Scandia DC 3rd Saturday Dance - February 15, 2020 (Photo by Linda Brooks)
WELCOME TO SCANDIA DC
Scandia DC Director, Linda Brooks
Scandia DC, a Scandinavian Folk Dance Group serving the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, is dedicated to the enjoyment of Norwegian and Swedish couple turning dances. Here is your opportunity to learn and do Scandinavian couple dances. Come and join us in dancing a large variety of dances including Gammaldans* and Bygdedans**. The group meets every 3rd Saturday of the month from September through May (with a break for the summer). Most sessions begin with one featured dance which is taught before open dancing begins. There is usually live music accompanying the dancing.
* Gammaldans includes dances such as Hambo, Schottish, Reinlender, Snoa (Polka), Mazurka, Pols, and Scandinavian waltz. **Bygdedans includes the regional and village dances that are specific to a region within either Sweden or Norway.
See below for the details on the next event. If you wish to receive information and are not currently on our mailing list, email Linda@ScandiaDC.org with your name (first and last), your email address, your location and whether you are a dancer, musician or both.
Scandia DC December 2025 Third Sat Event
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Saturday, Dec 20th, 6:45 pm - 9:20 pm; Sign-in with music for dancing starting at 6:45 pm, Holiday Party 7:00 - 9:20pm all live music - no teaching. Short talk throughs provided for many of the dances.
Greenbelt Community Center Dance Studio, 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt MD - email Linda@ScandiaDC.org with name, email, location and whether you are a dancer, musician or both, to be added to the notification list. You must enter through the main entrance in the front, on the street side and not the west side entrance that we used to use.
Holiday Party, No Teaching NOTE: Street shoes are not allowed on the wooden dance floor, so please bring a clean pair for dancing.
Details to be supplied in an invitation email.
There will be two featured musicians - Loretta Kelley and Andrea Hoag (visiting from Arizona). The second music set will be led by Andrea Hoag and will allow other musicians to play along, after a practice session in a separate room. Loretta is generally considered to be the most accomplished American born Hardanger fiddle player. Andrea is a versatile, expressive fiddler who has performed widely around the U.S. and in Sweden. Both received a Grammy nomination for their 2006 CD Hambo in the Snow. Tunes in the second set will be available on the website in advance of the event.
$10, $5 spelmanslag members (to help pay the rent and the musicians)
Note that this year’s Scandia DC Third Saturday dances starting in January 2025 are in the evenings again (6:45-9:20pm) instead of afternoons, as they were pre-pandemic as the Greenbelt Community Center has added Saturday evening hours.
