Experience the vibrant contra dance community at the Stellar Days & Nights Rocky Mountain Ranch Dance. All ages and skill ...

Henry Koretzky, Todd Clewell and Barb Schmid, also known as the Contra Rebels, will provide live music for a contra dance May 21 on Wilkes-Barre’s Public Square as the annual Fine Arts Fiesta nears ...

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 ...

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 ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The Third Saturday series of contra dancing starts its new season at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21 ...

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 ...

Wednesday dances: First, third and fifth Wednesdays of the month. Dances begin with a newcomer session at 7:15 p.m. followed by a dance from 7:30- 9:30 at the Woman’s Club Hall, 1428 W. Ninth Ave.

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 ...

Along with formal court dancing, parlor dancing, square dancing, hoedowning, flatfoot dancing and jigging, contra dancing has survived in the Eastern USA for generations, and Birdsboro is an epicenter ...

When you’re swinging with someone — that is, holding onto them and whirling around for eight counts — it’s helpful to look them in the eyes. Contra dance is a long game, and you don’t want to get ...