The Folklore Society of Greater Washington

Furthering the understanding, investigation, appreciation, and performance of the traditional folk music and folklore of the American people.

FSGW's Sunday Night Contra and Square Dance

The 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.

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: $10.00 for members of FSGW and affiliated groups (BFMS, CDSS, ATDS) and $13.00 for all others. Children ages 7 to 22 (over 17 with student ID) $5.00.

Our dancers who are sensitive to fragrances will be grateful if you use them gently. Dancers deserve to be safe and and deserve to dance in an environment free from the fear that they will be subjected to inappropriate behavior. For more about this...

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
2013
May
19 SundayFSGW Sunday Contra George and Tim and SWALLOWTAIL
7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD)
26 SundayFSGW Sunday Contra April Blum calls with Ricochet!
7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD)
June
02 SundayFSGW Sunday Contra Andrea Nettleton with Waverley Station
7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD)
09 SundayFSGW Sunday Contra Rickey Holt with Forks of Nature
7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD)
16 SundayFSGW Sunday Contra Jean Gorrindo with The Avant Gardeners
7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD)
23 SundayFSGW Sunday Contra Bob Isaacs with Last Exit
7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD)
30 SundayFSGW Sunday Contra Steve Gester with Floorplay
7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD)
July
07 SundayFSGW Sunday Contra Janine or Robbin with Ken and Brad Kolodner
7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Glen Echo,MD)
14 SundayFSGW Sunday Contra Tom Hinds with The Free Raisins
7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Glen Echo,MD)
21 SundayFSGW Sunday Contra Ken Gall with Entwyned
7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD)
28 SundayFSGW Sunday Contra Gaye Fifer with The Coffee Zombies
7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Glen Echo,MD)
August
04 SundayFSGW Sunday Contra Rachel Shapiro with The Cosmic Otters
7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Glen Echo,MD)
11 SundayFSGW Sunday Contra Dick Bearman calls
7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Glen Echo,MD)
18 SundayFSGW Sunday Contra Ann Fallon calls
7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Glen Echo,MD)
25 SundayFSGW Sunday Contra Delaura Padovan with a Graham DeZarn Joint
7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Glen Echo,MD)
September
01 SundayFSGW Sunday Contra
7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Bumper Car Pavilion (Glen Echo,MD)
08 SundayFSGW Sunday Contra
7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD)
15 SundayFSGW Sunday Contra Susan Michaels with Honeysuckle Rose
7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD)
22 SundayFSGW Sunday Contra CONTRASTOCK 3
1:00 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD)
29 SundayFSGW Sunday Contra Wild Asparagus
7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD)

Current Articles

For More Information Please Contact
FSGW Sunday Contra Coordinator, Penelope Weinberger


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. The Spanish Ballroom is on the right.


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.

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