A recent article in the Washington Post called “Some day, we’ll hit the dance floor again. And it will be glorious.” summed up the current state of social dancing. The takeaway: We will dance again, just not yet. Here are a few excerpts. Of all the once-harmless human behaviors that are now potentially deadly, social … Read More
We miss seeing everyone at our Saturday dances. Under normal circumstances, we would have installed a new board of directors tonight at our June 6th dance. However, due to the pandemic, we never held an election for a new board, which usually occurs in May. Current board members have an informal agreement to continue in … Read More
Warren “Skip” Douglas Hayes, Jr passed away February 6, 2020. Skip was one of the founders of NVCWDA, and he helped organize the first meeting held to form the Association by setting up a location at the Elks Lodge. He danced on NVCWDA’s original team, The Country Steppers, which was first known as the NVCWDA … Read More
The National FastDance Association is compiling a list of online dance classes and events. Here is a note from them: Due to the COVID19 crisis, many dance instructors are live-streaming lessons online, so we’ve put together an extensive calendar of online dance events to help you find your favorites all in one place. We have over … Read More
Here is a schedule of free line dance lessons offered by StreamLine. See their website https://www.streamlinedance.com for details. Thanks to Marie-Luce for the information.
by Kerie Hitt Bruce Wright and I are members of the Reston YMCA and go to group exercise classes there. Last winter, the Y expressed interest in a beginner line dance workshop for their members. We thought this would be a great way to promote NVCWDA and country-western dancing to a new and diverse group … Read More
NVCWDA prides itself on being a group that promotes “social dancing.” Right now we certainly are missing the connections that our dances provide as we strive for “social distancing,” exactly the opposite from what we desire. The website The Dancing Grapevine has a good article called Dance in the Time of Corona. Although the pandemic … Read More
We are disappointed that we can’t hold our Annual Benefit Dance on March 21 due to “social distancing” required to prevent the spread of coronavirus. You still can help us reach our goal of donating $2,000 to Fisher House by giving directly at our event’s official Fisher House fundraising page. If you already purchased raffle … Read More
We are excited about the upcoming beginner line dance workshop at the Reston YMCA on February 29. Judging from the questions and comments we’ve been hearing at the Y, we should have a good number of students. We assume the participants will have a variety of skill and age levels, plus the room might be … Read More
The National FastDance Association has released its first quarter newsletter. Check out their article on “Walk Like a Dancer.”