Swing Dance with Craig Gildner Big Band
8:00pm: Lesson | 9:00pm - 12:00am: Social Dance
Swing dance Craig Gildner Big Band-come dance Slow Balboa, FoxTrot and Lindy Hop!
Lesson included with price of admission!
8:00pm: Lesson | 9:00pm - 12:00am: Social Dance
Swing dance Craig Gildner Big Band-come dance Slow Balboa, FoxTrot and Lindy Hop!
Lesson included with price of admission!
8:00pm lesson
9pm-11:30pm dance
Triple Crown Swing dance in the Bumper Car Pavilion with the All Star Band featuring Paul Cosentino, Russ Wilson, and Craig Gildner!
All ages welcome.
Lesson with Connor Cole and Amanda Gerkin, included with price of admission!
8:00pm: Lesson | 9:00pm - 12:00am: Social Dance
Swing dance A Salute to Benny and Charlie! Featuring the Midri Brothers and the Gildner All-Stars.
Lesson included with price of admission!
8:00pm lesson
9pm-12 midnight dance
Craig Gildner Big Band playing Count Basie for dancing!
8:00pm
Time to party like it’s 1922! We have a special guest Danny Tobias on horn this evening, playing hot jazz favorites for your dancing pleasure. It’s going to be an incredible night of music in the Spanish Ballroom.
Beginner lesson with Tricia and Thomas at 8, band at 9. Proof of vaxx/photo ID/mask required for entry. Purchase tickets with this link: www.brownpapertickets.com/
8:00pm lesson
9pm-12 midnight dance
Triple Crown Swing dance with the All Star Band featuring Paul Cosentino, Russ Wilson, and Craig Gildner!
Lesson with Connor Cole and Amanda Gerkin, included with price of admission!
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 WALTZ SISTERS with Tina Chancey (fiddle), Paul Oorts (accordion, mandolin), Liz Donaldson (piano).
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1:00pm - 4:00pm
In collaboration with Dancing by the Bayou, the Partnership presents a Cajun dance to live music from Dennis Stroughmatt et L'Esprit Creole. Led by its ambassador Dennis Stroughmatt, L'Esprit Creole brings you the sights, stories and sounds of French Creole music from The Illinois Country. A 30-minute Cajun dance lesson (included with the price of admission) with Sharon Schiliro and Michael Hart of Dancing by the Bayou will start at 1pm, followed by dancing with the band
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Join us at the Barn Dance, presented by Folklore Society of Greater Washington! This free 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.
Sarah Foard, Sargon de Jesus, and Charlie Pilzer will be playing and TBD will be calling!
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.
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Join us at the Barn Dance, presented by Folklore Society of Greater Washington! This free 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.
Gina Faber & Liz Donaldson will be playing and Penelope Weinberger will be calling!
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.