It’s fun! It’s easy! No experience needed! Live music!
Entrada’s monthly dance in June features Contra dance. Bill an experienced caller/teacher gets everyone going. Great live music!
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. The figures are similar to those in a barn dance. The figures are combined in different ways for each different dance.
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. The caller leads the dancers while they are being done to music, so dancers are able to perform each movement to the music.
Once the dancers appear to have mastered a particular dance, the caller may stop calling, leaving the dancers to enjoy the movement with music alone.
More information about the event available at: ccc.govt.nz
Original information provided by Bill Baritompa.