Dance Weekends

August 5th, 2012
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Dance weekends are not a major part of contra dance culture in the northeast, but seem to be much more central elsewhere. Playing in Knoxville the flyers table was full of weekends, several a month. Each local dance seemed to also organize an annual weekend. How did this come about? What makes the northeast different here?

(Example weekend flyer, showing the schedule and events: Knoxville Cabin Fever.)

Referenced in: Contra Weekend Heatmap

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