Welcome to Contra Dancing in Austin!

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Special Events

November Fire Ant Frolic
April 24-26. When in Doubt Swing contra dance weekend in Dallas featuring Lynn Ackerson calling with the Moving Violations. http://www.geocities.com/nttds/wids.html

Regular Contra Dances in Austin

Third Saturday Contra Dance (7:30 - 11:00 pm)
Contact: Richard Letts, (512) 394 4390 info@austincontradance.org

The Austin Barn Dancers (every Wednesday, 7:30 - 10:00 pm)
Hancock Recreation Center
811 E 41st (corner of Red River)
Contact: Dale Rempert, (512) 453-4225, drempert@ix.netcom.com

First Friday Contra Dance (8:00 - 11:00 pm)
Carpenter's Hall
400 Josephine St.
Contact: Nana Lopez, (512) 970-4919, sealantsby5@aol.com

Second Friday English Country Dance (7:30 - 10:30 pm)
First Unitarian Universalist Church
4700 Grover Street
Contact: Ann McCracken, (512) 266-9949, ann@mccr.org

What is Contra Dancing?

You can find many descriptions of contra dancing on the web. Here are a couple of our favorite links:

SBCDS (Santa Barbara, CA)
TADAMS (Richmond, VA)

Other Contra Dances near Austin

Bryan/College Station: 2nd Saturday afternoons.
Dallas : 1st, 3rd, and 5th Saturdays; English quarterly.
Houston: 2nd and 4th Saturdays; English irregularly.
Huntsville: 3rd Saturdays.
San Antonio: 2nd and 4th Saturdays.

For more details, see Contra Dancing in Texas.