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  • Collegiate Shag I

    Taught by Joe and Tabitha Robinson
    Contact [email protected]
    Saturday, March 29
    1-2pm
    $20/person advance registration (advance registration closes Thursday, March 27 at 11:59pm); $30/door

    Collegiate Shag, one of the swing-adjacent dances that arose in the 1920s and ’30s and enjoyed a resurgence with the Great Lindy Hop Revival of 1998. You’ll learn the six-count Shag basic pattern in both open and closed position, how to vary the six-count rhythm, and fun footwork variations.

    Arcade Building Room 202 at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland 20812


    Taught by Joe and Tabitha Robinson
    Contact [email protected]
    Saturday, March 29
    1-2pm
    $20/person advance registration (advance registration closes Thursday, March 27 at 11:59pm); $30/door

    Collegiate Shag, one of the swing-adjacent dances that arose in the 1920s and ’30s and enjoyed a resurgence with the Great Lindy Hop Revival of 1998. You’ll learn the six-count Shag basic pattern in both open and closed position, how to vary the six-count rhythm, and fun footwork variations.

    Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland 20812

     

  • Getting Jiggy with Jig Walks

    Taught by Caitlin Smith and Robert Hanson
    Contact [email protected] and [email protected]
    Sunday, March 30
    9:45-10:45am
    $20/person advance registration (advance registration closes Thursday, March 27 at 11:59pm); $30/door

    Lindy Hop legend Frankie Manning considered Jig Walks one of the foundational moves of the dance. This basic six-count pattern is infinitely expandable with scads of variations that allow for play and personal expression. You’ll come to treasure all the fun you can have with this easy to lead, easy to use pattern.

    Arcade Building Room 202 at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland 20812


    Taught by Caitlin Smith and Robert Hanson
    Contact [email protected] and [email protected]
    Sunday, March 30
    9:45-10:45am
    $20/person advance registration (advance registration closes Thursday, March 27 at 11:59pm); $30/door

    Lindy Hop legend Frankie Manning considered Jig Walks one of the foundational moves of the dance. This basic six-count pattern is infinitely expandable with scads of variations that allow for play and personal expression. You’ll come to treasure all the fun you can have with this easy to lead, easy to use pattern.

    Arcade Building Room 202 at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland 20812

  • Glen Echo 101

    Taught by Jennifer Sills and Aric Campling
    Contact [email protected]
    Saturday, March 29
    9:45-10:45am
    $20/person advance registration (advance registration closes Thursday, March 27 at 11:59pm); $30/door

    Are you a new or first-time dancer? Feel nervous about attending a dance and facing sooooo many people to dance with? Wish you had a better grasp of basic swing dancing? Then this is the class for YOU! Jennifer and Arik will help you prepare for any dance at the Spanish Ballroom (and beyond) with some basic material, plus some tips and tricks to get the most out of the skills you have. Learn how to smoothly start and finish a dance, adapt basic moves to fit the music, and stretch your skills to comfortably fill a three-minute song! Appropriate for absolute beginners up to advanced beginners, as well as intermediate students who want to work on the musicality skills.

    Arcade Building Room 202 at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland 20812


    Taught by Jennifer Sills and Aric Campling
    Contact [email protected]
    Saturday, March 29
    9:45-10:45am
    $20/person advance registration (advance registration closes Thursday, March 27 at 11:59pm); $30/door

    Are you a new or first-time dancer? Feel nervous about attending a dance and facing sooooo many people to dance with? Wish you had a better grasp of basic swing dancing? Then this is the class for YOU! Jennifer and Arik will help you prepare for any dance at the Spanish Ballroom (and beyond) with some basic material, plus some tips and tricks to get the most out of the skills you have. Learn how to smoothly start and finish a dance, adapt basic moves to fit the music, and stretch your skills to comfortably fill a three-minute song! Appropriate for absolute beginners up to advanced beginners, as well as intermediate students who want to work on the musicality skills. Suitable for all levels.

