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 ...

With caller Bob Nicholson offering instruction, contra dancers form a circle in the hall at St. Faustina Parish Center in Nanticoke. You can expect a similar scene this Sunday, April 6, at St.

GOSHEN — On a chilly Saturday evening, around 50 people put on their most comfortable shoes and made their way to Goshen First Church. They were there for fellowship, fun, exercise and, most ...

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 ...

Twice a month, community members come together to hear fiddles, the voice of a caller and join hands in a traditional folk dance dating back to the 1700s — contra dancing. In Urbana, this traditional ...

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 ...

Forget about dancing shoes and party dresses. The folks who gather several Saturdays each month near the University of Arizona to move their bodies in a form known as contra dancing come from all over ...

Dancing is exercise. You put yourself on a dance floor and surrender your body to the sounds of the band or the D.J. providing the audio motivation for your movement, and unless you’re mimicking an ...

The contra dance series at Christ Episcopal Church has been cancelled until the end of 2020, organizer John Coffman said, one of the latest victims of COVID-19. Judy Bradley brought the contra style ...

A free, family-friendly community contra dance will be from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the Coeur d'Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave.