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events:
  - name: Holiday Delights
    details: "Our festive English country dance is the third of the “trifecta” or “triple crown” weekend, in which Bare Necessities plays for dances in NJ, PA, and NY. Orly Krasner will call a relaxed afternoon of favorites. \nMembers: $25; Non-members: $30."
    links:
      - "https://sites.google.com/site/countrydancersofwestchester"
      - "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yUedzLaDrhnE69M_LVy8WqvZ6zge1nuV/view"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/holiday-delights/"
    start: "2023-12-03T14:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2023-12-03T17:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: White Plains
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Bare Necessities
    callers:
      - Orly Krasner
    price: $25-$30
    organisation: Country Dancers of Westchester
    source: events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml
  - name: "New Year's Eve English Dance"
    details: "Bring in the New Year with old friends and new, fine music, tasty snacks, and great dances with the Country Dancers of Westchester. Expert calling by Orly Krasner and Dorothy Cummings, with delightful music by our house band Serendipity. \n$30 ($25 for members)"
    links:
      - "https://sites.google.com/site/countrydancersofwestchester/special-events-2021-22/123123_new-years-eve"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/new-years-eve-english-dance/"
    start: "2023-12-31T20:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-01-01T00:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: White Plains
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Serendipity
    callers:
      - Dorothy Cummings
      - Orly Krasner
    price: $25-$30
    organisation: Country Dancers of Westchester
    source: events/usa/cdss_2023.yaml
  - name: Capital English Country Dancers
    details: "English Country Dance on the first Sundays of the month, October – May. Dance to live music. All dances are taught and prompted. The schedule of callers and musicians is below. Beginners, singles & couples are welcome! Doors open at 1:30, beginner workshop at 1:40 pm, dancing starts at 2pm. Please wear clean, flat, soft-soled dance shoes. \nSchedule of Events \n\nFeb 4: Orly Krasner with our Early Music Ensemble with Harpsichord (Larry Wallach, Tricia van Oers and Eric Buddington)\nMar 3: Elizabeth Freedman with Vonnie Estes, Charles Fisher and Nancy Bakemeier\nApr 7: Val Medve with Pat McPherson and Dough Creighton\nMay 5: Ice Cream Sunday – Melanie Axel-Lute, Elizabeth Stehl, Don Bell with Spare Parts and Britany Orlebeke\n\nOur COVID Policy \n\nWearing a mask is recommended.\nPlease stay home if you feel sick or have symptoms of Covid or flu.\nCECD will notify all attendees if someone reports a Covid diagnosis within a week after a dance.\n\nRegular Dances: $15, $12 CECD Members (Membership: $15) \nIce Cream Sunday: $17, $14 CECD Members (includes ice cream sundaes)"
    links:
      - "https://www.danceflurry.org/series/capital-english-country-dancers/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/capital-english-country-dancers/2024-02-04/"
    start: "2024-02-04T13:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-02-04T17:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: Albany
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Early Music Ensemble with Harpsichord
    callers:
      - Orly Krasner
    price: $12-$15
    organisation: Capital English Country Dancers
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Celebration of Spring Ball
    details: "In honor of the 50th anniversary year of CDW and of the 50th anniversary of Pat Shaw’s visit to Pinewoods, Country Dancers of Westchester are pleased to present our annual Celebration of Spring Ball, with many dances written or reconstructed by Pat and by our founders Fried de Metz Herman and Christine Helwig. \nPlease join us for this festive afternoon, with outstanding music by the renowned Flying Romanos and calling by Paul Ross, Orly Krasner, and Judi Rivkin. \nOurs is a mask-recommended event, held at St Thomas Episcopal Church in Mamaroneck, NY, close to the train station and to many appealing eateries for after-the-ball socializing if you so choose. More information is on the flyer posted to our website, including a full list of videos appropriate for learning the dances. \n$30 members ($35 nonmembers)."
    links:
      - "https://sites.google.com/site/countrydancersofwestchester/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/celebration-of-spring-ball/"
    start: "2024-03-16T14:00:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-03-16T17:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: NY
    city: Mamaroneck
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - Flying Romanos
    callers:
      - Judi Rivkin
      - Orly Krasner
      - Paul Ross
    price: $30-$35
    organisation: Country Dancers of Westchester
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Whitby Folk Week
    links:
      - "https://www.whitbyfolk.co.uk/"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/1106457830699953/"
    start: "2024-08-17T15:00:00+01:00"
    end: "2024-08-23T23:59:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Whitby
    styles:
      - e-ceilidh
      - contra
      - ecd
      - irish-set
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Whapweasel
      - Bedlam
      - No Lazy Dancing Dance Band
      - Relentless
      - Steamchicken
      - Bellamira
      - Melrose Ceilidh Band
      - "The Hedgehog's Skin"
      - Frog on a Bike
      - Contrasaurus
      - Contrary Faeries
      - Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer
      - Albireo
      - The Falconers
      - Stradivarious
      - Tina Morris & Graham Lee
    callers:
      - Erin Mansfield
      - Nick Walden
      - Pete Coe
      - Martyn Harvey
      - Bob Morgan
      - Alison Rowley
      - Joey Oliver
      - Sue Coe
      - Andrew Swaine
      - Daisy Black
      - Charlotte Rich-Griffin
      - Rhodri Davies
      - Orly Krasner
      - "Jerry O'Reilly"
      - Annabel Sharp
      - Nigel Sharp
    price: £70-£365
    organisation: Whitby Folk Week
    source: events/uk/whitby.yaml