num_pages: 244
description: Washington's Friday Night Dance is the largest and longest-running contra dance in the area.  From a modest beginning in 1974 in downtown Washington, its growth was later encouraged when it moved to the Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park in the early 1980s.Dozens of interviews with dancers, musicians, and callers reveal the kaleidoscope of experiences at the Friday night dance.  Out of these interviews comes the story of how the event is sustained by a community.  The members of this community collectively possess all the skills necessary to make a traditional American dance a vital part of their lives.If you are curious about the music at contra dances or the origin of contra dance itself, you'll enjoy the essays on these and other topics that are also included in this book.
language: English
title: How the Friday night dance came to Glen Echo Park: A collection of essays about the largest weekly contra dance in the Washington, D.C. area
titlecomplete: How the Friday night dance came to Glen Echo Park: A collection of essays about the largest weekly contra dance in the Washington, D.C. area
publisher: O. Kelley