Contra Dance, dance instruction review for new/experienced dancers, 7:15 p.m., main dance, 8 p.m. Bring clean nonstreet shoes, Falmouth Congregational Church Hall, 267 Falmouth Road. Cost is $10 ...

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.

Community members gather on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, at Banta Senior Center for a Contra Dance hosted by Valparaiso Oldtime 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 ...

“It’s called being a dance gypsy,” said Peckman, who started contra dancing in 2003. “I’ve always loved dancing, and this is something anyone can do at any time.

An eclectic crowd of 200 Contra dancers floods the floor as rich Celtic-style music energizes the gym. A funky-hatted female caller announces moves and dancers of all shapes and sizes begin swinging ...

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.

As group dances involve a lot of close contact, Coffman said it's difficult to enforce any social distancing. He said he hopes to resume the contra dance series in 2021 when the risk is lowered.

Chattanooga Traditional Dance Society will host its monthly Contra Dance, open to all, featuring calling by Vicki Herndon with music by Riverdale (Nick Shoemaker and Ed Shoemaker) on Saturday from ...

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.

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.