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 .

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)