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  • I feel like Bilbo and Frodo and Sam should be dancing.

  • The dance is "Top Spin" by Kathy Anderson

  • anyone know what dance this is? it's a good one...

  • um... it's 2009 actually. Contra dance is timeless fun. Just do a YouTube search for "St. Louis Youth Contra", or "Dirtycool Contra Dancing"

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  • either way its a hell of a time you should check it out. It's called contra dancing.

  • This makes me so nostalgic - I danced with Childgrove for years (even played some dances) until I moved away in 1985. Great music, great caller, great dancing, great community. Post more!

  • I love the part where everyone is contra dancing.

  • Great video! Thanks for posting it.

  • Thanks for this posting. It makes me happy just to watch.

  • Great to see and hear this wonderful music and dancing in my old home community. I can't believe it's been over 27 years since my first Childgrove contra dance in the basement of the church on Delmar and Jackson(?). Thanks, Mac!

    -Phil

  • What's the name of music? Is the music Irish? Scottish? English?

  • This is an old time tune called Polk County Breakdown. I am not sure - but I beleive it is a ture that originated in Missouri. The old-time style has many of the roots you mentioned.

  • Why should it shame you? It's a fun atmosphere that people enjoy. If you're not one of those people then obviously you won't go to a dance. But it has no negative impact on you or your lifestyle.

  • bahbzilla, lol

  • Ya dude. And if you're contra dancing and you type up up down down left right left right a b a b select start, you never mess up and you get infinite slick spin moves

  • I'm proud to live in a city with such a thriving contra dance community. Contra dance was around long before the video game, bahbzilla, and I hope it will still be around long after.

  • Where was this contra held?

  • It was held at the Monday Club in Webster Groves, Missouri.

  • Anyone know the name of this dance (or composer)?

  • It might be "Top Spin" and Kathy Anderson may be the author. I have seen another dance with a very different B part also called Top Spin. Kathy introduced this one with that name but did not mention the composer. Anyone have more reliable information

  • What could be more fun?!

  • looks exhausting

  • You can get a bit tired, but it's a lot of fun.

    -jcr

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