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 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 ...

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 ...

Bemidji Contra Dance will host its next community event at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24, at Lammers Town Hall, 235 ...

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With caller Bob Nicholson offering instruction, contra dancers form a circle in the hall at St. Faustina Parish Center in Nanticoke last fall. The next contra dance at St. Faustina’s is set for March ...

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 ...

A renowned musical group from Massachusetts will perform at a special contra dance Friday in Yakima. The dance featuring the Great Bear Trio, which is on tour, takes place from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at ...

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Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Dance and celebrate the 21st anniversary of contra dance by the Broken String Band in Bozeman on ...

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 ...

GUILFORD — The Village Dance Series begins its 2024 season on Saturday, April 20, at the Broad Brook Community Center. Laurie Indenbaum on fiddle and Mary Cay Brass on piano will provide lively New ...