dance -- contra dance

General Links

Below are some links to sites that tell you all about contra dancing. Well, maybe not all.

Local Links

In the Asheville area where I currently make my home, we have two regular community dances and one a big music and dance festival (LEAF) twice a year:

Local dance at Warren Wilson College

Local dance at the Grey Eagle

Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF)

Contra-versy

If you already are a contra dancer, the following articles are for you. They will encourage you to think about contra and other community dances with a more global perspective. Essentially the following links are part of a long-standing issue in the community dance scene: Contra vs. Squares. But they really treat the subject of how and why we come together as a community. Interesting stuff.

Dare to be Square! 1988, by Phil Jamison

Open letter to Phil Jamison 1989, response by Robert Reed

Dare to be Square! 2004, take two, by Phil Jamison

news:

I finally got a dog in April 2007. Here he is at 5 months old, his first day home from the pound.
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Check out a montage of mine and Jason Zwolak's June 2005 whirlwind trip to mexico .
In the Fall of 2003 I moved to Asheville! Where are you?
In 2003 I launched my own business, Pixel Earth Technologies.

And I Quote

"On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, ´Is it safe?´ Expediency asks the question, ´Is it politic?´ And Vanity comes along and asks the question ´Is it popular?´...

Martin Luther King Jr.
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