I heartily agree! I love how the structure of contra dancing connects so many people. The local dance community has made the city I live in actually feel like my home now.

The specific moves and calling during the dances make it so easy for beginners to pick it up, but there’s a lot of flair and flourishes that advanced dancers can add to keep things interesting.

Since starting a couple years ago I’ve made so many incredible friends, gone to dance camps, and began calling my own dances! I never expected to be on stage with a microphone but now it almost feels normal to have a hundred people act out the dance moves I give them.

no thanks, but I do enjoy the contact high from , in this case, a breakdown and advocation for a particular dance, or anything else legitametly earnist and enthusiastic, where I find that something is a THING!!!, where someone will joyfully jump up and down and tell you about the THING!!!, but then apologise that they now have to run off and DO the THING!!! blessed are those who find there tribe, and do there thing.