Square Dance Events with DC Lambda Squares!
Last Updated: May 13, 2012
We dance at National City Christian Church at 5 Thomas Circle. We want to see you there! You are always welcome! The floor in Scott Hall, where we dance, is carpeted. So you should wear some hard-soled shoes for really smooth dancing.
Club Night This Week
| Level: | Plus with as-needed Mainstream |
| Caller: | Dayle |
Team DC Casino Night!
On May 19, DC Lambda Squares will be hosting a black jack table at Team DC's Casino Night! Come on out and play and enter to win some really fun and fabulous prizes! See flyer for details - $10 entry fee gets you chips to play (you may buy more chips) - 8:00 - midnight - Buffalo Billards (19th Street, just off Dupont Circle) - Food and Drink Specials all evening.
Come on out and have fun.
Notes from the Board
Pride Is In The Air
Planning is moving forward and now it's time to volunteer to walk/dance in the parade! If you are interested in walking/dancing in the parade please let Missy know. There will also be sign-up sheets at Club Night starting April 19. We need as many folks as we can get to show our PRIDE and that this is our 30th Year!
Demo Demo Demo
We are planning to demo square dancing on the Arts Stage at the Pride Festival on June 10. We need dancers ? the more squares the better. Look for the sign-up sheets or contact Abe or Missy if you are interested.
Haven't Gotten Enough of Volunteering!
We need folks to staff the DCLS booth at the Pride Festival on June 10. Please contact Abe or Missy to volunteer. You guessed it, sign-up sheets will also be at Club Night starting on the 19th.
This Week
05/15/12 - Chesapeake Squares Club Night - Mainstream thru Advanced, 8 - 10p, Waxter Center. For more info, contact: .
05/17/12 - DC Lambda Squares Club Night - Plus with as-needed Mainstream, 7:30 - 9:30p, National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Cir NW Washington DC, Caller: Dayle. For more info, contact: .
05/19/12 - Team DC Casino Night, 8p - 12a, Buffalo Billiards, 1330 19th Street NW, Washington, DC.
Mark Your Calendar
- Saturday, May 19: Casino Night
- Saturday, June 9: DC Pride Parade
- Sunday, June 10: DC Pride Festival
- Tuesday, June 19: Night Out at the Nationals
Community Dances
Time: 7 - 10p, Location: Francis Scott Key Middle School, 910 Schindler Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20903
- June 2, Caller: John Marshall
- August 11, Caller: Ett McAtee
- October 6, Caller: Doren McBroom
- December 8, Caller: Dayle Hodge
Chesapeake Squares Workshop Schedule
- June 21, Workshop (Level To Be Determined)
- October 11, Workshop (Level To Be Determined)
- November 1, Workshop (Level To Be Determined)
Club Night Format
| First Thursday: | Plus with as-needed Mainstream |
| Second Thursday: | Advanced and Challenge |
| Third Thursday: | Plus with as-needed Mainstream |
| Fourth Thursday: | Plus and Advanced |
| Fifth Thursday: | Advanced and Challenge |
Coming Soon...
05/22/12 - Chesapeake Squares Club Night - Mainstream thru Advanced, 8 - 10p, Waxter Center. For more info, contact: .
05/24/12 - DC Lambda Squares Club Night - Plus & Advanced, 7:30 - 9:30p, National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Cir NW Washington DC, Caller: Dayle. For more info, contact: .
05/29/12 - Chesapeake Squares Club Night - Mainstream thru Advanced, 8 - 10p, Waxter Center. For more info, contact: .
05/31/12 - DC Lambda Squares Club Night - Advanced & Challenge, 7:30 - 9:30p, National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Cir NW Washington DC, Caller: Ett McAtee. For more info, contact: .
06/02/12 - Community Dance, 7 - 10p, Location: Francis Scott Key Middle School, 910 Schindler Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20903; Caller: John Marshall. For more info, contact: .
06/05/12 - Chesapeake Squares Club Night - Mainstream thru Advanced, 8 - 10p, Waxter Center. For more info, contact: .
06/07/12 - DC Lambda Squares Club Night - Plus with as-needed Mainstream, 7:30 - 9:30p, National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Cir NW Washington DC, Caller: Dayle. For more info, contact: .
06/12/12 - Chesapeake Squares Club Night - Mainstream thru Advanced, 8 - 10p, Waxter Center. For more info, contact: .
06/14/12 - DC Lambda Squares Club Night - Advanced & Challenge, 7:30 - 9:30p, National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Cir NW Washington DC, Caller: Bill Harrison. For more info, contact: .
