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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 February 14 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Bring Your Sweetie to the Freebie - Tom and Myra c 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details 21 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Sargon de Jesus calls for Terpsichore 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details 28 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Tori Barone calls with Floor Play 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details March 07 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Ted Hodapp calls to Contratopia 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details 14 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Eva Murray calls to Taylor Among the Devils 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details 21 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Beth Molaro calls with Laura and the Lava Lamps 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details 28 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Rebecca Lay calls with Mortal Wombat 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details April 04 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Jim Morrison calls with Capitol Quicksteps 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details 11 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Cis Hinkle calls with Moving Violations 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details 18 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Laura Brown calls with Contra Wizards 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details 25 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances SPECIAL Ron Buchanan's Mind Bending Dances 3:00 PM at Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Glen Echo,MD) Details 25 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Ron Buchanan calls with Rhythm Method String Band 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details May 02 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Woody Lane calls with KGB 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details 09 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances TBA calls with Steve Rosen & Rhys Jones 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details 16 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Ted Hodapp calls with Magic Foot 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details 23 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances George Marshall, Tim VanEgmond call and play with Swallowtail 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details 30 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances TBA calls with Serpentine 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details June 06 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances TBA calls with Perpetual e-Motion 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details 13 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Dick Bearman calls with Contra Rebels 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD) Details 20 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances TBA calls with Jubilea 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.