Dances refer to presenting organizations or persons, rather than compositions. Dances are generally Contra Dances, although the database contains English Country Dance, and Swing Dance. Venues are locations where dances are held. Bands are performing groups that play music, generally for dances. Some non-dance music bands are included.
Bands contain people, when the information is provided.
People are musicians, callers, dance organizers, and dancers. Events are, well, events created by organizers where bands play, callers call, dancers dance, and all this happens at a venue. Whenever you ask for information about a dance, a venue, a band, or a performer, the database automatically supplies information about upcoming events featuring the entity you are interested in. Summaries from DanceDB can be displayed in a variety of formats. In addition to the displays of information from single records, DanceDB has several summary presentations.