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events:
  - name: TECDA Monthly Dance
    details: "TECDA is hosting an ECD monthly dance at St. Barnabas Hall with Bev Birnbaum calling. \nMusicians: Susanne Maziarz and Dave Clysdale  \nMasks are optional. Please bring your dancing shoes, water bottle. \nPreregistration at info@tecda.ca, but walk-ins are welcome.  \nSuggested donation of $25 (or PWYC).  This can be paid by e-transfer to payments@tecda.ca or cash at the door. \nSee you on the dance floor. \nThere will be a group meal after the dance, with you bringing your main course, and TECDA providing dessert, fruit, cheese, teas to complement. Some of us will stay for the contra dance after the meal. Both dances are mask optional, scent free."
    links:
      - "https://cdss.org/event/tecda-march-monthly-dance/"
      - "https://www.tecda.ca/special_dances.html"
    start: "2024-03-09T14:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-03-09T17:00:00-05:00"
    country: Canada
    state: Ontario
    city: Toronto
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Susanne Maziarz & Dave Clysdale
    callers:
      - Bev Bernbaum
    price: $25
    organisation: Toronto English Country Dance Assembly (TECDA)
    source: events/usa/cdss_2024.yaml
  - name: TECDA Monthly Dance
    details: "TECDA is hosting an ECD monthly dance at St. Barnabas Hall on Saturday March 8, 2025, 2-5, Bev Bernbaum calling. \nMusicians: Pat Mearns, Elena Spanu  \nMasks are optional. Please bring your dancing shoes and water bottle. \nPreregistration at info@tecda.ca, but walk-ins are welcome.  \nSuggested donation $25. This can be paid by e-transfer to payments@tecda.ca or cash at the door. \nSee you on the dance floor."
    links:
      - "https://www.tecda.ca/special_dances.html"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/tecda-march-monthly-dance/"
    start: "2025-03-08T14:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-03-08T17:00:00-05:00"
    country: Canada
    state: Ontario
    city: Toronto
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    callers:
      - Bev Bernbaum
    price: $25
    organisation: Toronto English Country Dance Assembly (TECDA)
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Toronto Contra Dance
    details: "Get ready to dance the night away on the Danforth! \nThis Saturday, the incredible Bev Bernbaum will be calling the moves, with live tunes from Daev Clysdale & Susanne Maziarz – a combo guaranteed to keep your feet flying! \nFirst time dancers get in for free! \nNo partner? No problem! We’ll teach you everything you need to know. Just bring your energy and get ready to move! \nThis is a mask-mandatory dance. Don’t have a mask, that’s not a problem, you can pick one up at the door. \nSchedule:\n7:00 PM – Beginner lesson (jump in and learn the steps!)\n7:30 PM – The dance begins—let’s go! \nPay what you can (suggested $22)—your support keeps these magical nights alive! \nTag your dance crew, grab your shoes, and meet us on the floor—it’s going to be a night to remember!"
    links:
      - "https://www.tcdance.org/schedule-2024-25-FallWinterSpring.php"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/toronto-contra-dance-2/"
    start: "2025-03-08T19:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2025-03-08T22:30:00-05:00"
    country: Canada
    state: Ontario
    city: Toronto
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Daev Clysdale & Susanne Maziarz
    callers:
      - Bev Bernbaum
    price: $22
    organisation: Toronto Contra Dance
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml