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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 in hand. It’s not long before cheering, stomping and the twang of ...

Though the prefix "contra-" may mean against or opposite to, the members of Louisiana Contras & Squares have found plenty of common ground and formed a community with each other. At least one Saturday ...

Twice a month, community members come together to hear fiddles, the voice of a caller and join hands in a traditional folk dance dating back to the 1700s — contra dancing. In Urbana, this traditional ...

Fifty years ago, Scott Russell and his girlfriend, Susan Davis, saw an ad in Creative Loafing for international folk dancing at Garden Hills Recreation Center. They decided to attend and joined about ...

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 ...

LEWISBURG — The words you hear over and over when talking about contra dance are “smiles” and “fun.” There must be something about it that just delights people. The Countryside Contra Dancers will ...

WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 4, 5-6:30 p.m. Family Dance, followed by contra dance at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: La Puerta Ballroom in GJ COST: $14 per family, $6 adults; $4 kids for Family Dance; $8 adults, $5 ...

The Central Pennsylvania Country Dance Association is celebrating its 30th year in State College. Bruce Young Photo provided Not many may know it, but Centre County is home to a long-standing ...

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Fiddlers Barb Schmid and Todd Clewell and Henry Koretzky on guitar, playing as The Contra Rebels, provided music for a contra dance at St. Faustina’s Parish Center in Nanticoke in September, and will ...