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Dancing starfish - contra at the coast

8/3/2014

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On behalf of South Coast Folk Society, Jennifer organized a weekend camp out for the members of the open band. An open band is an all-comers band, any folks who want to participate in playing for a contra dance. The music was shockingly fabulous! For a group of folks who were playing almost all new music, it sounded tight - and most importantly, DANCE-ABLE!  
Thirteen musicians, three callers and one contra line of 18 dancers. Thanks to the outreach efforts of Karen, we enjoyed the company of dancers from Eugene and Corvallis! 
Camping was held at rustic Smith River RV park, which is better suited for RVers than those in tents. The newly-remodeled Smith River Grange Hall was a handy mile down the road. The grange is a fabulous place for a dance. 
Dancers Jeff and Eva camped in style - with a tablecloth-clad lot of goodies! 

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A community affair

4/13/2014

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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.   

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