10 Aug
2011
10 Aug
'11
12:45 p.m.
John Sweeney wrote:
that the term [contra dance] is not well defined and is used by
anyone running a dance to mean what they want it to mean
I don't think that's true. There is /some/ variety in what you'll
find at a dance advertised in the united states as a "contra dance",
but not that much.
Usually people running a dance who want a term that they can have mean
what they want it to mean choose a different term. Perhaps: "barn
dance", "hoedown", "community dance", "family dance",
"technocontra".
Jeff