Contra Dance to Live Music

Bendemeer is playing the tunes — all-star line-up of Michael Callan, Jon Copps, Steve Hodges, and Andrea Stanley — and JoLaine Pokorney is coming up from Gainesville to choose, teach and call the dances. Should be a great night!

Come at 7:15 if you would like an introduction or a refresher, or if you would like to help with same.

No special clothes are needed, but do expect to be quite active and to get warm. We recommend against high heels and boots.

We have a lot of fun with traditional and new contra dances, with an occasional square or circle dance thrown in, all danced to live music with English, Scottish, Irish, French and African roots. All dances are taught and then called. They typically start simple and gradually get more complex during the evening.

Come by yourself, with a partner, or with a group. We change partners frequently during the course of the evening.