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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo
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Every Friday over 100 dancers dance contra dance to live music in Glen Echo National Park next to DC. About 8-30 beginners join them for the first time and some get hooked for life! Ages 15-90 regularly dance with us, and all others are welcome. Try it!
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท 19d
SUNDAY Oct 19: a FREE CONTRA DANCE with the greatest DC talent at the Washington Folk Festival! Lots of dancing and music and FOOD TRUCKS too!
๐†๐ซ๐ž๐  ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ค calling with music by ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ณ๐ž๐ซ (piano), ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐š๐ง ๐๐ซ๐š๐ง๐๐ญ,(flute) ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐จ๐ฆ ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ (mandolin, mandola)
Schedule: wff.fsgw2.org/wff/office/w...
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Oct 2
This Friday! Dance to Cojiro with calling by Julian Blechner! Come alone or with friends! No experience or partner required. Lesson @ 7:30pm, dance starts at 8pm. About 30 new beginners and 100+ veteran dancers every Friday. At the Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park!
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Aug 20
Contrastock! An awesome all-day contra dance, Sunday, September 7, 2025 from 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm (with a break for a potluck dinner).
Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park, MD.
fsgw.org/contrastock
Get tickets now!
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Aug 18
ALERT! On Labor Day Weekend the Friday Night Dance will be in SILVER SPRING, NOT GLEN ECHO! Tell all the dancers you know, because some dancers will show up at the Spanish Ballroom and be cruelly disappointed! In Silver Spring there's parking, A/C, and Metro! Join us!
#contradance #dcdance
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Aug 12
Try contra dancing! Every Friday night, almost always in the glorious Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo National Park outside of DC. #contradance #dcdance #contradancing
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Aug 12
This Friday August 15th! Greg Frock calling to Gyrations!

We are so lucky that humans get to go to a contra dance with THIS band and THIS caller in THIS glorious dance community.
Try contra! Easy and SO, SO FUN!
#contradance #glenechoparkmd #dcdance #contradancing
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Aug 11
Somewhere in the Americas we need to put in the contribution of African-American call-and-response to both east and west coast. As far as I know (and I don't know much!), the Brits did not call during the dances--that's an African American thing.
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Harris Lapiroff @harris.social.coop.ap.brid.gy ยท Jun 21
One neat thing Iโ€™ve used Cursor for recently is translating my contra dance programs from photos of my physical cards to the YAML format I use to record them.

#ml #ai
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mrtimklein โŒ๐Ÿ‘‘ @mrtimklein.bsky.social ยท Jun 21
I called for a lovely small dance (30 dancers) in Hot Springs, NC last night. Hosted by Charley Harvey. Music by Paul Moore, Laura Lengnick, and Art Schuster. It's a lovely space. Please come to their monthly dance if you're in the area. #contradance #hotspringsnc
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Aug 11
We can't turn back time, but if we spin real fast, somehow it slows down. Our research team investigates the time-space continuum EVERY FRIDAY. Won't you come join us? Music by UNBOWED
at the Friday Night Contra Dance at the Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo! #contradance #dcdance #glenechoparkmd โ€‹
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Jul 31
The music is awesome and hard, but contra dance is awesome and easy! www.fridaynightdance.com/what-is-cont...
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Jul 31
Tickets are at the door, but can also be bought in advance here: www.eventbrite.com/cc/friday-ni...
Friday Night Contra Dances at Glen Echo
Contra dances in the Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD.
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Jul 31
We dance almost every Friday in the year at Glen Echo! This Friday August 1st we'll be in the Spanish Ballroom as Thursday's rain brings the temperature down to 70 so we can dance hard to Southern Maryland's finest contra band SOME ASSEMBLY and DC's fave caller April Blum!
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Jul 18
Tonight in the Spanish Ballroom! Contra dance to one of the best DC callers and bands! Come alone or with friends! It's easy and fun! $15 tickets at the door or here: www.eventbrite.com/e/contra-dan...
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Apr 28
Add Janine Smith, The Hollertones, TEQUILA, and a full Bumper Car Pavilion and you get pure bliss! #contradance #contradancing #glenechoparkMD #folkmusic #mandolin
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Apr 28
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Apr 28
Janine Smith, The Hollertones, and TEQUILA! A winning combo at the Glen Echo Contra Dance last Friday! #contradance #contradancing #glenechoparkMD
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Feb 22
The view from down the hall with Kingfisher playing Glen Echo and Alex Deis-Lauby calling the dances! #contradance #glenechoparkmd #dcdance #contradancing
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Feb 22
The view from the stage last night with Kingfisher and caller Alex Deis-Lauby! #contradance #glenechoparkmd #dcdance #contradancing
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Feb 22
Last night's dance with Kingfisher and caller Alex Deis-Lauby! #contradance #glenechoparkmd #contradancing #dcDance
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Feb 22
Last night at Glen Echo with Kingfisher and caller Alex Deis-Lauby! #contradance #glenechoparkmd #contradancing
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Feb 18
Kingfisher! Coming to Baltimore on Wed. night, and Glen Echo on Friday Feb. 21st! With caller Alex Deis-Lauby! Don't miss it!
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Feb 10
Friendly reminder from Kaylieee on TikTok
Try it this Friday at Glen Echo! www.tiktok.com/@kylie_bj/vi... #contradancing #contradance #glenechoparkmd #dcDance
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Feb 4
Dancing to Terpsichore last Friday in the glorious Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo! Calling by Melissa Chatham! Video by @elifnisapolat on IG. Dancing by the usual mix of long-time contra dancers and beginners there for the first time. It's easy enough that you can do it too! #contradance
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The Friday Night Dance at Glen Echo @fridaynightdance.bsky.social ยท Feb 3
Terpsichore nailing the transition to "Campbell's Farewell to Red Gap" at the Friday Night Contra dance Jan 31st at Glen Echo! #contradance #glenechoparkmd #dcDance #dcEvents #contradancing
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