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In the last 30 years, I've been contra dancing a grand total of seven times — and yet it is one of my absolute favorite things to do. I like the big, crowded boisterous version of a contra dance. If ...

Michele Norris reads from listeners' e-mail about a conversation with Chester Reed — who retired from the U.S. Postal Service at 95 — and about our story on the growing popularity of contra dancing ...

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 ...

On Friday, July 3, do-si-do and swing into Independence Day weekend with friends and neighbors at the Flying Shoes dance series. The ...

A father and daughter tell StoryCorp about their love for contra dancing. It's a folk dance similar to square dancing. And now it's time for StoryCorps - today, a family that shares a love of dance.

The Contra Rebels, shown with Henry Korezky on guitar, Todd Clewell and Barb Schmid on fiddles, will return to the Fine Arts Fiesta on Sunday to play for a contra dance. Times Leader file photo There ...