Square Dance Events with DC Lambda Squares!
Last Updated: January 22, 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 & Advanced |
| Caller: | Kent |
Last Week - Guests Starred at DCLS Club Night
Thursday night brought, along with the terrific calling from Chris Stacy, four guests.
Aimee and Brian have joined us before. We met them at WASCA in the DBD hall. Aimee lives in Arlington, Brian in Richmond, and they sometimes pay us a visit when Brian comes up to DC.
Jim and Patricia found us when they saw our demo square at the Health Fair Expo. They dance regularly with the Boomerangs where they know Chris Stacy who teaches there on Wednesdays.
Something about having guests give an energy boost. It was a great night for the Mainstream and Plus dancers.
Community Dance - Snowflake Ball - The Dance That Wasn't
Susie Snowflake came, alright. She came flouncing around in her silvery-white gown and put the kibosh on our Saturday night dance with Betsy Gotta. We were looking forward to seeing her, hearing her, dancing to her calling. Boo hoo.
And then, those who prepared Somethings to contribute to the Community Dance Food Table were forced to consume them by themselves. We know of one Twinkie Tiramisu that went a long way to making several people fat, dumb and happy.
Club Dues
Annual dues for 2012 are due no later than January 31, 2012. Please pay by this date to be included in the membership directory and to vote at the 2012 annual membership meeting. Dues are $155.00 and may be paid through Paypal (go to the DCLS web page and click on Renew or Register) or bring a check to club night and the board member to whom you give it will see that Treasurer Nick (aka Chef Nick) receives it.
DC Lambda Squares - Rounding Out Its 30th Anniversary
In 2007 DCLS celebrated 25 years as a square dance club. That means that 2012 will mark DCLS 30th anniversary! If you are interested in helping to plan for the anniversary party, please send a note.
And in connection with that:
DCLS Photo History Project
With our 30th anniversary approaching, if you have any photos of past fly-ins, conventions (DCLS groups and/or individuals), other events such as Hillwood, club nights, community dances, Pride parades, etc., please consider sending a digital copy to . Be sure to identify: the event, people in the photograph(s) and to the extent possible, the year.
This Week
01/24/12 - Chesapeake Squares Club Night - Mainstream thru Advanced, 8 - 10p, Waxter Center. For more info, contact: .
01/26/12 - DC Lambda Squares Club Night - Plus & Advanced, 7:30 - 9:30p, National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Cir NW Washington DC, Caller: Kent. For more info, contact: .
Community Dances
- January 21, Caller: Betsy Gotta
- March 10, Caller: Bill Harrison
- April 21, Caller: Ett McAtee
- June 2, Caller: John Marshall
- August 11, Caller: Jeremy Butler
- October 6, Caller: Doren McBroom
- December 8, Caller: Dayle Hodge
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...
01/31/12 - Chesapeake Squares Club Night - Mainstream thru Advanced, 8 - 10p, Waxter Center. For more info, contact: .
02/02/12 - 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: .
02/07/12 - Chesapeake Squares Club Night - Mainstream thru Advanced, 8 - 10p, Waxter Center. For more info, contact: .
02/09/12 - DC Lambda Squares Club Night - Advanced & Challenge, 7:30 - 9:30p, National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Cir NW Washington DC, Caller: Dayle. For more info, contact: .
02/14/12 - Chesapeake Squares Club Night - Mainstream thru Advanced, 8 - 10p, Waxter Center. For more info, contact: .
02/16/12 - 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: Chris Stacy. For more info, contact: .
02/17/12 to 02/19/12 - FLY-IN: AC/DC, Almas Temple, Washington, DC, Callers: Clark Baker, Barry Clasper, Todd Fellegy, and Ett McAtee.
02/21/12 - Chesapeake Squares Club Night - Mainstream thru Advanced, 8 - 10p, Waxter Center. For more info, contact: .
02/23/12 - DC Lambda Squares Club Night - Plus & Advanced, 7:30 - 9:30p, National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Cir NW Washington DC, Caller: Brian. For more info, contact: .
02/28/12 - Chesapeake Squares Club Night - Mainstream thru Advanced, 8 - 10p, Waxter Center. For more info, contact: .
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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, $7/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, Thursday 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.