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 ...

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 ...

Wednesday dances: First, third and fifth Wednesdays of the month. Dances begin with a newcomer session at 7:15 p.m. followed by a dance from 7:30- 9:30 at the Woman’s Club Hall, 1428 W. Ninth Ave.

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 ...

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 ...

Community dance, Aug. 18, 7 to 9 p.m., Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth. Hosted by Sunday Night Jammers; contra dance steps, international and couple dances such as polkas and waltzes.

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 ...

Thirty years ago, Kurt Wiegand wasn’t planning to do the allemande or a circle mixer when his date, a fiddler, took him to a contra dance. Now Wiegand regularly travels from Indianapolis for the ...