The contra is coming to Danbury and dance fans are shaking out their skirts and lacing up their soft-soled shoes. A blend of folk-style dancing from several cultures, contra's roots reach back through ...

SALUDA, N.C. – Contra dancer Judy Thompson tolerates no wallflowers. I should know. When I dropped by last month's Blue Ridge Contra group gathering, my “I'll just sit at the table over here and watch ...

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 ...

From the time I was a young child and attended high holiday services, I always felt a shiver up my spine during the prayer where the community begs God not to abandon them like the way elders are ...

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 ...

Formal and informal dancing has been a part of American society since before we transformed into United States, and one group in Savannah has kept those early traditions of dance alive. The Savannah ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The first Friday series of contra dancing will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at the ...

After dancing several contra dances onstage at the Dallas Harvest Festival on Sunday afternoon, the Wyoming Valley Contra Dancers came to an area in front of the stage to end their session with a ...

PORT ANGELES — Fresh Cider is the Seattle band and Woody Lane the Oregon-based caller coming to this Saturday night’s contra dance, an event open to all ages at the Black Diamond Community Hall, 1942 ...