---
events:
  - name: Chambana Jan Jam
    links:
      - "http://www.urbana-contra.org/jan_jam.html"
    start_date: 2024-01-05
    end_date: 2024-01-07
    country: USA
    state: IL
    city: Urbana
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Eupohr
      - Turnip the Beet
      - Meadowhawk
    callers:
      - Sarah Kaiser
      - Georges Augustin
      - Nedra McNeil
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml
  - name: Chicagoland North English Country Dancing
    details: "Join us for our next 3rd Thursday dance on February 15. \nAll dances are taught and prompted and include English Country dances devised from pre-1650 to the present. \nWear comfortable shoes (the type you would use to walk a mile) and casual clothing. \nCome with or without a partner. \nThe music is from an extensive electronic collection. \n$10 for adults, $8 Students (fees used to help pay for the fieldhouse rental). \nPlease see our website for participant information. \nWonderful tunes, fun people, and gentle exercise. English Country Dancing is a super trifecta!"
    links:
      - "https://cdss.org/event/chicagoland-north-english-country-dancing/"
    start: "2024-02-15T18:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-02-15T21:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: IL
    city: Glenview
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $8-$10
    organisation: Chicagoland English Country Dancers
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Southern Illinois Community Contra Dance
    details: "Our monthly dance is “Blue Zone” living in a war zone world. Connect with neighbors, move your body, eat healthy(ish) food, give your social media a downtime. Southern Illinois Community Contra Dance might just help you live to age 100. \n$5 or pay what you can."
    links:
      - "https://cdss.org/event/southern-illinois-community-contra-dance/2024-02-17/"
    start: "2024-02-17T17:30:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-02-17T19:30:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: IL
    city: Carbondale
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $5
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Southern Illinois Community Contra Dance
    details: "Our monthly dance is “Blue Zone” living in a war zone world. Connect with neighbors, move your body, eat healthy(ish) food, give your social media a downtime. Southern Illinois Community Contra Dance might just help you live to age 100. \n$5 or pay what you can."
    links:
      - "https://cdss.org/event/southern-illinois-community-contra-dance/2024-03-16/"
    start: "2024-03-16T17:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-03-16T19:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: IL
    city: Carbondale
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $5
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Southern Illinois Community Contra Dance
    details: "Our monthly dance is “Blue Zone” living in a war zone world. Connect with neighbors, move your body, eat healthy(ish) food, give your social media a downtime. Southern Illinois Community Contra Dance might just help you live to age 100. \n$5 or pay what you can."
    links:
      - "https://cdss.org/event/southern-illinois-community-contra-dance/2024-04-20/"
    start: "2024-04-20T17:30:00-04:00"
    end: "2024-04-20T19:30:00-04:00"
    country: USA
    state: IL
    city: Carbondale
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $5
    organisation: CDSS
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: English Country Dance to Live Music
    details: "A special event in our resurging Chicagoland West English country dance series: live music by Amy McFarland, keyboard, and Aileen Murphy, violin. Central Illinois and Chicagoland callers will share the instruction. Special time from 12 to 3 p.m. (our English dances usually start at 3:15 p.m. following international folk dancing). Followed by (recorded music) international folk dancing led by Mady Newfield until 5:30 p.m."
    links:
      - "https://chicagolandecd.org/chicagoland-west-ecd/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/english-country-dance-to-live-music/"
    start: "2024-05-05T12:00:00-05:00"
    end: "2024-05-05T15:00:00-05:00"
    country: USA
    state: IL
    city: Glen Ellyn
    styles:
      - ecd
    workshop: false
    social: true
    price: $10
    organisation: Chicagoland English Country Dancers
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml
  - name: Breaking Up Thanksgiving
    links:
      - "https://www.breakingupthanksgiving.com/"
    start_date: 2024-11-29
    end_date: 2024-12-01
    country: USA
    state: IL
    city: Evanston
    styles:
      - contra
    workshop: true
    social: true
    organisation: TryContra
    source: events/usa/trycontra.yaml