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>>> ALL
>>> ALL THIS WEEK WE ARE SAYING GOODBYE TO OUR FRIEND AND VIDEO GRAPHER THE MAN BEHIND THE 207
CAMERA 4@FOR MORE THAN FIVE
YEARS.
>> IT'S BEEN 4@A DELIGHT TO WOR
WITH HIM AND BEFORE HE 4@HITS T
ROAD WE WANT TO SHARE SOME OF
THE STORIES 4@HE'S DONE 4@WITH
HAD A GAVE US A LOOK AT A DANCE
THAT STARTED 200 YEARS AGO.
>> IT'S AN 4@OLD FORM OF FOLK
DANCING WITH NEW TWISTS
ATTRACTING A LOT OF 4@YOUNG FAN
TO THE DANCE 4@FLOOR.
♪ 4@[ MUSIC ] ♪
>> THINGS ARE HEAT4@ING UP INSI
THE STATE STREET 4@CHURCH.
♪ 4@[ MUSIC ] ♪
>> YOU WANT TO COME TO A DANCE
ONLY WITH A 4@CHANGE OF T-SHIRT
YOU MIGHT GET A LITTLE SWEATY.
>> 4@AND CIRCLE LEFT, GO.
CIRCLE LEFT.
>> THE INSTRUCTION STARTS AT 7
BUT THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE
NIGHT THEY CROWD GROWS.
>> THERE'S ONLY BEEN4@ ONE 4@NI
WHERE WE'VE HAD LESS 4@THAN 50
PEOPLE.
>> CONTRA IS AN OLD TRADITION
4@ BUT IF YOU AREN'T 4@FAMILIAR TH
VETERANS ARE EAGER TO TEACH ANY
BEGINNER.
>> IT'S A FORM OF TRADITIONAL
NEW ENGLAND FOLK DANCING THAT
GOES BACK 300 PLUS YEARS BUT
HAS EVOLVED IN THAT TIME.
SO THERE ARE SOME 4@THAT ARE MO
STATIC BUT CONTINUALLY EVOLVING
BECAUSE PEOPLE 4@ARE ALWAYS
WRITING AND VIDEO GRAPHERS
AROUND THE COUNTRY 4@ARE
CONTRIBUTING FOR THAT PROCESS.
>> A CALLER FIRST WALKS THE
GROUP 4@THROUGH EACH STEP GIVIN
PREPARATIONS FOR THIS.
WHEN THE MUSIC 4@PICKS UP DON'T
WORR4@Y YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS.
>> OVER THE COURSE OF AN EVENT
YOU END UP DANCING WITH
EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM 4@UNLIKE
ANY OTHER DANCE WHERE YOU MIGHT
DANCE 4@WITH ONE PERSON ALL
NIGHT.
>> I FELL IN LOVE WITH CONTRA
DANCING WHEN I 4@FELL IN LOVE
WITH MY HUSBAND.
>> HE RUNS THE CONTRA DANCE 4@I
PORTLAND.
YOU NEVER KNOW DELLA WAS A NEW
BEE 4@HERE JUST A FEW YEARS AGO
>> AS 4@A 4@TOTAL BEGINNER WITH
LEFT FEET AND LOTS OF BAGGAGE
WHEN IT CAME TO 4@DANCING I GOT
ON THE FLOOR AND WAS SO WELL
TAKEN CARE OF BY THE PEOPLE IN
THE ROOM 4@I WAS BEING PASSED
FROM ONE KIND HUMAN TO ANOTHER @
AND I REALLY LITERALLY HAD NOT
SMILED THAT MUCH IN YEARS.
MY FACE HURT.
THESE ARE THE TWO MUSCLES THAT
HURT MOST AND I FELT CONNECTED
IN A WAY THAT I HADN'T
EXPERIENCED 4@BEFORE.
♪ [ 4@MUSIC ] ♪
>> 4@AS I DISCOVERED THEY'RE
RIGHT.
NO EXPERIENCE JUST AN OPEN
MIND.
>> PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FO4@R
DEPRESSION OR ANXIETY WHO COME
IN THE DOOR AND 4@AT THE START
THEY'RE VERY SOCIALLY AWKWARD
AND MAYBE HAVE STRUGGLES 4@
THROUGH THE COURSE OF A FEW
WEEKS OR MONTHS THEY'RE FEELING
LIKE THEY'RE THEMSELVES AGAIN.
>> 4@I'VE KNOWN PEOPLE WITH
PHYSICAL DISABILITIES LIMPS OR
OTHER AILMENTS THAT KEEP THEM
FROM FUNCTIONING AT 4@A HIGH 4@
LEVEL WITH THEIR BODIES BUT
DURING A CONTRA DANCE THEY 4@CA
DO IT.
IT'S A 4@COLLABORATIVE FORM WHE
PEOPLE ARE HELPING EACH 4@OTHER
OUT.
BY RELYING ON THE DANCERS
AROUND THEM ENJOY THEMSELF LIKE
ANYBODY ELSE.
>> SUCH 4@AN INTIMATE SETTING
FRIENDSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS
CAN'T HELP BUT FORM.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE
YOU TO SOME OF THOSE 4@COUPLES
YOU WOULDN'T MIND.
>> LIKE WILLIAM AND EMILY.
>> WHEN DID 4@YOU FIRST LAY YOU
EYES ON WILLIAM?
>> ACTUALLY PROBABLY THE FIRST
TIME I CAME.
>> WHO 4@EACH STARTED 4@COMING
ALONE.
>> WE DANCED AND HE SAID
SOMETHING ABOUT 4@HOW I WAS GOO
AT DOING THE SWINGING SO 4@THAT
WAS FLATTERING.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> EVEN4@ IF YO4@U AREN'T 4@LOO
FOR 4@LOVE OR NEW FRIENDS BUT
JUST A WAY TO LET OUT 4@STRESS
THE WEEK CONTRA GUARANTEES A
SMILE.
>> 4@COME AND DANCE.
[ CHEERING ].
>> THAT WAS 4@A FUN NIGHT.
IF YOU WANT 4@TO LEARN MORE ABO
CONTRA DANCING HEAD TO OUR
WEBSITE.
>> TUNE IN