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.
The Greenbelt Community Center is again open for rentals after being closed since March 2020. Due to a shortage of staffing at the center we have been meeting in the afternoons since October 2022. Starting in April 2023 we began offering occasional hybrid events which allow Zoom attendance for those too far to attend in person. See below for the details on the next event including COVID precautions. 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. Best wishes for your safety and health over this unusual period.
Scandia DC April 20th 2024 Third Saturday Dance & Music Event.
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Health Precautions
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Saturday, April 20; 3:15 pm - 5:35 pm; Sign-in with music for dancing starting at 3:15 pm, teaching 3:30-4:20, open dancing 4:20pm - 5:25 pm to live music.
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. (more details forthcoming).
Teaching: Rørospols (a favorite Norwegian dance that is always on the program) by Linda Brooks & Dan Kahn: See demo of dance here. In addition, if there is time we will also teach Busserull, a dance which translates the Rørospols figures to Hopvals music in 2/4 time - See demo here.
Details to be supplied in invitation email.
Laura Hummel (Hardander Fiddle/Flat Fiddle, Nyckelharpa) playing sets for dancing; Set 1 will include the Scandia DC Spelmannslag led by Laura. Links to sheet music will soon be available at ScandiaDC.org, click on “Music”, “Spelmannslag”.
$10, $5 spelmannslag members (to help pay the rent and the musician)
