contra dance
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I am one of the dancers who attended the Brooklyn contra dance.
From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2018
She learned to become a contra dance caller and took up the banjo and fiddle she would play in the Carolina Chocolate Drops.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2015
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
Leila and Vera had promised an ancient Irish contra dance in costume.
From Marjorie Dean College Junior by Lester, Pauline
