From dance floors to concert halls, the Syncopaths bring a fresh, contemporary spin to music and songs rooted in the Scottish, Irish, and American folk traditions. Evolving beyond their contra dance ...

Chattanooga Traditional Dance Society presents a Memorial Day Contra Dance on Saturday from 7:30-11 p.m., featuring calling by Jane Ewing and music by Girl Time and the Do Right Daddies. New this week ...

Twice a month, community members come together to hear fiddles, the voice of a caller and join hands in a traditional folk dance dating back to the 1700s — contra dancing. In Urbana, this traditional ...

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 ...

Sandor Farkas grew up contra dancing -- his parents met at a dance in Vermont -- but said he never fully appreciated the New England folk dance until college. Now, the 20-year-old Northampton resident ...

Chattanooga Traditional Dance Society presents its monthly Contra Dance Open to All, featuring calling by Matt Hawkins and music by Evan Kinney and the Fly By Nights on Saturday from 7:30-11 p.m., at ...

If you’ve never heard of contra, it’s best described analogously: like square-dancing, with a “caller” serving as emcee, announcing each beat in any given dance. Like swing dancing, with one role ...

When you’re swinging with someone — that is, holding onto them and whirling around for eight counts — it’s helpful to look them in the eyes. Contra dance is a long game, and you don’t want to get ...

The members of the band Blarney Pilgrim didn't know what to expect the evening of their first dance. Would people's perception of the event be as cool as the November temperatures outside? Had anyone ...