Some Tuesdays 7:30 - 9:30 pm --May 26 (not in June) --July 14 and 28 --The future schedule will be updated.
Learn Hambo, Schottish, Waltz, Polka, Snoa, and other couple turning dances. Some Hambo is done every time. Singles, couples, beginners, and advanced dancers welcome. Come when you can; classes are all year. Sometimes with live Swedish fiddle music. Wear smooth soles for turning, not running shoes. $5.
Advanced Scandinavian Dance Class
Some Tuesdays 7:30 - 9:30 pm --May 12 and 19 --June 2 --July 7 (NFF camp review) and 21 --The future schedule will be updated.
Learn dances from Boda, Orsa, Rättvick, Ragunda, Follinge, Viksta, Telemark, and Valdres, as well as others, including Finnskogspols, Nigpolska, Gammalvänster, and your requests (mostly Swedish dances and some Norwegian dances). Singles, couples, and intermediate and advanced dancers welcome.
Come when you can; classes are all year. Sometimes with live Swedish fiddle music. $5.
Raised wooden dance floor and air-conditioning!
Contact Lisa Brooks at lisa@HamboDC.org, 301-654-7667 or 240-731-1935.
Site updated 5/24/09.
Scandia DC dances: usually on the third Saturday of non-summer months in Greenbelt, MD. 7 pm class, 8-10 pm dancing. Next on May 16. Info on Scandinavian dancing in this area.
Norwegian dancing: on occasional Saturdays or Sundays. Info: pi@xecu.net, 301-371-4312 Norwegian dancing in this area. Next on Saturday, May 30, at Sonia White's place in Kensington, MD. Potluck 6:30 pm, dancing at 8 pm. Hauk Buen will play on Sunday, July 12, at Loretta Kelly's place at 6807 Westmoreland Av. in Takoma Park, MD. Potluck at 5 pm, dancing 6-9:30 pm. On Monday, July 13, at 7:30 pm, at the same place, Hauk Buen will give a concert, followed by dancing.
Sunday afternoons at the Glen Echo Spanish Ballroom: waltzes generally on the first and third Sundays of each month (June 7 and 21, July 5 and 19). Waltz information.Activities in Glen Echo Park.
From DC and other points south of NIH: take Wisconsin Av. north. Past South Drive you need to make a U-turn to be going south on Wisconsin (as if coming from north of NIH).
From north of NIH: from the I-495 beltway, take the exit in Bethesda to south 355 / Rockville Pike / Wisconsin Av.
From the north side of NIH, do NOT turn right into the commercial vehicle inspection or the staff entrances. Keep going south past South Drive, looking for the visitor entrance. This is near the south side of NIH, not the north side.
Past (south of) South Dr., turn right into NIH at the NEW NIH Gateway Drive, the visitor entrance. Park there (no charge after 7 pm, no car inspection) and walk to T39, or have the car inspected and drive to T39.
From Gateway Dr.: Drive through security and you will come out on Center Drive. Turn right onto Center Drive and take the quick third left (not into either of the lefts into parking) across from Natcher (Building 45), onto Medlars Drive. Take the first right fork onto (again) Medlars Drive, and the next right through paired stop signs. At the end of that short block the NIH Fitness and Dance Center, Building T39, is straight in front of you. Turn left and park, or go past T39 and park on the left. Park in NIH employee permit parking (no permits needed after 7 pm, on weekends, or on holidays). The door is up the stairs on the south side of the building, not up the stairs by the parking lot past the building.
From the Medical Center Metro stop, 12 minute walk: after you exit the station, walk straight forward and go through the visitor inspection. When you come out of the building, you will be facing a circle drive. Take the path up on the left side of the circle, back to the left behind the building you were just in. Take the first sharp right path and walk past building 45 (on your left), down past the loading area. Cross the street (Center Drive) and turn left onto it. Walk past a small parking lot on the right. Turn rightish on the concrete sidewalk (just before you go uphill), just to the left of a one-story brick building. Walk along the building until you come to an opening to the right between that building and the next one. Go into that opening, walk straight through, and turn left in the driveway entrance to those buildings. Just across the street on your right is the NIH Fitness and Dance Center, Building T39.
