POCATELLO — A community contra dance is scheduled to run from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Sept. 14 at the Assemble Learning and Event Center, 820 E. Young in Pocatello. Beginners’ instruction/warm up will be held ...

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 ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Put on your dancing shoes! There’s contra dancing this weekend in Bryan/College Station. Contra dancing is an American, traditional social dance that is suitable for ...

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 ...

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 ...

HANNIBAL, Mo. By Ann Pierceall Step into the First Christian Church Guild Hall at 1101 Broadway on the second Friday of the month, and you might think you'd stepped into a time warp. The reels and ...

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 ...

ROCK ISLAND -- Illowa Community Folk Dance announces their annual Festival of a British May and American Contra Dance from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, May 3, at Singing Bird Nature Center, Black Hawk ...