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Bob's Contra Page
A list of contra dance web pages found throughout the United States and Canada
http://www.voicenet.com/~squeeze/contras.html
Contra Dances by Marilee Standifer
"Grace in Madtown," and several other dance choreographies.
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/marilee/
Some Contradance Stuff
A list of links incorporated into a dialogue about contradance.
http://www.io.com/contradance/
California Contra/English Dance Schedule
All California (and parts of Nevada) contra dances and English Country dances for the current month, and upcoming dance camps.
http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/dance/CaConEng.html
New England (Southeast) Contradances
Contradances in eastern Connecticut (including New Haven), all of Rhode Island, southeastern Mass., Cape Cod, and Martha's Vineyard, but not Hartford.
http://contrasene.tripod.com/contra.html
Ohio (Northeast) Community Dance Schedule
Contradances plus English country, ceili, and swing dances in Cleveland, Lakewood, Bath, Oberlin, and other northeast Ohio cities.
http://www.nesys.com/dance/
Santa Barbara Country Dance Society
Contra dances in Santa Barbara, California.
http://www.sbcds.org/
Washington D.C. Area Folk Dances
A guide to contra and other dances in the D.C. area for the current month, with links to complete schedules for area dances.
http://users.erols.com/kbogart/dccfd.htm
Seattle Contra Dancing
Contradances in Seattle and nearby cities.
http://seattledance.org/contra/
Connecticut: Hartford Country Dance
Contradances, Cajun/zydeco, swing dances, and swing jams in the Hartford, CT area.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4159/
Contradance Web Pages
An index of Contradance webpages
http://www.io.com/contradance/web-page-index.html
Sacramento Contradance Schedules and Information
Contra dances in the Sacramento area.
http://www.fussell.org/sacramento/index.htm
Country Life, Dance & Music Society
CLDMS puts on Traditional New England Country Dances, sometimes called Contra Dances. All dances are taught. Beginners are welcome and no partners are needed. Pittsfield, MA.
http://www.berkshire.net/CLDMS
SF Bay Area Contradances and English Country Dances
Contra dances and English Country dances in the San Francisco bay area.
http://www.fussell.org/bacds/index.htm
Lexington Traditional Dance Association
Contra dance schedule for Lexington KY
http://www.concentric.net/~ravitz/ltda
Colorado Contra Dancing
Venues and schedules for Boulder, Colorado Spgs, Denver, Durango, Ft Collins, Greeley, Grand Junction, etc.
http://www.dancingtheweb.com/coloradocontra/
The Fiddleheads Home Page
New Haven, CT's venerable contradance band... for 25 years and counting.
http://www.plankity.com/fiddleheads/
Dances in western Massachusetts
Schedule of events. Local contradancing history.
http://www.alongtheriver.com/dances.html
Monterey Country Dance Community
A schedule of contra dances and their locations in the Monterey Bay area.
http://www.geocities.com/montereycdc/
Contra Dance Sound Resources
Resources for running the sound system at a local dance.
http://www.northwindvt.com/contradance/sound/
Old Farmer's Ball
Information on upcoming dances, mountain musical groups and contact information for group devoted to traditional mountain music and dance.
http://www.oldfarmersball.com/
Country Dancing in Kalamazoo
Schedule of Contra and Square Dances, English Country Dances, and other events sponsored by Country Dancing in Kalamazoo.
http://www.albion.edu/math/ram/cdk/
Chicago Barn Dance Company
Sponsoring contra dance, square dance and old-time music in the Chicago area.
http://www.chicagobarndance.com
Country Dance New York
English country and contra dancing. Includes information about upcoming events, articles, and profiles of callers. Also, terms and dance sheets for ECD.
http://www.cdny.org/
Contra Dance Designer
Graphical design and display of contra dancers, simple graphics and pretty colors.
http://www.seattledance.org/contra/design/
Foothills Old-time Dance
Information about Foothills Old-time Dance in Lenoir, North Carolina, caller Roberta Kogut, fiddler Bob Kogut, The Footnotes, fiddle-making.
http://www.geocities.com/rkoguts/
Bear Hug Mountain Festival Contra Dance Camp
A weekend contra dance camp held in September on Flathead Lake, Montana.
http://www.montanafolk.org/bearhug/Bear_Hug_Index.htm
Contras at the VFW (Cambridge, Mass.)
Home of the long-running Thursday night contradance, now run by NEFFA.
http://www.neffa.org/Thurs.html
Karl's Contra Corner
A gallery of photographs of contra dances and dancers.
http://68.83.75.125/MyDancePage/
Country Dance and Song Society
National umbrella organization for English and Anglo-American folk dance and music. Includes contra dance, English Country Dance, and English Ritual Dance such as Morris. Recordings, books and dance paraphernalia for sale.
http://www.cdss.org/
Arkansas Country Dance Society
Contra, old time square, English country, couple and American folk dance in North Little Rock.
http://www.aristotle.net/~cbailey/acds/
What Is Contra Dance?
Explained in several different ways, plus discussions on avoiding dizziness, learning to contra dance, and why it's called "contra" dance. Since February 1995.
http://www.sbcds.org/contradance/whatis/
Contra Dance Primer
A concise description, including the social and musical aspects.
http://www.freenet.hamilton.on.ca/link/jig/a_contra_dancers_primer.htm
Colorado Friends of Old-Time Music and Dance
Contra Dances in Denver and Boulder
http://cfootmad.org
Just What Is a Contradance, Anyway?
Answers that question. Includes several photographs and sample contradance music.
http://www.netheaven.com/~rfutyma/whatiscontra.shtml
It Looks Like They're Having Fun...
Describes contra dancing. Definitions of terms, describes basic figures, discusses history, shows diagrams of figures (with simple animation), and talks about manners.
http://homepages.together.net/~chiph/about/main.htm
North Bay Country Dance Society
Contra dances and English Country dances in the San Francisco North Bay (Marin and Sonoma counties).
http://www.nbcds.org/
Great Meadow Music - New England Contra Dancing
Contra dance music on CD or cassette.
http://www.greatmeadowmusic.com/
Charlottesville Contra Dance
Includes dance schedule, links to dance indexes, links to dance weekends.
http://contradance.sbc.edu/
Santa Barbara Harvest Moon Dance Festival
Weekend outdoor dance festival in middle or late September.
http://www.sbcds.org/hm/
Dance Awakening at Harbin Hot Springs
Dance weekend in April near Calistoga, California.
http://www.danceawakening.com/
Boston Centre Country Dance Society
Information on CDS Boston area contra dances, English country dances, and CDS sponsored dance camps at Pinewoods.
http://www.cds-boston.org/
Dance Camps and Special Events (Mostly California)
Contra dance camps, English country dance camps, and special contra dance and English country dance events in California.
http://www.fussell.org/bacds/campsandevents.htm
DanceDB
Database of dance organizations, where they dance, the performers at the dances, and the dance event schedules. It covers mostly Contra Dance, with some English Country, Scottish, Square, and Swing dance.
http://tedcrane.com/DanceDB/
NEFFA: New England Folk Festival Association
Contradances in Cambridge and the Greater Boston area, plus folk events and information on the Association.
http://www.neffa.org/~neffa/
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