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events:
  - name: Whitby Folk Week
    links:
      - "https://www.whitbyfolk.co.uk/"
      - "https://www.facebook.com/events/558886106316395/"
    start: "2023-08-19T19:30:00+01:00"
    end: "2023-08-25T23:59:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Whitby
    styles:
      - e-ceilidh
      - contra
      - ecd
      - irish-set
    workshop: true
    social: true
    bands:
      - Brown Boots Boogie Band
      - Narthen
      - Banter
      - "Hedgehog's Skin"
      - Steamchicken
      - Powerhouse
      - Melrose Ceilidh Band
      - Peeping Tom
      - "Ali, Alan & Marni"
      - Edward Wallace & Heather McAslan
      - The Falconers
      - Matt Norman & Gareth Kiddier
      - Stray Chords
    callers:
      - Emma Wooders
      - Jo Freya
      - Fi Fraser
      - Martin Clarke
      - Barry Evans
      - John Brown
      - Lisa Heywood
      - Martyn Harvey
      - Ian Nichols
      - Brooke Friendly
      - Nicola Scott
      - Ivan Aitken
      - Bernie Culkin
      - Mike Courthold
      - Rachel Shapiro-Wallace
    price: £70-£323
    organisation: Whitby Folk Week
    source: events/uk/whitby.yaml
  - name: ruffCeilidh
    details: "Ruff Ceilidhs – what are they? Well, we always have a live band with a caller who explains the dances. \nOther names for this kind of event include Twmpath, Barn-dance, Country dance and also sometimes e-Ceilidh. \nWhy RUFF? Well it has been described as short for ‘Roll Up For Folk’, but its really just a misspelling of Rough. Dave Parsons was once asked to create a display dance side very quickly, ‘What are you called?’ ‘Well it’s going to be rough…’ \nWhat we do is essentially traditional folk dancing. This does include new dances based on that tradition. You may have read of something like it in Jane Austen or Thomas Hardy.  Nowadays these dances are often seen at weddings, birthdays, PTA fundraisers or even at school. The reason some of these dances have survived for hundreds of years is that they are infectious and great fun. \nIt’s a wonderful way to meet people, mix the generations, get some exercise, laugh a lot and enjoy some really exciting live music."
    links:
      - "http://ruffceilidhs.org/coming/"
      - "https://cdss.org/event/ruffceilidh/2024-05-11/"
    start: "2024-05-11T19:30:00+01:00"
    end: "2024-05-11T23:00:00+01:00"
    country: UK
    city: Cardiff
    styles:
      - e-ceilidh
    workshop: false
    social: true
    bands:
      - This Way Up
    callers:
      - Nicola Scott
    price: £5-£12
    organisation: ruffCeilidhs
    source: events/usa/cdss.yaml