tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54033273218729890862024-03-18T04:41:08.018-04:00ContraColaColumbia Traditional Music and Dance<br>
www.contracola.orgColumbia Traditonal Music and Dancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16210880086998146627noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403327321872989086.post-89039529522433173982024-02-27T22:59:00.004-05:002024-03-08T14:25:36.326-05:00<div align="left"><a href="http://www.contracola.org/p/signup-for-contracola-emails.html"><b style="font-size:1.25em">Signup for our emails and text message reminders!</b></a></div>
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Our next dance!</h3>
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<li><b>Date: Saturday, March 23, 2024</b></li>
<li><b>Music: ContraCola Open Band</b></li>
<li><b>Caller: Joel Wilder</b></li>
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<div style="clear:both">Schedule:
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<li>5:30pm All request DJ music
<li>6:30pm New Dancers' Workshop</li>
<li>7:00pm First contra<br></li>
<li>10:00pm End</li>
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Where: <a href="http://www.billsmusicshop.com/" target="_blank">Bill's Music Shop and Pickin' Parlor</a>. See details in our short list of dance locations, below.<br>
Price: $10 (details below)
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Contra dancing is a great way to get some exercise, meet new people, and enjoy live music in a family-friendly environment. No partner necessary. Every dance is taught before you do it and has only a few, easily learned movements. If you can walk, you can contra dance!
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Build Our Community</h3>
We are always grateful for all our dancers and would love to grow our community! Please bring a friend (or three) and your whole family! We welcome everyone; we love having young dancers, young-at-heart dancers, all dancers! We have a beautiful safe space for dancing and fun. <b>Let's Contra!</b><br />
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Dance Format</h3>
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<li><b>Please note:</b> When the dance is held at Bill's Music Shop & Pickin'Parlor, the times below get shifted to be a half-hour earlier.</li>
<li><b>New Dancers' Workshop</b> from 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM. Learn Contra dance basics for a more enjoyable experience.</li>
<li><b>Dance</b> from 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM</li>
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Please bring clean, soft-soled, non-marking shoes. Thanks!</div>
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<h3>Price</h3>
Admission is $10 per dancer - pay by cash or check. Or use Venmo and pay $10.50 to @contracola-sc. Children age 12 and under, accompanied by a paying adult, dance for free.
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Children 12 and under must be supervised by an adult at all times. Children who are not participating in the dance must stay off the dance floor.</i><p>
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<h3>Dance Locations</h3>
We currently dance at one of several dance locations, depending on hall availability:
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<tr><td><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://cmfaonline.com/" target="_blank" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="50" data-original-height="243" data-original-width="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZHYbNMAEOfqv18oEYsN8k_KLjTG4D6Qs1BMRBa08gbk4jntmtaGzT8suUQKXs69p8jsgOQXNGXpkEXqPBfwHGCJNV-aK0sy_AKA-Ko_IOcDURsA6UVnvr7EHmxTl6uijq0D2qQNVHUda4ax6jYotLuJKN538E06MnrJDY74iGqE8hiwax6rm0YN5VRo/s200/CMFA-logo.jpg"/></a></div></td><td><a href="https://cmfaonline.com/" target="_blank">Columbia Music Festival Association</a> ("CMFA")<br/> 914 Pulaski Street, Columbia, SC 29201</td>
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<tr><td style="text-align:center;font-size:2em"><b>LM</b></td><td>Lake Murray Contra Dance Hall ("Lake Murray")<br/> 640 Devil's Backbone Rd., Batesburg-Leesville, SC 29070</td>
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</div>Fiddlestixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01076469944790589585noreply@blogger.com0Columbia, SC, USA34.0007104 -81.0348144-42.227406353677537 138.34018559999998 90 59.5901856tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403327321872989086.post-74234997718736856752016-12-03T00:20:00.000-05:002016-12-18T22:06:21.030-05:00Contra Dancing in the USA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For information about contra dances anywhere in the USA, organized by region and state, see Charlie Seelig's pages at <a href="http://www.contradancelinks.com/">www.contradancelinks.com</a>. Other resources for locating dances nationwide are the <a href="http://www.contracorners.net/contra/links/dancemap.html" target="newwindow">contra dance map</a> created by Dwayne Johnson, and Ted Crane's <a href="http://tedcrane.com/DanceDB/" target="newwindow">contra dance database</a>, which also contains contact info for bands and callers.<br />
