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 ...

Contra, an ancestor to square dancing, is a social dancing style that emerged in the 17th century and migrated to America, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Pocatello Second Saturday Contra Dance is scheduled to be held from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Assemble’ Learning and Event Center, 820 E. Young St. Attendees are invited to the 7 p.m. instructional ...

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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 ...

POCATELLO — The Pocatello Second Saturday Contra Dance will return Sept. 13 at the Assemble’ Learning and Event Center, 820 E. Young St. in Pocatello. The event will run from 7 to 10 p.m. Attendees ...

Fiddlers Barb Schmid and Todd Clewell and Henry Koretzky on guitar, playing as The Contra Rebels, provided music for a contra dance at St. Faustina’s Parish Center in Nanticoke in September, and will ...