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The dance is held in the upstairs room of the Glen Echo Town Hall.
General information on our English Country Dances
For more information see the Song Circles page.
Nancy King's annual Firefly Extravaganza is on for July 6th starting at 8PM.
Firefly show in the back yard between rounds of singing
3312 Glenway Drive, Kensington, MD 20895-2213
Contact Nancy at nlking2@verizon.net for directions
The topic is "Songs you learned (or at least first heard) from a person, rather than from a book or recording."
Gospel Sings are held the second Sunday of every month at various homes. Group singing starts at 4 pm and breaks for a covered dish supper at 6 pm, with more singing together after supper until 8 pm. Everyone is welcome! This month’s Gospel Sing will take place at the home of Larry Cope in Bethesda, MD. Info/directions:
larry_cope@verizon.net or 301-718-6564.
General information about Gospel Sings
Caller & Musicians:
General information on the Silver Spring Contra Dance De Laura Padovan will have you up on your feet in no time at all to the wonderful tunes of Devine Comedy. A free beginners workshop will be from 7:00 to 7:30.
This event is part of the Hashdance Weekend
Join us and our partner, Friday Night Dancers, for their regularly scheduled Friday Night Dance.
Seth Tepfer calls with the Fabulous Glen Echo Open Band, come to dance or play, experience the amazing Spanish Ballroom, pick up your weekend button, meet up with your hosts/guests, look for some surprise appearances on stage (hint: Ripples, Barefoots...).
Join us for the Hashdance Weekend. A one of a kind weekend of hash calling, no-walk-throughs, ultra-challenging contras, squares and other formations that will challenge you to your core. William Mentor and Seth Tepfer are your callers for a wonderful one-off weekend of dancer fever dreams!
We've got events going on the whole weekend: Friday evening, Saturday, Saturday evening, Sunday, Sunday evening.
Get all the info you need about the Hashdance Weekend (schedule, bands & callers, registration)
Saturday Night Zesty Contra Special
Saturday night of the Hashdance Weekend features Will Mentor and Seth Tepfer calling an amazing 4 hour, super zesty (challenging, but not excluding) contras and squares dance, with 2 bands.
School is out! Bring your kids and grandkids!
It's all GO! with Green Light Karma, dharma dictates that we will dance the night away to the Kama inducing tunes and dances of Dave Wiesler - piano, Andrew Marcus - accordion, and David Knight - fiddle, with Anna Rain calling. Achieve Nirvana!
General information on the Silver Spring Contra Dance Anna Rain will have you up on your feet in no time at all to the wonderful music provided by the dynamic duo of David Knight on fiddle and David Wiesler on key board and guitar. A free beginners workshop will be from 7:00 to 7:30.
Gospel Sings are held the second Sunday of every month at various homes. Group singing starts at 4 pm and breaks for a covered dish supper at 6 pm, with more singing together after supper until 8 pm. Everyone is welcome! This month’s Gospel Sing will take place at the condominium of Shirley Buzzard in the Waterfront area of Washington, DC. Info/directions:
sbuzzard@live.com or 202-554-6316.
The band and caller for this dance are TBD.
More information visit the DC Square Dances page
Callers: Will Mentor, Nils Fredland, Susan Michaels
Elixir
Maivish
Wake Up Robin
Sunday Sept 23th - Full day tickets, available in advance and at the door.
(Email dance@fsgw.org to find out about $25 volunteer-ticket opportunities.)
Please plan to participate in the dance world's best potluck!
Admission : $8, $6 for members, youth and students
Lesson at 7:30 - Dancing 8 - 11
Band and Caller for this date are TBD.
This event is being managed by the BFMS. The event page is at http://www.bfms.org/nyeGala.php
Band and Caller are TBD
The Grand March begins at 8:00 pm. The dance will go until 12:15 am.
Details on the New Year's Eve Contra and Square Ball
A traditional and powerful singing of American shape-note hymns, fuging tunes, and anthems in unaccompanied four-part harmony from The Sacred Harp and The Shenandoah Harmony.
Mid-day picnic on the grounds.
See the Potomac River Sacred Harp Singing Convention page for details.
