contradance

Their first piece was a sprightly Mozart contradance-fast, but not too fast, with a French horn solo in the middle that Lisa choked on half the time, even in yesterday's dress rehearsal.

Beyond World's End Lackey, Mercedes 2001

Their first piece was a sprightly Mozart contradance-fast, but not too fast, with a French horn solo in the middle that Lisa choked on half the time, even in yesterday's dress rehearsal.

Beyond World's End Lackey, Mercedes 2000

Dance-music was pouring from the arched recesses above the doorways, and chandeliers of coloured Murano glass diffused a soft brightness over the pilasters of the stuccoed walls, and the floor of inlaid marbles on which couples were rapidly forming for the contradance.

The Valley of Decision Edith Wharton 1899

Extemporaneous comedies were no longer played in the great cities, and Odo listened with surprise to the swift thrust and parry, the inexhaustible flow of jest and repartee, the readiness with which the comedians caught up each other's leads, like dancers whirling without a false step through the mazes of some rapid contradance.

The Valley of Decision Edith Wharton 1899

All the ricks in the yard were bobbing about, as if amusing themselves with a slow contradance; but they were as yet kept in by the barn, and a huge old hedge of hawthorn.

Sir Gibbie George MacDonald 1864

We were then at the end of the contradance; the last figure separated me a moment from my cousin; when I led her back to the

Mysteries of Paris, V3 Eug��ne Sue 1830

Note: The First Saturday contradance at Peterborough Townhouse will not be held in August but will resume in September.

New Hampshire Public Radio 2010

Folk Arts Society of Greenville and the ECU Folk and Country Dancers will hold a contradance from 7: 30-10 p.m. today at the Greenville Masonic Temple, 1104 S. Charles St. Bill and Libby Hicks will provide music and Ben Allbrandt will be the caller.

The Daily Reflector 2010

As noted, bands also find a home at Falcon Ridge, and the lineup this weekend features the ever-popular Cold Spring combo Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams; the bluegrass stylings of Chester River Runoff; groove-based contradance combo, The Clayfoot

timesunion.com: Local Breaking News 2010

Many of these songs are meant to be played at dances or parties, where you could reasonably expect people to be in the middle of a contradance; like today's trance and electronic musics, most fiddle tunes have few or no lyrics, and a catchy melody that self perpetuates.

Phawker 2009