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 ...

PA Live co-host Chris Bohinski greets his fellow co-host Rachel Malak with a courtly bow as the two encounter each other during a short contra dance that was part of their April 25 show. Bohinski and ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the last 30 years, I've been contra dancing a grand total of seven times — and yet it is one of my absolute favorite things to do. I like the big, crowded boisterous version of a contra dance. If ...

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 ...

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Life is too short not to learn something new! Judith and Kat join us on What's Brewing Wisconsin to teach everyone how to Contra Dance.

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Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The first Friday series of contra dancing will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at the ...