---
events:
  - name: 5th Friday dance
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
    start: "2022-12-30T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2022-12-30T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - River Road
    callers:
      - Will Mentor
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Guiding Star Grange
    source: events/usa/greenfield.yaml
  - name: Beantown Stomp
    links:
      - "https://www.beantownstomp.com/"
    start: "2023-03-10T19:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2023-03-12T15:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Boston
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - River Road
      - Eloise & Co.
    callers:
      - Luke Donforth
      - Lisa Greenleaf
    price: $40-$120
    organisation: JP Gender Free Contra Dance
    source: events/usa/boston.yaml
  - name: Rochester Double Dance
    details: "Will Mentor is calling with River Road for our annual Thanksgiving Double Contra Dance. We hope you can come! \n\n1:00 – 2:00 Open Waltz\n2:30 – 5:30 Advanced Contra\n7:30 – 10:30 Evening Contra "
    links:
      - "https://cdss.org/event/rochester-ny-double-dance/"
    start: "2023-11-25T13:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2023-11-25T22:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: Webster
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - River Road
    callers:
      - Will Mentor
    organisation: Country Dancers of Rochester
    source: events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml
  - name: Montpelier Contra Dance
    details: "Lisa Greenleaf calling to music by River Road (Kristen Planeaux, Sarah-Hadley Yakir, Jesse Ball).\nNewcomers lesson at 7:40 with dancing 8-11.\nEveryone welcome.\nAll dances are taught and gender-neutral role terms are used.\nPlease bring clean soft-soled shoes.\nMasks are optional.\nMore info at Capital City Grange.\n$12 adults, $5 kids/low-income, $20 dance supporters.\nQuestions? 802-225-8921 or cdu.tim@gmail.com\nDancing every 1st, 3rd, and 5th Saturday."
    links:
      - "https://capitalcitygrange.org/dancing/contradancing/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/montpelier-contra-dance-6/"
    start: "2023-12-02T19:40:00-05:00"
    end: "2023-12-02T23:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: VT
    city: Berlin
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - River Road
    callers:
      - Lisa Greenleaf
    price: $5-$20
    organisation: Montpelier Contra Dance
    source: events/usa/cdss_2023.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: Hash Dance Weekend
    links:
      - "https://fsgw.org/hashtag-dance-weekend"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/dance-weekend/"
    start_date: 2024-03-09
    end_date: 2024-03-10
    country: USA
    state: MD
    city: Glen Echo
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - River Road
      - The Ice Cream Truckers
    callers:
      - Will Mentor
      - Alex Deis-Lauby
    organisation: Folklore Society of Greater Washington
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Fifth Friday Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "River Road with Alex Deis-Lauby calling. Caller and featured musicians vary each time; please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 7:30 beginner lesson, 8:00-11:00 contras \nCost: $12-$20 sliding scale \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fifth-friday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange-2/"
    start: "2024-03-29T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-03-29T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - River Road
    callers:
      - Alex Deis-Lauby
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Jesse Ball
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Queer Contra Dance Camp
    details: Queer Contra Dance Camp is a queer-normative contra dance weekend in the California redwoods with incredible talent and an enthusiastic and friendly community.
