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    FOLK DANCE

    7:30pm - 10:00pm

    7:30pm - 8:30pm Intermediate/Advanced Class; 8:30pm - 10:00pm open request dancing

    Glen Echo International Folk Dancers presents a weekly folk dance. Learn dances from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Albania, Greece, Turkey…

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    8:15pm - 11:30pm

     

    8:15pm - 9:00pm Lesson  |  9:00pm - 11:30pm Dance

    Capital Blues! On Thursday nights dancers converge upon the Back Room at Glen Echo Park for the best in DJ’ed Blues dances in the Washington, D.C. area. Admission is $10 per person…

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    Ruben Moreno and band

    7:00pm - 7:30pm: Lesson | 7:30pm - 10:30pm: Social Dance

    Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts & Culture presents a zydeco dance in cooperation with Dancing by the Bayou.

    Live Music with Ruben Moreno and the Zydeco Re-Evolution!

    Free zydeco dance lesson included with…

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    Contra dancers

    7:30pm - 11:00pm

    7:30pm: Lesson | 8:00pm - 11:00pm: Social Dance

    Contra dance with occasional squares in the Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD. Sponsored…

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    Back Room Salsa Nights red graphic with dancers

    7:30pm - 11:00pm

    Join us every third Friday in the Ballroom Back Room for a sizzling hot night of Salsa presented by Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts & Culture. We'll start at 7:30pm with a one-hour beginner lesson (free with the price of admission)…

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    10:00am to 11:00am

    Experience the JOY of dance through Shake Your Soul! Shake Your Soul is a dynamic movement practice that energizes your body, relaxes your nervous system, and awakens your soul through a dance…

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    11:15am - 12:15pm

    Dance to the soul-stirring rhythms of India and feel your spirits lift! In this class you will learn: Bhangra -- a celebratory and uplifting folk dance from the state of Punjab in North India and Bollywood dance…

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    DISTRICT ZOUK

    7:30pm - 1:00am

    7:30pm Lambada Practica | 8:30-9:30pm Lesson | 9:30pm - 1:00am Social Dance

    Join us for a Brazilian Zouk Social at Glen Echo in the Spanish Ballroom. This Brazilian dance has been growing in popularity in the US and…

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    WALTZ TIME

    2:45pm - 6:00pm

    2:45pm - 3:30pm: Lesson | 3:30pm - 6:00pm: Social Dance

    Waltz Time presents a waltz dance with live music by LARRY UNGER AND FRIENDS (MIRANDA WEINBERG, FIDDLE) with Larry Unger (guitar, banjo), Carrie Rose (flute),…

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    WCS at Glen Echo

    5:30pm - 10:30pm

    Late Night Early is the only West Coast Swing party with late night vibes....during the day! Lessons are located at Rooms 202-203. The social dance is located at the Spanish Ballroom. Tickets are $15 entry, or $20 for you and a friend!

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    6:30pm - 11:00pm

    6:30pm & 7:30pm: Lessons | 8:30pm-11pm: Social Dance

    Tango Brillante presents lessons and a dance. Tango lesson (6:30pm), Milonga lesson (7:30pm), Social Dance (8:30-11:00pm). For more information…

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    FOLK DANCE

    7:30pm - 10:00pm

    7:30pm - 8:30pm Intermediate/Advanced Class; 8:30pm - 10:00pm open request dancing

    Glen Echo International Folk Dancers presents a weekly folk dance. Learn dances from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Albania, Greece, Turkey…

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    7:00pm - 9:30 pm

      ABC's of Ballroom Dance workshop 7:00-9:30 with the last half hour dedicated to supervised practice.

      Admission

      • $15 at the door 
      • $5 for students and military. (Cash, check, Zelle, CC)

      All are invited to…

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      8:15pm - 11:30pm

       

      8:15pm - 9:00pm Lesson  |  9:00pm - 11:30pm Dance

      Capital Blues! On Thursday nights dancers converge upon the Back Room at Glen Echo Park for the best in DJ’ed Blues dances in the Washington, D.C. area. Admission is $10 per person…

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      Contra dancers

      7:30pm - 11:00pm

      7:30pm: Lesson | 8:00pm - 11:00pm: Social Dance

      Contra dance with occasional squares in the Bumper Car Pavilion at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD.…

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      8:00pm - midnight

      8:00pm: Lesson | 9:00pm - midnight: Swing Dance

      DCLX is pleased to bring you a swing dance on Friday, April 25, 2025. We are excited to bring the Craig Gildner Big Band…

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      Friday April 25th-Sunday April 27th! Live music and so much dancing!

