = "Kanawha Valley Friends of Old Time Music and Dance"
source = "events/usa/cdss.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Spring Dance Romance"
links = ["https://tcdancers.org/sdr"]
start_date = "2024-05-24"
end_date = "2024-05-26"
country = "USA"
state = "NC"
city = "Carrboro"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["The Mean Lids", "River Road"]
callers = ["Gaye Fifer", "Alex Deis-Lauby"]
organisation = "TryContra"
source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Dance Trance Weekend"
links = ["https://www.dancetrance.ltda.us/"]
start = "2024-06-07T20:00:00-04:00"
end = "2024-06-09T15:00:00-04:00"
country = "USA"
state = "KY"
city = "Lexington"
styles = ["contra", "ecd"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["Hot Coffee Breakdown", "Dreamdance"]
callers = ["Gaye Fifer", "Joe Wilkie"]
price = "$50-$115"
organisation = "TryContra"
source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Swing into Summer"
links = ["http://www.swingintosummer.org/"]
start_date = "2024-06-14"
end_date = "2024-06-16"
country = "USA"
state = "MA"
city = "Plymouth"
styles = ["contra", "ecd"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["Countercurrent", "Miranda Weinberg, Aaron Marcus, & Carrie Rose"]
callers = ["Gaye Fifer", "Adina Gordon"]
price = "$100-$260"
organisation = "TryContra"
source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Roanoke Railroader"
links = ["http://www.roanokerailroader.com/"]
start_date = "2024-07-04"
end_date = "2024-07-07"
country = "USA"
state = "VA"
city = "Salem"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["Toss the Possum", "The Latter Day Lizards"]
callers = ["Will Mentor", "Gaye Fifer"]
price = "$95-$160"
organisation = "TryContra"
source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Cascade of Music & Dance"
links = ["https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/cascade-of-music-dance-at-louise/"]
start_date = "2024-08-12"
end_date = "2024-08-18"
country = "USA"
state = "MD"
city = "Cascade"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = true
social = true
callers = ["Wendy Graham Settle", "Gaye Fifer"]
organisation = "TryContra"
source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Rendezvous Dance Weekend"
links = ["https://cfootmad.org/rendezvous"]
start_date = "2024-08-30"
end_date = "2024-09-02"
country = "USA"
state = "CO"
city = "Boulder"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["Nova", "The Dam Beavers"]
callers = ["Gaye Fifer", "Will Mentor"]
organisation = "TryContra"
source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml"

[[events]]
name = "Pittsburgh Fall Dance Weekend"
links = ["http://pittsburghcontra.org/fdw/"]
start_date = "2024-10-25"
end_date = "2024-10-27"
country = "USA"
state = "PA"
city = "Pittsburgh"
styles = ["contra"]
workshop = true
social = true
bands = ["Engine Room", "Hot Coffee Breakdown"]
callers = ["Gaye Fifer", "River Rainbowface Abel"]
organisation = "TryContra"
source = "events/usa/trycontra.yaml"