Melanie Axel-Lute Contra and English Country Dance Caller & Former Children's Librarian and English Teacher

Contact information: maxellute 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
• Contra Dances by Melanie Axel-Lute New : A couple of modern ECD
• Dance Links
• Photos of Buffalo Gap Dance Camp and Melanie's calling schedule
• Miscellany of Fun Stuff & Worthy Causes
• Photo page

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