Daily Archives: December 14, 2023


Take Hands – A Contra Dance Film

Take Hands tells a small town story that has a big current relevance—a story of how music and dance can unite people across cultural divides. The film follows Stacy Rose and the South Coast Folk Society as they organize a week-long celebration of traditional American music and contra dancing in […]

Contra dance lines

Bay Area Folk Dancing Featured in Next Avenue Online Journal

Berkeley Folk Dance member Emily Stoper and Loui Tucker who heads Saratoga International Dancers were interviewed by Patricia Corrigan for an online magazine Next Avenue. Next Avenue is a nonprofit, digital journal produced by Twin Cities PBS (TPT). It’s public media’s first and only national publication for older adults, and […]