Contra dancing has been around since the 1700s. If you don't know it — it's kind of like square dancing but with long lines of dancers. The dance is having a renaissance around the country thanks to a ...

Try some dancing — old-school. Each Friday, the Phinney Ridge Neighborhood Center is the site of an Emerald City Contra Dance, from 7:30 to 10 p.m., and a 30-minute beginner’s workshop at 7 p.m. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the sun sets in the town of Nelson on Monday night, a crowd of people meander into Town Hall with instruments and water bottles ...

SALUDA -- Contra dancer Judy Thompson tolerates no wallflowers. I should know. When I dropped by last month's Blue Ridge Contra group gathering, my “I'll just sit at the table over here and watch” was ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The waltz won’t do. Nor will the rumba. Looks like the good old-fashioned square dance, AKA contra dancing, accompanied by a fiddle and a helpful caller, ...

The caller – Ridge Kennedy – patiently taught the group with demonstrations. He reminded everyone that it’s ‘easy to get started with [contra dancing]’ and that if they kept coming back, eventually, ...

GOSHEN — On a chilly Saturday evening, around 50 people put on their most comfortable shoes and made their way to Goshen First Church. They were there for fellowship, fun, exercise and, most ...