--- events: - name: English Country Dance at Guiding Star Grange details: "Join us in Greenfield for an evening of English Country Dancing. Lively, elegant, and fun: English country dances from 1650 to today, with a rotating cast of stellar musicians and callers. \nCost: $10-$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/second-fourth-wednesday-english-country-dance-at-guiding-star-grange/2024-05-08/" start: "2024-05-08T19:00:00-04:00" end: "2024-05-08T21:30:00-04:00" country: USA state: MA city: Greenfield styles: - ecd workshop: false social: true price: $10-$20 organisation: Graham Christian source: events/usa/cdss.yaml - name: Worcester Contra Dance details: "Time: Dance 7:30-10:30 pm [short basics session 7:15 pm]\nThis is so wicked fun! It is the most fun you can have with your clothes on!\nDancing is to live fiddle tunes of Ireland, Scotland, England, France, and Appalachia! We often switch partners after every dance so there is no need to bring a partner, and no need to know how!\nCaller: Rich Sbardella – Rich has been a dance caller for 30 years, and he has had the opportunity to lead contra dances, square dances, barn dances, and community dances throughout New England and as far away as Nevada, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Florida! His dances in Connecticut have been a big hit! Don’t miss this!\nLive Music: Mickey Koth (fiddle) and John Kalinowski (accordion). They are an energetic and exuberant contra dance and concert band with roots in Irish, Scottish, French-Canadian, jazz, and classical music. Their original arrangements of New England and Celtic reels, jigs, hornpipes, and waltzes delight and surprise listeners and dancers alike.\nAdmission: (your choice) $10 – $12 p.p., $6 – $8 students, families $25. Donations are gratefully appreciated!\nParking: There is plenty of parking behind the church by driving up State Street and left behind the church and walk down Gertrude Street to enter the hall.\nFood! Donations of snacks for the break are wanted and gleefully appreciated!\nClothing & Footwear: Clothing is casual. Please wear non-street shoes that move easily on the floor (rubber-soled sneakers are discouraged, but some do wear them even though it makes dancing harder).\nRole Terms are “Women & Men,” but dancers are welcome to choose whatever role that works for them. with no worries." links: - "https://www.worcesterdance.org/" - "https://cdss.org/event/worcester-contra-dance/" start: "2024-05-11T19:15:00-04:00" end: "2024-05-11T22:30:00-04:00" country: USA state: MA city: Worcester styles: - contra workshop: true social: true bands: - Wild Notes callers: - Rich Sbardella price: $6-$12 organisation: CDSS source: events/usa/cdss.yaml - name: Gender-Free Dance Camp links: - "https://www.lcfd.org/spring-camp-2024.html" start: "2024-06-07T15:00:00-04:00" end: "2024-06-09T16:00:00-04:00" country: USA state: MA city: Plymouth styles: - contra - ecd workshop: true social: true callers: - Maia McCormick - Scott Higgs price: $150-$400 organisation: TryContra source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml - 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 - name: July Fourth links: - "https://cds-boston-j4weekend.weebly.com/" start_date: 2024-06-27 end_date: 2024-07-01 country: USA state: MA city: Plymouth styles: - contra - ecd workshop: true social: true callers: - Lisa Greenleaf 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: American Dance & Music Week links: - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/american-dance-music-week-2/" start_date: 2024-07-20 end_date: 2024-07-27 country: USA state: MA city: Plymouth styles: - contra workshop: true social: true callers: - Lisa Greenleaf - Will Mentor organisation: TryContra source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml - name: Harmony of Song & Dance links: - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/harmony-of-song-dance-at-pinewoods/" start_date: 2024-07-27 end_date: 2024-08-05 country: USA state: MA city: Plymouth styles: - contra workshop: true social: true callers: - Lisa Greenleaf - Brooke Friendly organisation: TryContra source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml - name: Campers’ Week links: - "https://camp.cdss.org/camp-weeks/campers-week-at-pinewoods/" start_date: 2024-08-17 end_date: 2024-08-24 country: USA state: MA city: Plymouth styles: - contra workshop: true social: true callers: - Sue Rosen organisation: TryContra source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml - name: TradMaD links: - "http://minstrelrecords.com/tradmad/" start: "2024-08-24T15:00:00-04:00" end: "2024-08-30T10:00:00-04:00" country: USA state: MA city: Plymouth styles: - contra workshop: true social: true callers: - Alex Cumming price: $980 organisation: TryContra source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml - name: Pinewoods Labor Day Weekend links: - "https://facone.org/labor-day-weekend/labor-day-weekend.html" start_date: 2024-08-30 end_date: 2024-09-02 country: USA state: MA city: Plymouth styles: - contra - ecd workshop: true social: true callers: - Ben Sachs-Hamilton price: $365-$415 organisation: TryContra source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml