Contra dance music is a plethora of traditional styles and new inventions united by a common heart: to create deliciously danceable music! In addition to learning reels and jigs from various sources (New England, old-time Appalachian, Québecois, new-composed, Celtic), we’ll explore the subtle and not-so-subtle “tricks of the trade” that make dancers holler for more. Rhythmic solidity and variation, trading roles, improvisation, creating medleys…come and explore.

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