The North Berkshire Contra Dance will hold its monthly community dance with caller Maggie McRae on Saturday, March 14, at First Congregational Church.

From dance floors to concert halls, the Syncopaths bring a fresh, contemporary spin to music and songs rooted in the Scottish, Irish, and American folk traditions. Evolving beyond their contra dance ...

Chattanooga Traditional Dance Society presents a Memorial Day Contra Dance on Saturday from 7:30-11 p.m., featuring calling by Jane Ewing and music by Girl Time and the Do Right Daddies. New this week ...

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 ...

The sounds of live fiddle and banjo music instantly transported me back in time as I strolled into South Pasadena War Memorial Hall on a Friday night. I was there to experience my first contra dance, ...

KINGSTON — Sometime Saturday evening David and Mary Martin, of Centermoreland, expect the synergy to happen. It’s kind of magical, David said, and it takes place during the monthly contra dances he ...

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 ...

The members of the band Blarney Pilgrim didn't know what to expect the evening of their first dance. Would people's perception of the event be as cool as the November temperatures outside? Had anyone ...