Colvin Run Dances
Please refer to the calendar for specific details regarding all dances.
Saturday Dances at Colvin Run
1st Saturday Dance - This Social Ballroom dance is preceded with a lesson by Richard and Cherisse Blachford, and either features live music or a DJ, which includes Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, Rumba, Swing, Quickstep, Mambo, Samba, Viennese Waltz, Cha Cha, Merengue, and Polka.
2nd Saturday Dance - This Dance for Everyone by Ed and Gail features a music mix. by DJ Ed Cottrell, suitable for a wide variety of dance styles, including Waltz, Foxtrot, Cha Cha, Rumba, East and West Coast Swing, Hustle, Two-Step and more. The dance is preceded by beginner and easy-intermediate dance lessons.
3rd Saturday Dance- This Social Ballroom dance is preceded by a lesson and features a music mix by DJ and Dance Instructor Michael Sims, of Lite on Your Feet, to include Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, Rumba, Swing, Quickstep, Mambo, Samba, Viennese Waltz, Cha Cha, Merengue, and Polka.
4th Saturday Dance - This Hustle/West Coast Swing dance, by Ed and Gail, features a beginner and intermediate Hustle lesson by Joyce Szili, and DJ music of Hustle and West Coast Swing by Ed Cottrell.
5th Saturday Dance - This Blue Moon Milonga dance is hosted by Tom and Susan White, of Tango Boutique. Music is provided by DJ Tom White, and occasionally by an orchestra.
Sunday Dances at Colvin Run
2nd Sunday Country Western Dance - features a West Coast Swing lesson followed by an evening of DJ music mix, suitable for a wide variety of country dances, by Tim Bowker, of Marble and Denim Dancing, including Country Two Step, Nightclub Two, El Paso, Wooden Nickle, West Coast Swing, East Coast Swing, Waltz, Waltz Line Dance, Polka,
Cha Cha, and more.
3rd Sunday Dance for Everyone - This dance by Ed and Gail features a one-hour lesson taught by various guest instructors, followed by music mix by DJ Ed Cottrell, for a variety
of dance genres, including Two-Step, Nightclub, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, Waltz,
Cha Cha, Hustle and more.
4th Sunday Country Western Dance - features a West Coast Swing lesson followed by an
evening of DJ music mix, suitable for a wide variety of country dances, by Tim Bowker, of
Marble and Denim Dancing, including Country Two Step, Nightclub Two, El Paso, Wooden
Nickle, West Coast Swing, East Coast Swing, Waltz, Waltz Line Dance, Polka, Cha Cha, and more.
Every Tuesday - Ed and Gail's Tuesday Night Dance for Everyone features a West Coast Swing lesson,
followed by dancing to a music mix, suitable for a wide variety of dances, by DJ Ed Cottrell. Dances include
Waltz, Foxtrot, Rumba, Cha Cha, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, Hustle, Two-Step, Tango, Nightclub, and more.
Every Thursday - This Country Western dance by Tim Bowker, of Marble and Denim Dancing, features
a lesson, followed by an evening of music mix, suitable for a wide variety of country dances, by
DJ and Dance Instructor Tim Bowker. Dances include Country Two Step, Nightclub Two, El Paso,
West Coast Swing, East Coast Swing, Wooden Nickle, Waltz, Cha Cha, Polka and more.
Please refer to the calendar for specific details regarding all dances
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Colvin Run Dance Hall is a unique dance venue in the Washington Metropolitan area. The Dance Hall is owned by the Colvin Run Citizens Association and has been maintained and preserved as an historical building since 1931. The interior is charming with its bead board vaulted ceiling, which provides excellent acoustics, special lighting, which creates a glowing ambience, and an 1,850 sq. ft. highest quality oak dance floor. Colvin Run's parking lot offers well-lit, free, safe parking.
We welcome people of all ages and all levels of dance. We provide dance instruction prior to all dances by professional, outstanding and fun instructors. No matter your level of ability, this is the place for you! We invite you to come out and join the fun here at Colvin Run, where you will meet many warm and friendly people. Colvin Run Dance Hall is run by the Colvin Run Citizens Association, an IRS designated 501(c)(3) public charity. All donations are deductible in accordance with IRS rules and regulations and are used to preserve this historic building.
The Colvin Run Board of Directors are all volunteers. There are no paid administrative or personnel expenses, as most other charities have. 100% of your donation goes to Colvin Run and your donation is tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
Colvin Run Board of Directors
Great Falls | Colvin Run Dance Hall | 703-759-2685