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 ...

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.

SEQUIM — Contra dancing and Scottish music are set at the Upper Room, a historic dance hall, built in 1893, on Friday. The dance will be upstairs at 138 W. Washington St., in Sequim. A beginners’ ...

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LENOX -- Bill Olsen, contradance caller and musician who creates his own dances, had just finished playing a 4-hour contra dance in Portland, Maine, for a large group of kids. "It was totally ...

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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 ...

If you’ve never heard of contra, it’s best described analogously: like square-dancing, with a “caller” serving as emcee, announcing each beat in any given dance. Like swing dancing, with one role ...

Sandor Farkas grew up contra dancing -- his parents met at a dance in Vermont -- but said he never fully appreciated the New England folk dance until college. Now, the 20-year-old Northampton resident ...

Yesterday as I sat typing up a story in the office, I looked over at the window to see large white flakes floating down from the sky. There wasn’t even snow in the forecast, but the serenity of the ...

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 ...