Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

You’ve heard of square dancing and you’ve heard of line dancing, but did you know the granddaddy of partnered folk dance is called ‘contra’? While modern square dancing comes out of a 1920s American ...

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 ...

The Traditional Dancers of Santa Cruz are hosting a contra dance from 6-9 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Veterans Memorial Building, 846 Front St. Contra dance is a traditional New England style of folk dancing, ...

The caller – Ridge Kennedy – patiently taught the group with demonstrations. He reminded everyone that it’s ‘easy to get started with [contra dancing]’ and that if they kept coming back, eventually, ...