    links:
      - "https://www.queercontradance.org/queercamp.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/queer-contra-dance-camp/2024-04-12/"
    start: "2024-04-12T18:00:00-07:00"
    end: "2024-04-14T15:00:00-07:00"
    country: USA
    state: CA
    city: Aptos
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Nimbus
      - River Road
    callers:
      - Andy Shore
      - Isaac Banner
    price: $125-$500
    organisation: San Francisco Bay Queer Contra Dance
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Dancing Fish
    links:
      - "https://dancingfish.dance/"
    start_date: 2024-05-03
    end_date: 2024-05-04
    country: USA
    state: FL
    city: Melrose
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - River Road
    callers:
      - Alex Deis-Lauby
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: TopHill Music Spring Special
    details: "We are pleased to bring these TWO wonderful bands together for you at one dance party!  \nPlease welcome River Road: Sarah Hadley-Yakir on fiddle, Jesse Ball on mandolin and feet, and Kristen Planeaux on keys, accordion and flute \nand \nwelcome back Nova: Kathleen Fownes on fiddle, Everest Witman on guitar, and Guillaume Sparrow-Pepin on accordion and piano. \nThese two delightful bands offer nonstop talent and fun for this THM Contradance Party! \nBut wait—There’s more good news: \nCalling the evening program for you will be Lisa Greenleaf \nPlease join us for this double dance!\nThere will be a newcomers workshop at 7:00pm. Please come early to help our new dancing friends! All are welcome. Let’s gooooooooooooo! \nAdmission: $25-30\nMasks are recommended but not mandated for this dance.\nPlease bring your own water bottle. \n**If you are not feeling well please do not attend, but rather care for yourself and others and join us next time!\nMore info: Alice Kenney, 413-575-9721, alicekenneypt@gmail.com"
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/tophill-musics-spring-special-contradance-party/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/second-saturday-tophill-music-contradance-party-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-05-11/"
    start: "2024-05-11T19:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-05-11T23:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Nova
      - River Road
    callers:
      - Lisa Greenleaf
    price: $25-$30
    organisation: TopHill Music
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - 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
  - 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
  - name: Experienced Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "The dances in this series are open to all but will be geared toward experienced dancers. “Experienced” means: \n\nYou know how to do a roll away, California twirl, pass through to a wave, contra corners, and basic moves without teaching\nYou know where to be at the start of each dance phrase and how to recover from a lapse\nYou assist your partner and neighbor to the next move\nYou execute flourishes safely and on time without disturbing others\nYou respond to confusion and missteps by others with grace, encouragement and good humor\n\nAdmission: $12-20 \nPlease help us make this a scent-free and substance-free event. \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy. \nQuestions: Steve Zakon-Anderson or Katie Olmstead."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/fourth-friday-experienced-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-07-26/"
    start: "2024-07-26T20:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-07-26T23:15:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - River Road
    callers:
      - Liz Nelson
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: Steve Zakon-Anderson
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra at Guiding Star Grange
    details: "Wild Asparagus with George Marshall, David Cantieni, Becky Tracy, Ann Percival and guests. Please check the Guiding Star Grange website for details. \nSchedule: 7:30-8:00 beginners’ workshop, 8:00-11:00 contra dance \nCost: $12 – $20 sliding scale \nSee venue website for this month’s details and Covid policy."
    links:
      - "https://www.guidingstargrange.org/events.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/first-saturday-contra-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-10-05/"
    start: "2024-10-05T19:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-10-05T23:00:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: MA
    city: Greenfield
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - River Road
    callers:
      - Alex Deis-Lauby
    price: $12-$20
    organisation: George Marshall
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Contra Fest
    links:
      - "https://www.danceflurry.org/event/albany-contrafest/"
    start_date: 2024-11-08
    end_date: 2024-11-09
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: Albany
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - River Road
    callers:
      - Alex Dies-Lauby
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: ContraShock!
    details: "We’re joined this year by some of America’s best contra talent, including River Road, Will Mentor, Liz Nelson, and the dance weekend debut of Stove Dragon featuring Oliver Scanlon (formerly of Pete’s Posse), Rose Jackson, Sam Zouk (Polaris), and Max Newman. \nPlus we’ll have Sunday morning workshops, live break music and more!"
    links:
      - "http://contrashock.org/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/contrashock/"
    start: "2024-11-15T19:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-11-17T19:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: New York
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - River Road
      - Stove Dragon
    callers:
      - Liz Nelson
      - Will Mentor
    organisation: Brooklyn Contra
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Fiddling Frog Dance Festival
    links:
      - "https://www.caldancecoop.org/special-events/fiddling-frog/"
    start_date: 2025-02-21
    end_date: 2025-02-23
    country: USA
    state: CA
    city: Pasadena
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - The Syncopaths
      - River Road
    callers:
      - Susan Petrick
      - Lindsey Dono
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml