The Contra Dance of Desire

I, Ramón the Mink of Love, am having the Confession to be making. Your humble mink has been shirking his regular Minkly duties. I have been finding the new Passion, which I am hoping you will be Sharing. Every evening in the past fortnight I have been finding myself in the local community center or the church, attending the Contra Dance!

The Contra Dance is being a little similar to the square dance, but it is less square and uptight. The very name is deriving from the partners thrusting Against one another during each of the steps. A caller is standing up above, directing the Sea of Undulating Bodies with the dance instructions and critiques. The caller is backed up by the traditional live Contra music, consisting of the fiddle, the heavy percussion, the prominent trombone lines, and the wacka-chicka bass guitar. With the Moaning and the Stomping of all the participants, the sound of the Contra Dance is the Heavenly one.

However, if you are wishing to be attending the dance, first you must be finding it. Many of them are taking place in the local churches. Try approaching one of these on the Wednesday night or the Sunday morning, and asking if they are knowing where the Swirling Orgy of Lust is taking place. If that is not working, you can also be checking the back pages of the local alternative weekly magazine. One of those numbers in the back is sure to be the One for which you are Seeking.

How should you be dressing at the Contra Dance? Fortunately the attire, it is entirely informal. Although some people are wearing the tuxedos and the evening gowns, most will be dressed for the Comfort and the Easy Access. After all, after only the five minutes the room will be getting Hot and Sweaty, and filled with the Musk of the dancers. The less clothing you are wearing, the better. After only a couple of dances, most of the people will be down to the underwear. Of course, it is important to be wearing the good shoes that will not be leaving the blisters. The best shoes are having the smooth soles, so that you can be spinning and sliding without the effort. If you are choosing to be going barefoot, consider first Greasing Up the feet with the Personal Lubricant.

The first thing you must be doing upon arriving is to be choosing the Partner. Do not be worrying if you have not already been Knowing anyone there. The folks at the Contra Dances are being most Friendly and Open. Most of them are willing to be Sleeping with anything that can twirl. Once you are Selecting the partner, you should be lining up in the queues that are being formed. Your place in the line is determined by if you are the Top or the Bottom. (Or, as the Contra Dancers are so coyly putting it, the “lead” or the “follow.”) And much like any good Affair, your neighbors will be Joining in frequently. Be sure to be picking these people out before the music is starting, so that you can be making the introductions and maybe exchanging the Friendly Backrubs to be getting them In the Mood. After all, your time during the dance will be limited.

Now you are ready to be beginning! It is very important to be maintaining the Rhythm at all times during the Contra Dance. After all, if one person is being lost, the entire line can come crashing to the halt! (Of course, this will not be being the problem for you. As the Dedicated Lover, you are already being used to the Timely Thrustings and the Syncopated Gyrations.) Remember, you may be Switching the partner every four seconds! It is Crucial that you are Getting In, Climaxing, and then telling your partner that you will still be Loving Him in the morning, before the Flow of the Dance will be Sweeping you onto the New One.

The caller will now be showing you the steps that you and your partner will be Performing. For example, in the Allemande, you are joining the hands and locking the eyes with the partner or Neighbor, and circling each other in the Promise of Lust to Come. During the Balance you are Thrusting the Hips Wantonly toward the partner, followed by the quick stomping of the feet. In the swing, you and the partner are grabbing each other by the hindquarters. Spin as fast as possible until you are being ripped apart by the centrifugal forces—with enough Gs, you can be having the truly Mind-Blowing experience! And in the Four-in-Hay, you and the partner and the two neighbors are simply throwing yourself onto each other, going for the proverbial Roll in the Hay.

Before you know it, the dance will be over. You will have Spread your Passion among ten or twenty different neighbors, but there will be no time for the Afterglow. The new dance is beginning, and it is time to be choosing the new Partner! Remember, it is considered rude to be sticking with the same one the whole night. Why not ask that Lusty young lady in the corner, or the Strapping Stud before you? After all, there are no strangers in the Dance...only the Lovers!