Money Musk - traditional contra

This footage is from an Open House (March 12, 2010) in Tunbridge, Vermont, sponsored by the Ed Larkin Dancers. As a performance group, the Larkin dancers keep alive a central Vermont dance tradition, and at their public dances, such as this one, they stick to their traditional repertoire. Money Musk as danced here is the older 32-bar form of the dance, rather than the 24-bar version that was adopted in New Hampshire late in the 19th century and then spread to other locations in part by the calling of Ralph