On a snowy winter night, one’s inclination might be to curl up with a warm fuzzy throw blanket and assume a position on the family sofa. However, for some, despite a flurry or two in the forecast, it’s the call of bluegrass music and an evening of contra dancing that beckons.
Beneath the high beam ceiling of the Water Mill Community Club, more than three dozen people gathered together last Saturday for an old-fashioned dance. Singles and couples, young and old were in attendance at the club’s traditional New England Barn Dance, sponsored by the Long Island Traditional Music Association.
Barn dancing has been around for hundreds of years, and depending on where one chooses to kick up his or her heels, the name may change—on this side of the Mason-Dixon Line,... more
Beneath the high beam ceiling of the Water Mill Community Club, more than three dozen people gathered together last Saturday for an old-fashioned dance. Singles and couples, young and old were in attendance at the club’s traditional New England Barn Dance, sponsored by the Long Island Traditional Music Association.
Barn dancing has been around for hundreds of years, and depending on where one chooses to kick up his or her heels, the name may change—on this side of the Mason-Dixon Line,... more
