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

Live Music with The Pine Leaf Boys!

Free Cajun dance lesson included with admission.

*Special* Cajun-Contra-Crossover! Buy a ticket to this dance and try out the Contra dance (during a break) for only $5! Inquire at the check-in desk.

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Waltz Time presents a waltz dance with live music by TRIO CON BRIO with Elke Baker (fiddle), Jonathan Jenson (piano, vocals), Paul Oorts (accordion, mandolin, banjo, guitar, concertina)

Free Waltz lesson included with admission.

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Join us at the Barn Dance! This fun-spirited event is suitable for all ages and ability levels. It features live music and a caller who teaches all the dances and keeps everyone moving to the music. Expect a variety of circles, squares, longways sets, contras, waltzes, and ceilidhs.

Families with pre-school kids, families with tweens and teens, grandparents, and everyone in-between will have a rollicking good time! Our intergenerational community is what makes this dance unique and fun. So grab a friend, your parents, your kids, and dance the afternoon away.

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Waltz Time presents a special evening waltz dance just prior to the holiday in the Bumper Car Pavilion. Live music by AIR LOOM with David Courret-Knight (fiddle), Carrie Rose (flute), David Wiesler (piano).

Free Waltz lesson included with admission.

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Waltz Time presents a waltz dance with live music by the Gigmeisters:  Alexander Mitchell (fiddle, mandolin, vocals), Paul Oorts (accordion, mandolin, banjo, guitar), David Wiesler (piano), Ralph Gordon (bass). Free Waltz lesson included with admission.

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Waltz Time presents a waltz dance with live music by Devine Comedy Marty Taylor (whistles, recorder, concertina), Steve Hickman (fiddle, harmonica, vocals), John Devine (guitar, vocals). Free Waltz lesson included with admission.

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Join us at the Barn Dance! This fun-spirited event is suitable for all ages and ability levels. It features live music and a caller who teaches all the dances and keeps everyone moving to the music. Expect a variety of circles, squares, longways sets, contras, waltzes, and ceilidhs.

Families with pre-school kids, families with tweens and teens, grandparents, and everyone in-between will have a rollicking good time! Our intergenerational community is what makes this dance unique and fun. So grab a friend, your parents, your kids, and dance the afternoon away.

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Waltz Time presents a waltz dance with live music by Gyrations (Carrie Rose: flute/David Courret-Knight: fiddle/Liz Donaldson: piano).

Free Waltz lesson included with admission.

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Waltz Time presents a waltz dance with live music by Larry Ungar and Friends (Larry Ungar: guitar, banjo/Miranda Weinberg: fiddle/Carrie Rose: flute).

Free Waltz lesson included with admission.

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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 admission.

*Special Deal*

Buy one ticket for only $22 and flow back & forth between Zydeco and Waltz dances all afternoon! Admission ticket includes lessons for both dances:

Zydeco 3:00pm lesson, 3:30-6:30pm dancing

Waltz 2:30pm lesson, 3:00-6:00pm dancing

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