Come dance with us! A band of enthusiastic musicians from the TPC community will play for the dance, and there will be a professional caller who is experienced with teaching contra and folk dance styles. All are welcome, including newcomers.

Contra dancing is a lively and fun tradition, strong in New England since Colonial times. Typically danced to live, fiddle-based music, the tunes draw from English, Celtic, Appalachian, and French-Canadian styles. Dancers form pair of lines, facing (contra) one another, with the lines moving opposite one another as the dance progresses. A caller first teaches the steps of each dance, and then calls the steps as the music plays. The contra community is friendly and inclusive, and the dances themselves make a natural mixer suitable for all ages and abilities — no partner required, come as you are!