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F.A.Questions

What Is A Contra Dance?

Gary Shapiro’s Answer! Gary is a contra dance caller based in Santa Barbara, California.

Contraculture The Hamilton, Ontario Country Dancers excellent contra dance primer.

An Outline Of The History Of American Contra Dance Tucson contra dance caller Becky Nankivell’s scholarly outline and resources for the history of contra dance.

Online Videos of Contra Dancing Short video excerpts of contra dancing.

What Are A Few Good Online Resources For Contra Dance Information?

Contradance Links for Callers Produced and maintained by Charlie Seelig.

Contradance Links for Bands and Musicians Produced and maintained by Charlie Seelig.

Contradance Resources, Dance Compositions, and Indices Produced and maintained by Charlie Seelig.

Articles, Essays, and Animadversions on Dancing Compiled and maintained by Kiran Wagle.

Who Are Some National Organizations Associated To Contra Dance?

CDSS The Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS) is an association of people and groups with a common interest in English and Anglo-American folk dance, music and song. Almost all contra dance organizations in the United States are affiliated with the CDSS.

The Lloyd Shaw Foundation The Lloyd Shaw Foundation is dedicated to the preservation, restoration and teaching of the folk dances of America.

NEFFA The New England Folk Festival Association (NEFFA) is a non-profit educational and cultural organization, incorporated under the General Laws of Massachusetts to encourage, sponsor, and preserve high standards of performance of the folk arts and traditions in New England and elsewhere.

Folk Dance Association The Folk Dance Association provides services and information for dancers, teachers, leaders and groups throughout the United States, Canada and the rest of the world.

Lavender Country and Folk Dancers The Lavender Country and Folk Dancers (LCFD) is an umbrella organization forming a loosely knit group of gender role free dance clubs which includes Contra, English Country, and Modern Western Square Dancing.