Techno music will bring a new beat to a traditional Maine contra dance

Techno music will bring a new beat to a traditional Maine contra dance

Few things are more traditional than a New England contra dance, in which a group of dancers gathers into lines and follows instructions from a caller, as musicians play fiddles and other acoustic instruments. But on Saturday, when the organizers of a monthly contra dance in Surry celebrate the event’s second birthday, they’ll break away from old-school folk music to feature a DJ playing techno music. Alice Slater, who organizes the Surry contra…