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 ...

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 ...

The Traditional Dancers of Santa Cruz are hosting a contra dance from 6-9 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Veterans Memorial Building, 846 Front St. Contra dance is a traditional New England style of folk dancing, ...

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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In 1918, the Spanish flu spread across the world, killing millions and isolating masses of people. Two years later, the Roaring Twenties began in the United States — money flowed, music blasted and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Young New Yorkers Line Up to Contra Dance More millennial New Yorkers are choosing to spend their Friday and Saturday nights dancing in circles with strangers. Their discovery: the centuries-old ...

Ali Moxley For the Chronicle Mar 24, 2026 Mar 24, 2026 It’s a busy night at the Bozeman Senior Center as an unexpected group gathers together for a weekend of contra dancing. Long lines form on the ...

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 ...