Important Links
- Contra Borealis Dancers Facebook Page
- Alaska Contradance Connection – a list of all known contradance groups in the state. Includes contradance links beyond Alaska.
- Country Dance and Song Society – this is the national mothership organization for contradancing and more. They try to provide support for groups like ours if we ask. Contraborealis Dancers is a member.
- Fairbanks Dance Central – not just contradance, but all forms of dance happening in Fairbanks.
- Alaska Folk Music and More website – expanding the traditional music horizons in Alaska.
- Northern Lights Council of Dancers – this is the umbrella dance organization that owns and maintains the Pioneer Park Dance Hall – thanks go to the many volunteers.
- Contradance 101 – a nice resource from Missouri contradancers
- For those interested in learning about calling contradances, Cary Ravitz has a very helpful page.
- For musicians, there is a nice compendium of resources on how to play well for contradances.
- Musicians on The Art of Contra Dance Music
A wide ranging “Puttin’ On the Dance weekend: talking about being dance organizers from 2011 is archived here.
Ralph Sweet, famed caller, wrote a bit of a bio that some might find interesting.