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

Waltz Time presents a waltz dance with live music by DJANGOLAYA with Jeanine Greene (vocals, violin), Charlie Schueller (accordion), Andrew Deshler (guitar).

Free Waltz lesson included with admission.

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

Waltz Time presents a waltz dance with live music by THE BECKER BAND with Clara Becker (fiddle, vocals), Chuck Becker (mandolin, guitar, bass), Leah Becker (guitar), Rafael Babay (vocals, guitar, banjo).

Free Waltz lesson included with admission.

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At our Sunday Waltzes, our bands play other folk dances in addition to waltz, including polka, hambo, and schottis. You may have wondered where you can learn these dances. Wonder no more! In addition to the regular beginning waltz lesson, Waltz Time is offering a workshop on hambo at our December 15th waltz, taught by Dan Kahn and Katherine Anderson. Like the beginning lesson, this workshop is included in the cost of a dance ticket. This workshop will run in the Ballroom Back Room, in parallel to the beginner folk waltz lesson. We will make sure the band plays several hambo that day so you can enjoy your new skill!

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At our Sunday Waltzes the bands play several folk dances in addition to waltz, such as polkas, hambos, and schottis, and you may have wondered where you can learn them. Wonder no more! Waltz Time is offering a schottis workshop, taught by Dan Kahn and Katherine Anderson, as part of our October 20^th waltz. The workshop will be taught in the Ballroom Back Room from 2:45pm - 3:30pm. No extra cost – this workshop is included in your entrance fee for the waltz that day. We will make sure the band plays several schottis during the afternoon so you can enjoy your new skill. 

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By popular demand, we are offering an advanced workshop to experienced folk waltz dancers (those who are comfortable with the material from our Intermediate/Advanced lesson series, or experienced waltzers who have a solid repertoire of folk waltz moves). During the course of the two-hour class, we will be introducing new moves like the waltz whip and swoosh that were not covered in our previous series, reviewing moves like grapevine and follow free spin, and then marrying moves together in flowing and sophisticated combinations which will boost your musicality and dance floor technique. By the end of the class students will have expanded their repertoire, increased their ability to navigate complexity on the dance floor, and gained foundational skills which will help them learn and improvise other combinations in the future. Anyone can lead, anyone can follow. No partner required but encouraged to enable ample practice opportunity. The workshop includes approximately 1 1/2 h instruction followed by 1/2 h supervised practice. $20 per person. Saturday, September 28, 3:30-5:30 pm in the Ballroom Back Room (room behind the Spanish Ballroom stage). No advance registration - just show up 15-20 minutes before the indicated start time. More info: waltztimelessons@gmail.com

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Would you like to expand your waltz skills by dancing in your partners' shoes? Are you ready for the challenge and complexity of switching back and forth between the lead and follow roles throughout the course of a single song? If so, join Tony Treston and Katherine Anderson for their two-hour Advanced Waltz Workshop: Role Switching. We will begin by exploring the different mindsets and body knowledge necessary to switch to your less familiar role (be it lead or follow), move on to a review of several foundational moves in your novel role, then introduce a series of combinations which allow you to deftly and elegantly switch roles with your partner during the course of a dance. Everyone will lead, everyone will follow. Limited to dancers who are already comfortable dancing folk waltz as either lead or follow. No partner required but encouraged to enable ample practice opportunity. The workshop includes approximately 1 1/2 h instruction followed by 1/2 h supervised practice. $20 per person. Friday, September 6, 6:00-8:00 pm in the Ballroom Back Room (room behind the Spanish Ballroom stage). No advance registration - just show up 15-20 minutes before the indicated start time. More info: waltztimelessons@gmail.com

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Waltz Time presents a waltz dance with live music by WALTZ SISTERS with Tina Chancey (fiddle), Paul Oorts (accordion, mandolin, banjo, guitar, concertina), Liz Donaldson (piano), Ralph Gordon (bass).

Free Waltz lesson included with admission.

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Waltz Time presents a waltz dance with live music by HONEYSUCKLE ROSE TRIO with Liz Donaldson (piano), Paul Oorts (accordion, mandolin, banjo, guitar, concertina), Elke Baker (violin).

Free Waltz lesson included with admission.

At our Sunday Waltzes, our bands play other folk dances in addition to waltz, including polka, hambo, and schottis. You may have wondered where you can learn these dances. Wonder no more! In addition to the regular beginning waltz lesson, Waltz Time is offering a workshop on hambo at our December 15th waltz, taught by Dan Kahn and Katherine Anderson. Like the beginning lesson, this workshop is included in the cost of a dance ticket. This workshop will run in the Ballroom Back Room, in parallel to the beginner folk waltz lesson. We will make sure the band plays several hambo that day so you can enjoy your new skill!

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Waltz Time presents a waltz dance with live music by TERPSICHORE with Elke Baker (fiddle), Liz Donaldson (piano), Ralph Gordon (bass).

Free Waltz lesson included with admission.

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Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts & Culture presents a waltz dance with live music by WYNDREÁM with David Knight (fiddle), Ellen Gira (cello), Janet Muse (piano).

Free Waltz lesson included with admission, no need to bring a partner!

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Dual Dance ticket for waltz and cajun dance available here: