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	Contradance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A New England Contradance is an American traditional dance evolved from English country dance and European contradance.
		New England Contradances often are arranged in long lines of facing or opposing partners, called sets.
		Contradances are held all across the United States (and also Belgium, Denmark, England, Canada, Czech Republic and Australia).
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/co/Contradance.htm (1570 words)

	Earl Kitchener School: Contradance Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Contradance is a type of American folk dance which has its roots in centuries-old English and French country dance.
		This year, the Contradance Club was organized by M. Nagy and Mrs.
		Although contradance is not a spectator sport (it's much more fun to do it than to watch it!) we performed a couple of our dances for the Open House in May.
	www.hwdsb.on.ca /kitchener/contra_club/contra.shtml (345 words)

	Hamilton Country Dancers: Contraculture
		I know there are contradance books out there (although I haven't read any yet) and I've heard that there are even contradance videos available (don't ask me where) but instead of having to refer people to other sources, I thought it would be useful to make some of that information available right here.
		I hope that by explaining some of the technical aspects and social conventions of contradance, these notes will help analytical types more quickly reach the comfort level necessary to abandon themselves to the power of the music and the flow of the dance—that's where the real learning and enjoyment begin.
		Most contradances take place in church halls, though school gymnasiums are also a popular location.
	www.hwcn.org /link/jig/contraculture.htm (3120 words)

	Robin Flower and Libby McLaren - California Celtic Americana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Family Contradance [You may need a bit of time and Realplayer to view this movie.
		One of the wonderful things about the contradance is that you don't need to learn any fancy footwork.
		Music at a contradance is provided by a small band which typically has one or two fiddles, a piano, often a guitar, mandolin, flute or tin whistle.
	flowerandmclaren.com /contradance.html (366 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Contradance
		Contradance is a very popular and lively dance form.
		There's always a live band at a Contradance and the music is usually provided by an old-time fiddle band; but it may also be Irish- or even jazz-based.
		Contradance is considered an active art form, as opposed to an old form or historical art form, as dances and songs are still being written and introduced into the repertoire.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A272701 (424 words)

	Contradance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A New England contradance (or contredanse) is an American traditional dance evolved from British and European folk dances, such as English Country Dance.
		Contradances often are arranged in long lines of facing or opposing partners; hence the contra of contradance.
		Contradances are held all across the United States.
	www.city-search.org /co/contradance.html (434 words)

	GypsyJordan's Homepage
		If you have any comments and/or suggestions, or if you would like to discuss contradance, the War Between the States, the history of Western Civilization, or the state of world affairs in general, please send e-mail.
		Some people consider Mentone to be the premiere contradance weekend in the southeast, although I do not think that it is any better than Gypsy Meltdown, or Summer Soiree, or any other dance of comparable size.
		This is one of the oldest contradance weekends in the Southeast.
	www.mindspring.com /~tejordan/contra.html (1195 words)

	ipedia.com: Contradance Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Discribed and developed by Raoul-Auger Feuillet in Recüeil de contredances (translated by John Essex into For the further improvement of dancing) contredance lead to the development of Baroque dance.
		These figures are recited by a caller in time to the music as the figures are danced.
		New England Contradances often are arranged in long lines of facing or opposing partners.
	www.ipedia.com /contradance.html (535 words)

	Just what is a contradance, anyway? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		An attractive aspect to newcomers is that you don't have to learn any fancy footwork for contradances.
		Music at a contradance is both live and lively, and is provided by a small band which typically has one or two fiddles, a piano, and maybe a guitar, flute, tin whistle, or hammered dulcimer.
		To hear some contradance music, click on the phonograph.
	www.capital.net /~rfutyma/whatiscontra.shtml (390 words)

	Wikipedia: Requested moves - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The more common name is "Contra dance"; it is suggested in the Talk page, and Contra dance is and has only ever been a redirect to Contradance.
		The term "contradance" seems to be more prevalent in the article than "contra dance".
		Since contredanse is the preferred U.S. spelling and is the second-choice U.K. spelling, that seems best, but contra dance is certainly preferable to contradance which both U.K. and U.S. authorities consider incorrect.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Requested_moves_oew (4551 words)

	Fast Chess Contradance
		It is a variant on Chess Contradance; the difference is mainly in the number of pieces.
		This puzzle may be a little easier than Chess Contradance; its solutions are at least shorter.
		The rules for Chess Contradance sound like the passive rule (b), but the rules for Fast Chess Contradance sound like the active rule (a).
	www.chessvariants.com /solitaire.dir/smallcontradance.html (218 words)

	Catharsis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jennifer doubles as violist and violinist in countertenor John Carden's "The Castrato Diaries" concerts and on their recently released CD of that same name; she has a penchant for playing the more challenging contradance tunes and has written our most slippery tune, Monty's Evil Twin.
		Mary Prendergast (piano) has an eclectic contradance style that's strongly French-Canadian in feel, with nods to other folk idioms and forays into jazz improvisation.
		She punctuates her rhythmic backup with melodic counterpoint, adapting influences from four decades of music-making and study of genres from medieval to American folk.
	home.earthlink.net /~catharsis.music/bio.html (292 words)

	Contradance Connection in Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In case you didn't know - contradance is like square dancing, but usually in lines.
		Juneau also hosts Thursday Night Contradances, now at McPhetres Hall, corner of 4th and Gold, while Legislative Affairs decides on public use policy for the use of Capital School.
		If there is a contradance group in Alaska that is not listed here and would like to be, send the information via email to gary(at)alaskafolkmusic.org.
	www.mosquitonet.com /~gcn/contra.htm (359 words)

	My Life and Times in Contradance Music
		When I ran into Dudley again five years later at contradances in Concord, MA, he remembered me. At one of Dudley’s Sunday afternoon Concord Scout House dances he invited me to play the extra fiddle he had in his car, and I took up playing again, this time with a repertoire of contradance tunes.
		A yodeling caller with roots in the singing calls of Duke Miller, whose dances Tod’s family had attended regularly, Tod established a Thursday night contradance at the VFW Hall in Cambridge.
		More than 400 places in the country now have their own contradances, which means that they probably have their own cadre of dance musicians as well, since the most exciting thing about contradancing is that it’s done to live music, and acoustic live music at that.
	www.oldtimeherald.org /archive/back_issues/volume-7/7-1/dance-beat.html (3852 words)

	Omniseek: /Arts & Humanities /Dance /Folk Dancing /Contradance /
		Folk dancing in Fayetteville is broadly divided between the international crowd and the contradance crowd, though there is lots of overlap.
		Some contradances and stylistically similar dances that I wrote.
		Karen Robinson invented this chess-based puzzle, based on a puzzle from the computer game `The 7th Guest' (a puzzle game with a horror theme), which her son played.
	www.omniseek.com /srch/{11239} (380 words)

	Ti ' Acadie - Quebecois, Cajun and traditional Music and contradances from Maine
		We sing and play traditional music from French and Maritime Canada, French Louisiana, the southern Appalachians, and New England for contradances, family dances, school functions, concerts and any festive occasion.
		Experienced contradance, Morningside Baptist Church, 1700 Piedmont Ave.
		Raymond, ME contradance with Don and Cindy Roy, Jay Young, et al.
	www.megalink.net /~pweeks/tiacadie.html (276 words)

	...some local Contradance web pages
		Pat Palmer maintains the Princeton Country Dancers homepage, Bob Stein maintains the Philadelphia (Thursday) contradance and Philadelphia Third Saturday Dance pages, and Robert Stockton maintains the Lambertville Country Dancers homepage.
		Some Minneapolis/St Paul contradance info can be found on the Tapestry Folkdance Center homepage.
		GO to the contradance home page, the article index, the list of books, the index of dance sequences, the dance gypsy travel planner, the list of local Web pages, the list of dance weekends, the list of bands, musicians, and callers, the page of random pages, or the top of this page.
	www.io.com /~entropy/contradance/local-web-pages.html (2163 words)

	Great Lakes Contra Dance/Contradance Links
		Gypsy Jordan's Contradance Website, a directory of contradance weekends, mostly in the southeast, covers several of the states in this region.
		Twechar, an Ohio-based duo is Christine Gorbach and Gary Lee Nelson who sing ballads and aires in the Celtic tradition and are also known for their "waltzing through breakfast" set for dancers who rise early at various dance weekends.
		This band features Laura, Pete Vigour and Jim Morrison on fiddles, guitar and peddle steel and the rhythm section of Kim and Jimbo Cary on bass and drums and is based in West Virginia.
	www.contradancelinks.com /greatlakes.html (4880 words)

	Upper Susquehanna Contradance
		Upper Susquehanna Contradance now holds contradances from 8:00-11:00 PM on the FOURTH Saturday of each month, starting with our October 22 dance.
		If you already know what contradance is and would like to get better at it, try one of Jonathan Sivier's pages for some helpful hints:
		(our neighbors, but a separate organization) holds contradances at 8:00 PM on the first Friday of each month, except July and August, located at the performance space in the main barn of The Farmers' Museum, just north of Cooperstown on Rt.
	mysite.verizon.net /vze7r9we (494 words)

	Ten Stupid Things Beginners Do to Mess Up Their Contradance Experience - Wikibooks
		Ten Stupid Things Beginners Do to Mess Up Their Contradance Experience
		The purpose of this document is to help beginning contradancers have a positive experience so that, hopefully, more of them will choose to stick with the dance form and build the contradance community.
		It seeks to do so by pointing out some of the common patterns beginners fall into that lead to less-than-satisfactory experiences and the decision to leave the dance form too quickly.
	en.wikibooks.org /wiki/Ten_Stupid_Things_Beginners_Do_to_Mess_Up_Their_Contradance_Experience (243 words)

	Contrarians hot contradance music from WV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A four-piece contradance band, the Contrarians of West Virginia play contradance and square dance music on fiddles, guitar, mandolin, piano, banjos, upright bass, and a bluesy trumpet.
		Gary's latest project is the world class contradance 'vacation' weekend, Whitewater Whirl.
		Will was the driving force behind the Appalachian String Band Festival at Clifftop, WV, the Charleston Jazz Series, and along with Gary and others, a festival called the Mountain Stage NewSong Festival.
	webpages.charter.net /contrarians (683 words)

	Contra Borealis Dancers - Fairbanks Alaska Contradancers
		Bring a contradance to the dance and ask the caller to call it!
		Celtic Confusion - the longest running Celtic band in Fairbanks, though some of the members are much younger.
		Polar Drive - second longest band, but some members have ancestral knowledge of playing for Fairbanks contradances a couple decades back.
	www.contraborealis.org (862 words)

	Contra Dance Links for the United States, Canada, and the World
		If you are looking for contra dance information and cannot find it here, please e-mail me or check one of the other sites listed below as no one person keeps up with everything that is happening on the contradance scene.
		Kiran Wagle's A Contradance Page is more than a simple page and includes links to a wide range of articles, groups, information, and dances.
		Bands and callers are listed twice, once in the region in which they are based, the other in the "All Bands and Callers" page.
	www.contradancelinks.com (262 words)

	Kitchen Chair --- Fiddle music for weddings, contradances, and parties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		February 11, Friday, contradance, 8:00 - 11:00 pm, United Church of Fayetteville, 310 E. Genesee St., Fayetteville, NY.
		March 19, Saturday, contradance, 8:00 - 10:30 pm, Church of the Advent, 901 Baxter Ave., Louisville, KY. Calling by Bev Bernbaum.
		March 22, Tuesday, contradance, 8:00 - 10:00 pm, The Athenaeum, 401 E. Michigan, Indianapolis, IN.
	www.kitchenchairmusic.com /schedule.html (834 words)

	Guiding Star Grange (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Country Dance and Song Society, The Dance Gypsy, South Amherst Dances, Connecticut River Valley Dance Page, Whatey Dance Barn, Brattleboro Dawn Dance, Concord Scout House, NEFFA, New Hampshire Contradances, Kirian Wagle's Dance Pages, Dance Flurry, Falcon Ridge, MontagueMA.net, Montague Bookmill, Country Dance Society, Boston Centre, Noho (Northampton) Zydeco.
		8 PM Contradance with Sarah Blair, David Canteini, and Ann Percival with Steve Zakon-Anderson calling.
		Contradance with the All-Comers Band with David Kaynor and others calling.
	www.guidingstargrange.org /events.html (1121 words)

	Community Dance in Binghamton
		Everyone is welcome and it's easy to learn, so newcomers are especially encouraged.
		A typical evening features New England style contradance - a highly energetic, yet easily accessible social activity.
		All dances are taught, with a caller reminding everyone of the moves throughout.
	www.tier.net /contradance/textversion.htm (444 words)

	Dance music -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Dance music works usually bear the name of the corresponding dance, e.g.
		Other dance forms include (A type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line) contradance, the (Click link for more info and facts about merengue) merengue, the (A modern ballroom dance from Latin America; small steps and swaying movements of the hips) cha-cha.
		Often it is difficult to know whether the name of the music came first or the name of the dance.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/da/dance_music.htm (383 words)

	Rich Futyma's dance page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This includes the Saratoga Contradances, Buhrmaster Barn Dances, Capital Swing Dances, Albany Cajun Dances, and others.
		A contradance page with a whole lot of info.
		Here are the contradances that I'll be calling in the next few months:
	members.logical.net /~rfutyma/dance.shtml (301 words)

	San Luis Obispo Contradance Schedule
		James Hutson and Jeffrey Spero have written the definitive reference book on contradance in California.
		California Twirls includes the history of contradance in California, a listing of the many regular dances in California, and a listing of the bands and callers in California.
		Those of you reviewing the San Luis Obispo schedule may want to refer to the band/caller reference section from California Twirls.
	www.cccds.org /2002.html (467 words)

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