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And don't forget to look at the <a href="http://www.cdss.org/" target="newwindow"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Country Dance and Song Society</b></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b>(CDSS) webpages. You'll find some historical perspective there, as well as information on dance camps, links to related websites, and an online catalog for dance and music.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Looking for a Contra dance? Head over to <a href="http://trycontra.com/" target="_blank"><b>trycontra.com</b></a>, enter the zip code and you will get a list of local Contra dances nearby.</span>Fiddlestixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01076469944790589585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403327321872989086.post-80690610278321641852009-09-29T00:10:00.004-04:002015-07-23T08:46:30.418-04:00Nearby DancesThe following groups sponser dances within 3-4 hours driving distance of Columbia: <br />
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General<br />
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<li><a href="http://trycontra.com/">trycontra</a>: enter a zip code and find all dances near that location</li>
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<strong>South Carolina</strong><br />
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<li><a href="http://lakemurraycontra.com/" target="newwindow">Lake Murray Con</a><a href="http://lakemurraycontra.com/">tra</a> - Leesville</li>
<li><a href="http://www.harvestmoonfolk.org/" target="newwindow">Harvest Moon Folk Society</a> - Greenville </li>
<li><a href="http://www.ecmm.biz/contra" target="newwindow"><u>Charleston Folk Society</u></a> - Charleston</li>
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<strong>North Carolina</strong><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.oldfarmersball.com/" target="newwindow">Old Farmer's Ball </a>- Asheville</li>
<li><a href="http://www.feetretreat.com/FiddleBow/public/home.cfm" target="newwindow">Fiddle and Bow Country Dancers </a>- Winston-Salem & Greensboro</li>
<li><a href="http://www.charlottedancegypsies.org/" target="newwindow">Charlotte Country Dancers and Charlotte Dance Gypsies </a>- Charlotte</li>
<li><a href="http://www.tcdancers.org/" target="newwindow">Research Triangle Park</a> area - Chapel Hill, Durham, & Raleigh, NC including dances by <a href="http://www.tcdancers.org/" target="newwindow">Triangle City Dancers</a>. </li>
<li><a href="http://www.wilmingtoncontradance.info/" target="newwindow">Cape Fear Contra Dancers</a> - Wilmington</li>
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<strong>Georgia</strong></div>
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<li><a href="http://www.savannahfolk.org/" target="newwindow"><u>Savannah Folk Music Society</u></a> - Savannah</li>
<li><a href="http://www.contradance.org/" target="newwindow"><u>Chattahooche Country Dancers</u></a> - Atlanta</li>
<li><a href="http://athensfolk.org/html/" target="newwindow">Athens Folk Music and Dance Society</a> - Athens</li>
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Fiddlestixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01076469944790589585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403327321872989086.post-5907896162645636592009-09-04T23:24:00.009-04:002009-10-05T00:06:05.899-04:00What is Contra Dancing?<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi50HIL_dZQorQJcBnj6qML9NZZYmSQnUGjnhMe90_bqG0139fi00stmOowAEusMXcmeW32tO_5Ubi9O16TrPfiY5tmDa5n2lYpDIlPfZC1xnNUZGu6OkEnfzRTEiojM0ALujMjN1fTeo/s1600-h/publick.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: both; float: left; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi50HIL_dZQorQJcBnj6qML9NZZYmSQnUGjnhMe90_bqG0139fi00stmOowAEusMXcmeW32tO_5Ubi9O16TrPfiY5tmDa5n2lYpDIlPfZC1xnNUZGu6OkEnfzRTEiojM0ALujMjN1fTeo/s320/publick.jpg" /></a>People of all ages and lifestyles are welcome. A dancer and his or her partner dance a series of figures, or moves, with each other and with another couple for a short time. They then repeat the same figures with another couple, and so on.</div><div style="margin-top:2em"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7qAyvsMKQa80dZttrhhks_ChVddOKWRvDvr64Zbikl9A4NluuvGk41DpiCblBzhlRZ9eyD8LfhrxjKmhY3HBzfqahGKdt5XcY1jNZWIlsWFwOs8Q5YXQS24yHC3sPR-6nEeMf-QHmdEE/s1600-h/actives.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7qAyvsMKQa80dZttrhhks_ChVddOKWRvDvr64Zbikl9A4NluuvGk41DpiCblBzhlRZ9eyD8LfhrxjKmhY3HBzfqahGKdt5XcY1jNZWIlsWFwOs8Q5YXQS24yHC3sPR-6nEeMf-QHmdEE/s320/actives.jpg" /></a>A caller, working with a group of live musicians, guides new and experienced dancers alike through a variety of dances. The caller teaches each dance before it is actually done to the music. This gives everyone an idea of what to expect so the movements can be easily executed.</div><div style="text-align: left;margin-top:2em"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7DWQakf4dkfGFfRHf6iPK_6IdmhFeeg1SAPeNTyond9RJvsH6z3S9Hcc0uaR8VYNfed-o1jYUljCuRE7JyGCejypywpJ84_s7_83fx0oEvNhPM310dnaLVRuiRWoIwwLfdQ-BGyUDUc/s1600-h/shelley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="float: left; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7DWQakf4dkfGFfRHf6iPK_6IdmhFeeg1SAPeNTyond9RJvsH6z3S9Hcc0uaR8VYNfed-o1jYUljCuRE7JyGCejypywpJ84_s7_83fx0oEvNhPM310dnaLVRuiRWoIwwLfdQ-BGyUDUc/s320/shelley.jpg" /></a>The figures are similar to those of old-time square dancing. The figures are combined in different ways for each different dance. After teaching a dance, the caller continues to call the figures while the music plays and the dancers dance, until the dancers appear to have mastered the figures. <br />
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