    Arcade Building Room 202 at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland 20812

     

  • Let’s Do the Shim Sham!

    Taught by Valerie Pyle and Joe Manning
    Contact [email protected]
    Saturday, March 29
    11am-12noon
    $20/person advance registration (advance registration closes Thursday, March 27 at 11:59pm); $30/door

    Based on a tap dance routine, the Shim Sham Shimmy was adapted by Lindy Hoppers when Lindy Hop legend Frankie Manning started using it as a class warm-up. Now performed at swing dances all over the world, including Gottaswing dances at Colvin Run Dance Hall and Glen Echo Park, you’ll love being part of this world-wide tradition! No partner needed, all levels welcome.

    Arcade Building Room 202 at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland 20812


    Taught by Valerie Pyle and Joe Manning
    Contact [email protected]
    Saturday, March 29
    11am-12noon
    $20/person advance registration (advance registration closes Thursday, March 27 at 11:59pm); $30/door

    Based on a tap dance routine, the Shim Sham Shimmy was adapted by Lindy Hoppers when Lindy Hop legend Frankie Manning started using it as a class warm-up. Now performed at swing dances all over the world, including Gottaswing dances at Colvin Run Dance Hall and Glen Echo Park, you’ll love being part of this world-wide tradition! No partner needed, all levels welcome.

    Arcade Building Room 202 at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland 20812

     

  • Musicality–The Secret Sauce

    Taught by Valerie Cox and Miguel Lago
    Contact [email protected] and [email protected]
    Saturday, March 29
    2:15-3:15pm
    $20/person advance registration (advance registration closes Thursday, March 27 at 11:59pm); $30/door

    Musicality–the secret sauce that takes your dancing to the next level. Using both six- and eight-count patterns, you’ll learn how swing music is structured, what to listen for, and how even simple moves have more meaning when they are more closely tied to what you’re dancing to. Suitable for all levels but you should be familiar with eight-count Lindy patterns.

    Arcade Building Room 202 at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland, 20812


    Taught by Valerie Cox and Miguel Lago
    Contact [email protected] and [email protected]
    Saturday, March 29
    2:15-3:15pm
    $20/person advance registration (advance registration closes Thursday, March 27 at 11:59pm); $30/door

    Musicality–the secret sauce that takes your dancing to the next level. Using both six- and eight-count patterns, you’ll learn how swing music is structured, what to listen for, and how even simple moves have more meaning when they are more closely tied to what you’re dancing to. Suitable for all levels but you should be familiar with eight-count Lindy patterns.

    Arcade Building Room 202 at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland, 20812

     

  • St. Louis Shag

    Taught by Tom and Debra
    Contact [email protected] and [email protected]
    Sunday, March 30
    11am-12noon
    $20/person advance registration (advance registration closes Thursday, March 27 at 11:59pm); $30/door

    Tom loooooves St. Louis Shag! Evolving from Lindy, Collegiate Shag and Charleston, this territory swing dance originated in St. Louis, Missouri in the 1930s, and was re-popularized by St. Louis native Kenny Wetzel when he moved to SoCal in the 1950s. This up-tempo step easily lends itself to switching between Lindy and Charleston patterns. Suitable for all levels.

    Arcade Building Room 202 at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland, 20812


    Taught by Tom and Debra
    Contact [email protected] and [email protected]
    Sunday, March 30
    11am-12noon
    $20/person advance registration (advance registration closes Thursday, March 27 at 11:59pm); $30/door

    Tom loooooves St. Louis Shag! Evolving from Lindy, Collegiate Shag and Charleston, this territory swing dance originated in St. Louis, Missouri in the 1930s, and was re-popularized by St. Louis native Kenny Wetzel when he moved to SoCal in the 1950s. This up-tempo step easily lends itself to switching between Lindy and Charleston patterns. Suitable for all levels.

    Arcade Building Room 202 at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland, 20812