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Dancing Planet Productions

Sunday, February 23rd

Caroline Barnes

calling to

Triple Helix

3:00-6:00 pm

Glen Echo Park
Bumper Car Pavilion
7300 MacArthur Blvd.
Glen Echo, MD

        New dancer introductory session at 2:30 pm

 

Shake up your DNA with GMO dance tunes played by Triple Helix: Alexander Mitchell (fiddle/mandolin/tenor banjo), Colleen Reed (flute/saxophone/percussion), and Keith Gillis (guitar).

Caroline Barnes calls some zippy, inGENEious dances! 

$15 cash or Venmo $17 (includes fee) at the door, no cards

 
The Bumper Car Pavilion is a wonderful covered open-air space with a nice wooden floor. Heavy plastic side curtains and overhead radiant heaters keep us toasty warm throughout the winter months, no matter the weather.

 

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2025 dates (come back for updates):

January 12  Handspring with Janine Smith

February 23. Triple Helix with Caroline Barnes

March 9  Morrison Brothers with Melissa Chatham

May 4

June 22

July 27

August 24. Hollertones with TBA

September 14

October 26. Midnight on the Water with TBA

November 9. Stomp Rocket with Will Mentor

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Covid policies:

This is a mask-optional event.  We recommend vaccinations, boosters and masks, but they are not required.  If you are symptomatic, or have tested positive, or if you have recently been exposed to someone who tested positive for Covid, please stay home. If you test positive within 48 hours after attending a dance, please email us immediately at: dancingplanet@erols.com

Also of interest:

The Dancing Planet Contra is now co-sponsored by the Folklore Society of Greater Washington (fsgw.org)

Friday Night Dancers sponsor a series of dances on Friday nights at the Spanish Ballroom.  More information at https://www.fridaynightdance.com/upcoming-dance