Melanie Axel-Lute

Contra and English Country Dance Caller

Contact information: mmaxellute at yahoo dot com

For more about me and my work as a dance caller, look here.
What is contra dancing? Only seeing it can tell you!
For English country dancing, look here. Look for Paul in the video!
A wonderful selection of the many moods of English country dancing is here .

New book! "Twice as Nice" contains contra dances and English country dances. Contact me to order.

My first book was Quotation Index to Children's Literature, published in 2001 by Libraries Unlimited

• Take the children's literature quotation quiz

• My second book, Numbers! Colors! Alphabet! A Concept Guide to Children's Picture Books was published by Linworth

• Children's Literature Links

• Contra Dances by Melanie Axel-Lute

• Dance Links

• Photos of Buffalo Gap Dance Camp and Melanie's calling schedule

• Photo page

Thought for the week:
A woman is like a teabag: you never know how strong she is until you put her in hot water. (Eleanor Roosevelt)