Their first piece was a sprightly Mozart contradance-fast, but not too fast, with a French horn solo in the middle that Lisa choked on half the time, even in yesterday's dress rehearsal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beyond World's End]

"We push the boundaries of what contradance is," says Suz Ayliffe of Asheville.    From Wordnik.com.  [News] Reference

From teens to seniors and dreads to grey heads, the contradance community is an exercise in diversity.    From Wordnik.com.  [News] Reference

Note: The First Saturday contradance at Peterborough Townhouse will not be held in August but will resume in September.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Hampshire Public Radio] Reference

We were then at the end of the contradance; the last figure separated me a moment from my cousin; when I led her back to the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mysteries of Paris, V3] Reference

All the ricks in the yard were bobbing about, as if amusing themselves with a slow contradance; but they were as yet kept in by the barn, and a huge old hedge of hawthorn.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir Gibbie] Reference

At the same time, if the younger crowd realized the importance they hold in the local contradance community, maybe they'd become a little more conscious of their behavior as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [News] Reference

Folk Arts Society of Greenville and the ECU Folk and Country Dancers will hold a contradance from 7: 30-10 p.m. today at the Greenville Masonic Temple, 1104 S. Charles St. Bill and Libby Hicks will provide music and Ben Allbrandt will be the caller.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily Reflector] Reference

As noted, bands also find a home at Falcon Ridge, and the lineup this weekend features the ever-popular Cold Spring combo Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams; the bluegrass stylings of Chester River Runoff; groove-based contradance combo, The Clayfoot.    From Wordnik.com.  [timesunion.com: Local Breaking News] Reference

Many of these songs are meant to be played at dances or parties, where you could reasonably expect people to be in the middle of a contradance; like today's trance and electronic musics, most fiddle tunes have few or no lyrics, and a catchy melody that self perpetuates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Phawker] Reference

"Spare me, I pray, the honor of figuring in this equestrian contradance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

The caller, Ted Crane, told beginners before last Saturday's contradance, encouraging men and women to take either role.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

When I "migrated" from what we call Northern Old Time (New England contradance music, French Canadian fiddle tunes, interspersed with some Irish and Scottish) to Southern Old Time (banjo, fiddle, and lots of pure magic, repeated over and over till you.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference

A fan; or to perform a contradance, but who, in spite of all that, is one of the best fellows in the world, and is devoted to your cousin. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850] Reference