A Contra dance event is scheduled for 6-9 p.m. Sunday Sept. 9 at the Veterans Memorial Building, 846 Front St. Contra dance is a traditional New England style of folk dancing, in which each dance is ...

Santa Cruz Contra Dance will host a dance event from 6-9 p.m. Sunday at the Veterans Memorial Building, 846 Front St. Lynn Ackerson calls to tunes by Rodney Miller and Daniel Steinberg. Contra dance ...

Contra Dance is always done to live music, which is something I really love about it and when we moved to Bemidji, goodness a little over 20 years ago, we looked around and said "Oh I hope we can ...

Contra dancing is kind of like square dancing, but you don’t need a partner. And it is done in lines — but it is not line dancing, like country line dancing. To be a good contra dance caller, you have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the sun sets in the town of Nelson on Monday night, a crowd of people meander into Town Hall with instruments and water bottles ...

GOSHEN — On a chilly Saturday evening, around 50 people put on their most comfortable shoes and made their way to Goshen First Church. They were there for fellowship, fun, exercise and, most ...

Dancing is exercise. You put yourself on a dance floor and surrender your body to the sounds of the band or the D.J. providing the audio motivation for your movement, and unless you’re mimicking an ...

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At first glance, a room full of contra dancers looks like mildly organized chaos. But look more closely, and patterns emerge: Four dancers with right hands touching create a spinning star. Long lines ...

PA Live co-host Chris Bohinski greets his fellow co-host Rachel Malak with a courtly bow as the two encounter each other during a short contra dance that was part of their April 25 show. Bohinski and ...

That’s the simple conclusion of most participants in local contra folk dancing gatherings. “It’s funny. You go there and the first dance makes you smile. The next thing you know you have smiled all ...