Favorite Contra Dances

Dance & Choreographer

Song & Artist
About Leavin' "U" - Lynne Flanders Honky Tonk U - Toby Keith
Songs About Me - Trace Adkins
Close Encounters - Bill Bader Move It On Over - Hank William Jr
No News - Lonestar
Fire Walkin' - Gloria Johnson Fire and Smoke - Earle Thomas Conley
Foot Boogie - Ryan Dobry Baby Likes to Rock It - The Tractors
L & L Bump - Shirley McCoy Babcock Poor Boy Shuffle - The Tractors
Love Gets Me Everytime - Shania Twain
Lost In the Shuffle - Peter Metelnick Lost In the Shuffle - Michael Peterson
Lucky Me, Lucky You - Leroy Parnell
My, My, My, My, My Boogie Shoes - Ron Kline Boogie Shoes - K.C. & The Sunshine Band
Wall To Wall - Vance Kelly
Northside Cha Cha - W.W. Dancers (Joe Weston) Third Rate Romance - Sammy Kershaw
You Should Have Been True - The Mavericks
People - "SanDee" Skelton Deep River Blues - Groovegrass Boys
Migra - Santana
Rednex Stomp - Chris Kumre Cotton Eyed Joe - Rednex
Southside Shuffle - Donna Aiken South's Gonna Do It Again - Charlie Daniels
455 Rocket - Kathy Mattea
Strut 'n Vines - Judy McDonald Kind of Like It's Love - Jason McCoy
Train Wreck - Kathy Hunyadi Party Train - The Gap Band
Wild Wild West Boogie - Chris Hookie Wild Wild West - The Escape Club

Some have adapted these dances to contra
B&S Boogie - Dave Rusch If It Don't Take Two - Shania Twain
That'll Be the Day - Buddy Holly
Cruisin' - Neil Hale  (fun contra)  
Dipstick - Judy McDonald (try it contra) Appropriate Dipstick - Natalie MacMaster
Swamp Thang – Max Perry (looks great contra) Swamp Thing - The Grid
Swingin' Thing - Jo & Rita Thompson  
The Curtsy Cross - Jim Vivis You'd Better Think Twice - Vince Gill
Waltz Across Texas - Lois & John Nielson Any slow to moderate waltz
Why Ma - Claire Gent Tell Me Ma - Sham Rock
Wrong Way - Barry Amato Don't Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders

Some do these dances as circle dances
Picnic Polka  
Rita's Waltz