      See dclx.org for full schedule and information.

      BEGINNER LESSON: 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

      FRIDAY MAIN: The Craig Gildner Big Band, 9:00 PM – 12:00 AM

      FRIDAY LATE: Gordon Webster Band featuring Hannah Gill & Chelsea Reed and The Fairweather Band, 12…

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      12:30am

      DCLX is pleased to bring you a late night dance with Chelsea Reed and the Fairweather Band and Gordon Webster.

      Schedule:

      12:30am: slow room with Chelsea Reed opens
      1:00am: fast room with Gordon Webster opens


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      10:00am to 11:00am

      Experience the JOY of dance through Shake Your Soul! Shake Your Soul is a dynamic movement practice that energizes your body, relaxes your nervous system, and awakens your soul through a dance…

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      11:15am - 12:15pm

      Dance to the soul-stirring rhythms of India and feel your spirits lift! In this class you will learn: Bhangra -- a celebratory and uplifting folk dance from the state of Punjab in North India and Bollywood dance…

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      Friday April 25th-Sunday April 27th! Live music and so much dancing!

      See dclx.org for full schedule and information.

      BEGINNER LESSON: 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

      SATURDAY MAIN: Scott Silbert’s “Biggest” Big Band, 9:00 PM – 12:00 AM

      SATURDAY LATE: Keenan McKenzie and The Riffers & Gordon Webster (Blues Edition), 12:30…

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      8:00pm - midnight

      8:00pm: Lesson | 9:00pm - midnight: Swing Dance

      DCLX is pleased to bring you a swing dance on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Featuring live music with Scott Silbert’s “Biggest…

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      12:30am

      DCLX is pleased to bring you a late night dance with Gordon Webster (Blues Edition) and Kennan McKenzie and the Riffers.

      Schedule:

      1:00am: slow room with Gordon Webster (Blues Edition) opens
      1:30am: fast room with Keenan…

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      1:30pm

      DCLX is pleased to bring you a dance in the Bumper Car Pavilion on Sunday, April 27, 2025. Featuring music by the Jon Tigert Hangover Jam Band. 

      Schedule: 

      1:30pm: swing dancing to a live band; the band is a jam band—dancers are…

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      Friday April 25th-Sunday April 27th! Live music and so much dancing!

      April 27th times: 1:30pm - 5:30pm & 8:00pm - 11:00pm

      See dclx.org for full schedule and information.

      SUNDAY AFTERNOON: Jon Tigert’s Hangover Jazz Band, 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM in the Bumper Car Pavilion

      SUNDAY MAIN: Jonathan Stout and His Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexander, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM in the Spanish Ballroom

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      2:45pm - 6:00pm

      2:45pm - 3:30pm: Lesson | 3:30pm - 6:00pm: Social Dance

      Ballroom Time presents a ballroom dance in the historic Spanish Ballroom on Sunday afternoon April 27, 2025.

      Admission is $20 at the door (Cash /Check/Zelle/…

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      6:30pm - 11:00pm

      NO TANGO TODAY

      Tango Brillante presents lessons and a dance. Tango lesson (6:30pm), Milonga lesson (7:30pm), Social Dance (8:30-11:00pm). For more information about the event, ticketing, and Covid health…

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      8:00pm - midnight

      DCLX is pleased to bring you a swing dance on Sunday, April 27, 2025. Featuring live music by Jonathan Stout and His Campus Five in the Spanish Ballroom!

      8:00pm: swing dancing to live music (no lesson)

      Covid policy:

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      Tony and Katherine

      7:00pm - 8:30pm: Fast Waltz Survival Workshop

      Want to survive the fast-tempo Viennese dances at Waltz Time’s “Evening with Strauss Ball", but don’t want to have to delve deeply into formal Ballroom-Viennese technique? Join us at our Fast-Waltz Survival Workshop on Monday,…

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      FOLK DANCE

      7:30pm - 10:00pm

      7:30pm - 8:30pm Intermediate/Advanced Class; 8:30pm - 10:00pm open request dancing

      Glen Echo International Folk Dancers presents a weekly folk dance. Learn dances from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Albania, Greece, Turkey…

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