13 Nov
2023
13 Nov
'23
1:18 p.m.
That drop in contra dancing after the Civil War is nicely documented in
"A Short History of Contra" on YouTube here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG6vVoiFT9c
If you haven't watched that video I strongly (!!!) recommend watching it.
Yes, contra has survived, but it went through several rough patches.
I had lived on a commune (hippy) and, coming back to Atlanta,
found contra dancing something I could make sense of.
(That sentence will make sense after watching the video.)
:)
Heitzso
Purely for amusement, I offer this article from 1895
titled "Decline in
Dancing"
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40820357/an_1895_analysis_of_the_decline_in
Dave