What does it take to break a Guinness World Record? First, a big idea. Second, perseverance. Just ask Eric Smith. The 52-year-old Cuttingsville resident aims to break the world record for longest ...

Contra Dance is always done to live music, which is something I really love about it and when we moved to Bemidji, goodness a little over 20 years ago, we looked around and said "Oh I hope we can ...

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 in hand. It’s not long before cheering, stomping and the twang of ...

If you live in Sitka, you’ve definitely heard of contra dance. And if you live on planet Earth, you’ve certainly heard of techno or electronic dance music (EDM). You may not expect much of a ...

At first glance, a room full of contra dancers looks like mildly organized chaos. But look more closely, and patterns emerge: Four dancers with right hands touching create a spinning star. Long lines ...

Dancing is exercise. You put yourself on a dance floor and surrender your body to the sounds of the band or the D.J. providing the audio motivation for your movement, and unless you’re mimicking an ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Dance and celebrate the 21st anniversary of contra dance by the Broken String Band in Bozeman on ...

PA Live co-host Chris Bohinski greets his fellow co-host Rachel Malak with a courtly bow as the two encounter each other during a short contra dance that was part of their April 25 show. Bohinski and ...

That’s the simple conclusion of most participants in local contra folk dancing gatherings. “It’s funny. You go there and the first dance makes you smile. The next thing you know you have smiled all ...

A Contra dance featuring music by the band “Contraintuitive,” with fiddler Ryck Kaiser and pianist Peg Kaiser, with calling by Anne Lutun will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday April 6 at the Church of ...

The Traditional Dancers of Santa Cruz will host a contra dance from 7-10 p.m. June 22 at the Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave. Warren Blier will call the tunes played by Lee Anne Welch, Janet Dows and ...