Good Time on a Saturday Night

It’s fun, healthy, social and easy to learn!

Public Dance Events

We hold public country line dance and couple dance events twice a month on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month.  Everybody is welcome, all ages, experienced dancers, beginners, singles, couples and families; and you don’t need to be a member to attend.

Open Dance at Lincolnia

Couples Lesson: a bit of hard work before having fun!

DJ and Dance Lessons

We have a DJ at all of our events, with hundreds of songs available. You can make a few requests for your favorites. See our recently taught dances.

Young dancers learning

The old and the young having fun together.

We teach (and sometimes re-teach more advanced dances) 2 country dances at each event: one line dance and one couples dance . Our instructors are all volunteers and teach for the love of country dancing. If you love a dance and want to learn it, or teach it, please reach out to our members at the entrance desk.  We also frequently and quickly review previous lessons.

Open dancing

During open dancing, the DJ will call the song and which dance is choreographed for the song. The DJ will count us in so that everyone begins on the correct beat. Line dancers and couples are encouraged to dance on every song.  There’s always a couples dance match for a line dance song, and vice-versa. Please see our floor etiquette about sharing the floor.

Admission Fees

  • Members of NVCWDA: $10.00.
  • Non-members: $15.00.
  • Children under 18, with paying adult: $5.00.
  • Membership: $20 (June 1st to May 31st, prorated quarterly).

Pay at the door by cash, check, or credit card.

Dance Venues

Lincolnia Center in Alexandria is the primary location of our country dance events. On those Saturdays when Lincolnia is closed (for example on weekends of Federal holidays), we usually hold our events at the   Herndon Senior Center in the Town of Herndon. We occasionally use the Accotink Unitarian Universalist Church (AUUC) in Burke when the senior centers are closed. If you know of a good location, please let us know.

  • Lincolnia Senior Center
    4710 North Chambliss Street
    Alexandria, VA

  • Herndon Senior Center
    873 Grace St,
    Herndon VA, 20170
  • Accotink Unitarian Universalist Church
    10125 Lakehaven Ct
    Burke, VA

Emergency Policy

Our weather/emergency closure policy follows that of Fairfax County Government offices (Neighborhood and Community Services). If NCS facilities are closed on Saturday evening, our event is cancelled.