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 ...

An eclectic crowd of 200 Contra dancers floods the floor as rich Celtic-style music energizes the gym. A funky-hatted female caller announces moves and dancers of all shapes and sizes begin swinging ...

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 ...

Contra Dance, dance instruction review for new/experienced dancers, 7:15 p.m., main dance, 8 p.m. Bring clean nonstreet shoes, Falmouth Congregational Church Hall, 267 Falmouth Road. Cost is $10 for ...

At first glance, a room full of contra dancers looks like mildly organized chaos. But look more closely, and patterns emerge: Four dancers with right hands touching create a spinning star. Long lines ...

Stepping into the Kuhn Village Barn on a recent Sunday night was a bit like stepping into 1910. A dozen men and women shuffled over the worn, wooden floor in the barn, which was built a century ago on ...

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 ...

POCATELLO — A community contra dance is scheduled to run from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Sept. 14 at the Assemble Learning and Event Center, 820 E. Young in Pocatello. Beginners’ instruction/warm up will be held ...

WOLFEBORO — The Community Contra Dance Series hosted by Global Awareness Local Action (GALA) will kick off the season early this year with the first dance on Saturday, Sept. 24 at Wolfeboro Town ...

WOLFEBORO — The Community Contra Dance Series hosted by Global Awareness Local Action (G.A.L.A.) kicks off 2016 on Saturday, Jan. 23, at the Wolfeboro Town Hall’s newly renovated “Great Hall." Dances ...