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FSGW’s Sunday Night Contra and Square Dance is held in The Spanish Ballroom, restored to all its 1933 splendor, or in the adjacent wonderful, covered, radiant-heated Bumper Car Pavilion. The Ballroom and the Bumper Car Pavilion are not thoroughly climate controlled, so please dress accordingly. Our dances welcome both experienced and new dancers and feature a variety of traditional American contras, squares, waltzes, and mixers performed to wonderful live music. You do not need to bring a partner. FREE Welcome/Orientation to Traditional American Dance session at 7:00 pm. Come early to get the inside scoop on all this stuff, personalized to suit your needs! Admission prices: $9.00 for members of FSGW and affiliated groups (BFMS, CDSS, ATDS) and $12.00 for all others. Children ages 7 to 17 $5.00. Our dancers who are sensitive to fragrances will be grateful if you use them gently. If Glen Echo Park is closed due to severe WEATHER or other circumstances, the dance is cancelled. Call the Park at (301) 634-2222 (and press option 9) or at (301) 320-2330 after 3pm the day of the dance for more information.

Coming Events

2010 August 01 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Eva Murray calls with Green Light Karma 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Glen Echo,MD) Details 08 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Sargon DeJesus calls with The New Hip Trio 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details 15 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Jack Mitchell calls with Contrarians 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Glen Echo,MD) Details 22 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Tom Senior calls with Hu$hmoney 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Glen Echo,MD) Details 29 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Greg Frock calls with The Avant Gardeners 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details September 05 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Carol Ormand with Latter Day Lizards 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Glen Echo,MD) Details 12 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Shawn Brenneman calls with Nightwatch 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Glen Echo,MD) Details 19 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Sugar Beat 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details 26 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances George Marshall and Wild Asparagus 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details October 03 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Janine Smith calls with Old Sledge 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Glen Echo,MD) Details 10 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Rhythm Method String Band 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Glen Echo,MD) Details 17 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Paul Rosen calls with Gift of the Marcii 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Glen Echo,MD) Details 24 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Scott Higgs calls with Crowfoot 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details 31 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Susan Petrick calls with The Opportunists 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Glen Echo,MD) Details November 07 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Tom and Myra call with Footloose 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details 14 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Ti Acadie 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details 21 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Will Mentor calls with Notorious 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details 28 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Hammer and String 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details December 05 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Perry Shafran calls with Devine Comedy 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details 12 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Floor Play 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details

FSGW sponsors this dance series in cooperation with the National Park Service, Montgomery County, and the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture. To find the dance at the park, follow the paved path toward the carousel (also yellow), and bear left. You'll see the Bumper Car Pavilion up ahead. If you came by Metro, and need a ride back, ask the person at the door when you arrive to ask the dance chair to announce that you need a ride back to Metro. We've never left anyone at the Park.