Jam Band Tune pdfs

Mahler Cotillion

July 31, 2014

Blue Danube Waltz v1

Blue Danube Waltz v2

Bonnets So Blue

Come Let's Be Merry

Dance of a Lifetime

Flop-Eared Mule

Girl I Left Behind Me

Kentucky Set Running

Jenny Lind Polka

Salty Dog Rag in D

School Days (Waltz)

Scotland the Brave

Teddy Bear's Picnic

Zampa Quadrille

Tunes for 3/21/2014

Candles in the Dark
Juniata
Money Musk

Tunes for 9/12/2013

Easy Tunes (pdf)

Challenge Tunes (pdf)

Tunes for St Charles Dances in Jan/Feb

Tunes for Dr. Ramsay's Dances

Revised Salty Dog Rag (in D)

Levi Jackson Rag

Tunes for 9/19/2013

Easy Tunes from Barnes (pdf)
You can buy the books here.

Tunes for Yuletide Ball 12/20/2013

Black Nag, Elverton Grove, the Molly Andrew

Knives and Forks, Saint Louis

Potential Yuletide Ball tunes

Twas on a Night Like This

The Introduction

PDFs of Tunes for Family Dance

Tunes for June 7, 2014

Tunes for June 7, 2014

Tune for May 3, 2014

Snake River Reel

Tunes for April 5, 2014

Tunes for Feb/Mar

Click here to download the whole set.

Galopede
Jenny Lind
(Heel and Toe Polka)
La Bastringue
Sasha
Spanish Waltz
Virginia Reel

This Sounds Like Fun

What Kind of Dance is This? What Do I Need to Know?

(Start the video, double-click it to make it full screen.)

Contra Dance and English Country Dance are communal style folk dances that are fun and easy to learn. No partner or experience is necessary. A caller leads the dancers though a series of moves, and the pattern repeats. If you can walk, you can dance.

Do I need to bring a partner?

No. Most people come without partners. Since it's a communal dance, most people change partners after each dance.

What if I've never done this before and have no idea what I'm doing?

You're in for a treat. You'll find a style of dance where it's more important to have fun than do it “right”, where people are friendly and welcoming and glad to help you.

A 30-minute workshop is held before the dance to introduce you to the basics. We dance simpler dances at the beginning of the evening, so coming early is the easiest way to learn!

Contra has evolved over the years - click here to see some pretty wild fun contra (dancing and music)