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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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.

Contra dance takes over the North Beach Bandshell every Thursday in July. On any given night in South Florida you can find a place to dance salsa, merengue or bachata. But when you think about ...

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 ...