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3 days ago · These dances are open to the public, have live music, and a dance caller. The dance steps and formations have been passed down and adapted since colonial times. Dances featured on the Traditional Dance Trail: Contra: Dance sequences that involve many couples forming a line down the dance floor. Each couple changes neighbors many times ...
Jul 8, 2024 · We connect and support people in building and sustaining vibrant communities through participatory dance, music, and song. We steward the living traditions of English country dance, contra and square dance, morris and sword dance, and the music that is an integral part of these traditions.
4 days ago · We are a group of contra dancers and old time musicians that get together once a month to dance and play music. All of the dances are taught and called. You do not need to be experienced to dance with us. You do not need a partner to dance with us. Contra dances are usually done with a partner, but we mix and match.
Jun 29, 2024 · Nimbus debuted at Folk Life 2023 with Alex Sturbaum (guitar and others), Brian Lindsay (banjo and fiddle), and Cedar Stanistreet (fiddle). Alex and Brian played Queer Contra Dance Camp together in 2019 as Countercurrent, the popular powerhouse duo from Washington, and Cedar joins them from Vermont and more than a decade of playing music with contra dance bands such as Nor’easter and Cloud Ten.
1 day ago · We recommend this for the first dance. We are walked through each dance all night long, and when the music starts, the calls continues until we learn the dance. Contra Dance is at the Carrillo Ballroom with the sprung floor (easy on the body). $10 6-9pm. The band takes a break in the middle. At the end of each half, we can dance a waltz.
Jul 14, 2024 · – If you can walk, you can contra dance – If new, join in the fun lesson/orientation a half hour before the dance-Please bring clean, soft soled, non-marring, shoes without spiked heels (heels should be 3/4″ width minimum) to preserve the fine floors we’re privileged to dance on and to make dancing more comfortable, safe and fun for you.)
4 days ago · Contra Dance is a community American Folk dance. It's danced to live music played by many of our north bay musicians. Dances are "called" by a caller who will do a walk-through of the simple figures at the beginning of each dance. Dancers each have a partner as they progress up 2 parallel lines, dan
