contra dance
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Look for a contra dance near you and try it!
From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2018
We’re in the lofty gymnasium at Camp Friendship where Brooklyn Contra, a volunteer-run club, is hosting a New Year’s Eve contra dance.
From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2018
She was drawn to string-band music when she went to a contra dance while at Oberlin, expecting the English country dances she had read about in her beloved Jane Austen novels.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2015
There is a lot of spinning in contra dance, so much that lots of people wear skirts, women and men alike.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2015
Women not allowed, of course, but both of you dear Odd Fellows are wanted, for Aunt Plenty begs we will have an old-fashioned contra dance, and I'm to lead off with Uncle Mac.
From Rose in Bloom by Alcott, Louisa May
