Contra dancing is a great low pressure and fun way to meet people; and it’s a great social way to get out and about. If you are unfamiliar with contra dancing, it is somewhat similar to square dancing: do-si-does, alamands, balance and swing… It’s a completely called dance and there is no fancy footwork that you have to learn or memorize — so you don’t need to have any prior knowledge of dance, and even if you have two left feet you can have a great time. The music is old-time and bluegrass, and it’s always live and performed by local or traveling bands. Because it’s a social dance, you don’t need to arrive with a partner, in fact, most people don’t. When you dance, you dance with a partner, but you also have many neighbors that you also dance with — and at the end of a dance, you say bye to your partner and get another one. A simple google search for “[your city, state] contra dance” will return good results. It is definitely worth checking out, and if you show up at the Lexington Contra, you will know someone there: me