contra dance

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Let's work to resolve them, then we can get better press and introduce everyone to the glory that is contra dance!

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

Leila and Vera had promised an ancient Irish contra dance in costume.

From Marjorie Dean College Junior by Lester, Pauline