Contra dance

...and snacks will be available. Complimentary dance lesson, 7:45-8:15 p.m. Admission, $8; USADance members, $5. www.usadance.us CONTRA DANCE: 7-10:30 p.m. Saturday at the Arsenal Hill Park building, 1900 Lincoln St. (Lincoln and...

In this article: Divine, Lexington, and Columbia High School

...written as novelties. Until the 1970s it was traditional to play a single tune for the duration of a contra dance (about 5 to 10 minutes). Since then, contra dance musicians have typically played tunes in sets of two or three related (and...

In this article: North America, New England, Ted Sannella, Massachusetts, Boston, and Canada

This article supplements the main contra dance article. Contra dance choreography specifies the dance formation , the figures, and the sequence of those figures in a dance. The figures usually repeat in a consistent pattern aligned with...

In this article: New England

...Mukilteo Speedway, Mukilteo (cascade.org). SUN Potluck supper, bring a dish to share and your own plate and utensils, 5 p.m.; open-band contra dance, beginners welcome, 6 p.m. Sunday, Gift of Grace Lutheran Church, 2102 N. 40th St., Seattle;...

In this article: Seattle, Pumpkin, Dog, Port Townsend, and Salad bar

...Hawkproof Rooster (demonstrating vocalizing in old-time folk); and fiddler Bob Buckingham. Last year's other new attraction was a contra dance and jam session held the night before the festival. This year's dance-and-picking party, which...

In this article: John McCutcheon, Athens, Melting point, Sweet grass, Grammy Award, and Rounder Records

...5:15 p.m. Wednesdays (multilevel); 10 a.m. Thursdays (advanced); 1:30 p.m. Fridays (neuropathy). 1650 Park Circle, (803) 779-1971 CONTRA DANCE: 7-10:30 p.m. Saturday at the Arsenal Hill Park building, 1900 Lincoln St. (Lincoln and...

In this article: South Carolina, Probate, Fruit, Islam, and E mail

...are to continue today. At a press conference Thursday, state Sen. Gary LeBeau, D-East Hartford, described the negotiations as "a contra dance with three dancers" in which only two had stepped forward, the state and the union. So far, he...

In this article: United Technologies Corp., East Hartford, M. Jodi Rell, Cheshire, Pratt & Whitney, and Connecticut

Having recently started tango lessons through the Penn State Ballroom Dance Club, I decided to broaden my horizons last week by attending a contra dance hosted by the Central Pennsylvania Country Dance Association, a nonprofit organization...

In this article: Centre County, Pennsylvania, and Friends School

...melodies, and French-Canadian tunes, played in an austere, crisp, and unmistakably Yankee style. The term "contra dance'' can be confusing, because it's used in two distinct, though overlapping ways. One is to describe a particular social...

In this article: New England, Yankee, National Heritage Fellowship, and The Boston Globe

This article supplements the main contra dance article. Contra dance form describes the arrangement of dancers into contra dance sets and minor sets. There are various forms, and each dance's choreography specifies its formation. A...

In this article: Ted Sannella, Peterborough, New Hampshire, and Becket, Massachusetts