06/19/12 - Chesapeake Squares Club Night - Mainstream thru Advanced, 8 - 10p, Waxter Center. For more info, contact: .
06/21/12 - DC Lambda Squares Club Night - Plus with as-needed Mainstream, 7:30 - 9:30p, National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Cir NW Washington DC, Caller: Brian. For more info, contact: .
06/26/12 - Chesapeake Squares Club Night - Mainstream thru Advanced, 8 - 10p, Waxter Center. For more info, contact: .
06/28/12 - DC Lambda Squares Club Night - Plus & Advanced, 7:30 - 9:30p, National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Cir NW Washington DC, Caller: TBD. For more info, contact: .
06/29/12 to 07/02/12 - IAGSDC NATIONAL CONVENTION: Dance Up a Storm, Vancouver, Canada
Useful Contact Info
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If you have a question about DC Lambda Squares, , or snail mail your inquiry to DC Lambda Squares, P.O. Box 77782, Washington DC 20013-8782.
If you have questions about the web site, or you have found broken links, the site behaves in a weird way for you, contact , and he'll fix it.
Gay Square Dancing Links:
The URL to the DCLS website is: http://www.dclambdasquares.org
The URL to the International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs website is: http://wwww.iagsdc.org/
The URL to the East Coast Dancers Calendar is: http://www.iagsdc.org/timessquares/NortheastCalendar.html
Square Dancing and then some:
Ettseteras
Challenge dancers: Ettseteras. The club dances every second and fourth Monday of the month, and all C1 dancers are welcome to attend. Gay-friendly club, $8/dancer, singles welcome, casual dress. Location: 9800 Cherry Hill Rd, College Park, MD. Contact for more information. Please note: no dancing if Prince George's county schools are closed, or close early, due to weather. If in doubt, call Ett at 443-745-1709.
Butch Adams
Butch Adams offers some great Plus dance-by-definition (DBD) square dancing. Plus DBD is all of the calls you know and love, but often from new or different positions. Butch offers workshop dances and classes. Here's his schedule:
Plus DBD Workshop
7:30 to 10 P.M.; 2nd, 4th and 5th Tuesdays of the month
Thoreau Middle School
2505 Cedar Lane
Vienna, VA 22180
Plus DBD Workshop/Class
7:30 to 9:30 P.M. every Wednesday evening
Lincolnia Senior Center
4710 North Chambliss St
Alexandria, VA 22312
For more information, contact .
WASCA Dance Sites
An industrious person has, based on the WASCA club listing on its web site, located all of the WASCA member clubs on a Google Map. The clubs are color coded by dance day, with a circular pin for fixed locations, a map pin for those that have varying locations. The link is:
Square Dance Animation
The TAMinations website will take you to a wonderful place with examples of all the square dance calls in all the land. You can watch the move happen at a fast pace, a slow place, or manually, at your own pace.
Noriko Takahashi has a great animated square dance site for Basic through Advanced. Check it out and enjoy: http://members.tripod.com/~noriks/ENGLISH/English-Index2.html. If your browser attempts to download a Japanese character set, just cancel the download operation.
Another animated site where you can order a CD. This site shows some examples from the CD. Work those skirts.... http://www.squaredancecd. com/sdance.htm (Uses frames).
And for a change of pace, check out Lavender Country & Folk Dancers at http://www.lcfd.org.
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Learn to Square Dance with DC Lambda Squares
Read more about our classes....
DC Lambda Squares welcomes singles, couples, and those on the rebound. We provide an energetic activity that encourages smiles, promotes friendship, and is a ticket to the hip, social, sexy world of square dancing. We promise that without any irony at all, and we do it in a smoke-free, alcohol-free space. Suddenly, Monday nights are fun again!
Remember, if you can walk, you can dance! Meanwhile, we'd love to come and put on a dance demo for your club or organization, and throughout the year, we host a number of open houses and fundraisers for the community. If you would like more information about any of this, please contact our Membership Chairperson. Come back to this page for updates and details.
From time to time, we schedule dance open houses. At our open houses, you'll meet club members and learn about a dozen calls of Modern Western Square Dancing! Men, women, singles, and couples are welcome. You don't need a partner, and you don't need any previous dance experience. We'll teach you everything you need to know.
Admission is free at the open houses, and we'll provide refreshments in a smoke-free, alcohol-free environment. Dress is casual. You don't need to wear crinolines, unless you really want to. We recommend comfortable clothes.
We dance at National City Christian Church (NCCC) at 5 Thomas Circle, Washington, DC. Please for more information.