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Contra dancing, a social dance with English, Irish, Scottish and French influences, has been a part of Maine life since Colonial days, waxing and waning over the decades.
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 ...
Community members gather on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, at Banta Senior Center for a Contra Dance hosted by Valparaiso Oldtime Dance.
After a series of iterations, contra made its way to the U.S. with English colonists as early as the 17th century and became a popular social dance in the 1700s, according to Millstone.
The weekly contra dance has begun. Contra — a form of folk dance with European origins — has existed in the U.S since before the nation’s founding.
In the last 30 years, I've been contra dancing a grand total of seven times — and yet it is one of my absolute favorite things to do. I like the big, crowded boisterous version of a contra dance.
POCATELLO — A community contra dance is set for 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at the Assemble Learning and Event Center, 820 E. Young in Pocatello. Beginners’ instruction/warm-up will begin 7 p.m.
WHAT: Durango Contra Dance with The Fractal String Band. WHEN: 7 p.m. Saturday. WHERE: Durango/La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave.
To be a good contra dance caller, you have to be able to speak in public comfortably and confidently. You’re basically teaching a room full of people how to move through the night and negotiate ...
POCATELLO — There will be a community contra dance May 10 at the Assemble Learning and Event Center, 820 E. Young St. in Pocatello. Beginners’ instruction/warm-up will be held 7 ...
There will be a community contra dance from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at Unitarian Universalist Church in Rutland. The dance will feature caller Licia Gambino Hamilton, fiddler Mark Hamilton ...