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 ...

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 ...

On Saturday, Feb. 14, North Berkshire Community Dance will hold its monthly contra dance with calling (teaching) by Steve ...

Along with formal court dancing, parlor dancing, square dancing, hoedowning, flatfoot dancing and jigging, contra dancing has survived in the Eastern USA for generations, and Birdsboro is an epicenter ...

Wednesday dances: First, third and fifth Wednesdays of the month. Dances begin with a newcomer session at 7:15 p.m. followed by a dance from 7:30- 9:30 at the Woman’s Club Hall, 1428 W. Ninth Ave.

The Contra Rebels, shown with Henry Korezky on guitar, Todd Clewell and Barb Schmid on fiddles, will return to the Fine Arts Fiesta on Sunday to play for a contra dance. There are several ways to ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The first Friday series of contra dancing will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at the ...