This weekend, Seattle-based photographer Doug Plummer came to our community's monthly contra dance at Greenacres Grange. He took phenomenal pictures for the South Coast Folk Society to use in promoting the monthly contra dance. This picture is one of Doug's photographs.
At its very essence, a contra dance is a gathering of community members - men, women, boys and girls... all ages... all backgrounds... with differing political beliefs, coming from various economic levels. High school students joining hands with postal workers, health providers, farmers, military contractors, retired environmentalists... church-goers holding hands with devout pagans... hunters holding hands with members of Society for Creative Anachronism.
In one picture, Doug shows the impact of contra dancing - a time when people can look beyond their differences and join hands to enjoy an evening of live music. It's one of the few places where people from varying generations and walks of life get together for something so small, yet so powerful as joining hands.
At its very essence, a contra dance is a gathering of community members - men, women, boys and girls... all ages... all backgrounds... with differing political beliefs, coming from various economic levels. High school students joining hands with postal workers, health providers, farmers, military contractors, retired environmentalists... church-goers holding hands with devout pagans... hunters holding hands with members of Society for Creative Anachronism.
In one picture, Doug shows the impact of contra dancing - a time when people can look beyond their differences and join hands to enjoy an evening of live music. It's one of the few places where people from varying generations and walks of life get together for something so small, yet so powerful as joining hands.
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