As the sun sets in the town of Nelson on Monday night, a crowd of people meander into Town Hall with instruments and water ...

Contra Dance is a specific type of traditional dance and it requires a particular length of tune and has to have the right number of parts for the tune to work with the dance. Because the dances ...

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. During the 1970s, it ...

Slip on your dancing shoes Saturday and glide to “Jazz It Up Community Dance & Concert” at the Peru Memorial VFW Post 309, 710 New York 22B, Peru. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with recorded dance music ...

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.

On Saturday, July 12 there will be a community contra dance. North Berkshire Community Dance will hold its monthly contra ...

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 ...

The contra dance offers a sanctuary in a dating scene that is increasingly app-based and bar-oriented. With whirring fans and cold lemonade, the dance is as much a place of peace as of potential.

Country Dance*New York will present A Day of Waltz & Contra Dance with live and lively music by four musicians: Larry Unger, Minda Cowen, Dominique Gagné, and Marco Brehm.

WHAT: Durango Contra Dance with The Fractal String Band. WHEN: 7 p.m. Saturday. WHERE: Durango/La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. TICKETS: $10/$20 donation.

POCATELLO — There will be a community contra dance 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Assemble Learning and Event Center, 820 E. Young in Pocatello. A beginners’ instruction/warm-up will be ...

Daley dancing contra. With a partner, Jonathan Daley, 21, makes his way down the hall during a dance. He has been dancing for a year and a half.