The Cape Fear Contra Dancers club holds several dances each month in Wilmington, NC. The dances are open to the public --teenagers to age 100-- for those who like to get their blood moving. Beginners are always welcome. Check our Event Schedule for upcoming dances.
What Is Contra Dancing? An Americanized dance for groups of couples, based on English, Irish, and Scottish country dancing. Dances are built around a few easy-to-learn, basic steps. A caller teaches each dance, and then to lively music he calls the steps during the dance. Each time through the dance couples move up or down the set so that you are always dancing with different people. Normal protocol is to take a different partner for each dance, so throughout the evening you will meet just about everybody at the dance. We are fortunate to have live music played at our dances.
The Great Bear returns to Wilmington on Tuesday evening April 17. The Great Bear will offer a short concert and then play for contra dancing. For this special event we ask for a $6 contribution. We think that you will agree it is money well spent on a wonderful evening. For details see the flyer for the Great Bear concert and dance.