I LOVE Glen Echo Park!!! It is my very favorite swing dancing venue. My friend, Tien, took me there for a dance right after I moved here back in 2001. I fell in love with the dancing and the venue and I've been smitten ever since.
The park has a bumper car pavilion, a huge beautiful old carousel and a wonderful ballroom. I love to see it all lit up at night. Its like stepping back in time into a classic old time amusement park.
The ballroom was built in 1933 and can accommodate 1,800 dancers. The swing dances always have a live band. Some nights its a big band and some nights its more jazz/blues style.
Glen Echo is a National Park so it is an alcohol-free, smoke-free, family-friendly place to dance. You see all kinds of people of all ages and nationalities there. And people ask you to dance!!! (This is not a church dance!) You can dance every song if you want to. Everyone is there just to have a good time, enjoy the music, get some exercise and move with the groove.When people come to visit, Glen Echo is always on our list of places to visit. In May I was able to take Grandma Kerr to a dance and we got to ride the carousel. This past Saturday night I took Mom & Dad & Randy to a dance.
Mom & Dad have been taking swing dance classes so they had lots of good moves. 
Here Dad and I are doing the "super spin" move.
This guy, Ken, was a fantastic dancer and we danced particularly well together. He asked me to dance quite a bit and I ended up dancing with him about half the night.
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That looks like SO much fun! I wish I could get my fella to take me dancing. We've probably been to 2 dances since we were married 8 years ago. There is just an exhiliration that comes from kickin' up your heels.
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