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Washington Barn Dance Society
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For information regarding the events, please call Neil Zimmerman at (301) 340-0352.
April 2015 - caller Valerie Young and Gabe Popkin, band Private Popkin and the post-Partisan Patriots
March 2014 - callers Bradley Kennedy and Gabe Popkin, band Private Popkin and the post-Partisan Patriots
November 16 2013 - caller Valerie Young, band Treble Makers
January 31, 2013 - caller TBA, band David Giusti, Rebecca McGovern, Glyn Collinson
A brief History
Some years ago, Gabe Popkin (farmer, square dance caller, old time musician) and Neil Zimmerman (volunteer farmer, dancer) met in the fields at Potomac Vegetable Farm in Loudoun County, VA.
Amongst Gabe's talents was the great ability to gather a group of people for a fun event. Together with Rob Moutoux (proprietor of Moutoux Orchards), he organized the first couple of Summer barn dances in Rob's barn; they included a caller's collective, old timey musician friends of Gabe, a potluck, walking tours of the farms, swimming in the pond, camping out on the farm, and breakfast/peach preserving the next day. Those occurred in the Summers of 2008 and 2009 [AFAIK - Gabe?].
After that, as Gabe moved out of town and Neil was loath to see those events disappear, Neil took over organizing them. In addition, since some people wanted more than one per year, they came up with the idea of "Faux Barn Dances" in the climate-controlled Stone House at Meadowbrook in the Winter, and also sometimes used the FBD's as a way to raise awareness and money for local organizations.
Summer 2008 - Barn Dance at Moutoux
Summer 2009 - Barn Dance at Moutoux
Winter 2010 - Faux Barn Dance at Stone House (no donations)
Summer 2011 - Barn Dance at Moutoux
Winter 2011 - Faux Barn Dance at Stone House (fundraiser for Neighborhood Farm Initiative)
Summer 2012 - Farm Dance at the Maravell Family Farm, Potomac, MD (fundraiser for Brickyard Educational Farm)
Winter 2012 - three Faux Barn Dances in November, January, March (benefits for NFI, BEF, and Common Good City Farm)... show more show more
April 2015 - caller Valerie Young and Gabe Popkin, band Private Popkin and the post-Partisan Patriots
March 2014 - callers Bradley Kennedy and Gabe Popkin, band Private Popkin and the post-Partisan Patriots
November 16 2013 - caller Valerie Young, band Treble Makers
January 31, 2013 - caller TBA, band David Giusti, Rebecca McGovern, Glyn Collinson
A brief History
Some years ago, Gabe Popkin (farmer, square dance caller, old time musician) and Neil Zimmerman (volunteer farmer, dancer) met in the fields at Potomac Vegetable Farm in Loudoun County, VA.
Amongst Gabe's talents was the great ability to gather a group of people for a fun event. Together with Rob Moutoux (proprietor of Moutoux Orchards), he organized the first couple of Summer barn dances in Rob's barn; they included a caller's collective, old timey musician friends of Gabe, a potluck, walking tours of the farms, swimming in the pond, camping out on the farm, and breakfast/peach preserving the next day. Those occurred in the Summers of 2008 and 2009 [AFAIK - Gabe?].
After that, as Gabe moved out of town and Neil was loath to see those events disappear, Neil took over organizing them. In addition, since some people wanted more than one per year, they came up with the idea of "Faux Barn Dances" in the climate-controlled Stone House at Meadowbrook in the Winter, and also sometimes used the FBD's as a way to raise awareness and money for local organizations.
Summer 2008 - Barn Dance at Moutoux
Summer 2009 - Barn Dance at Moutoux
Winter 2010 - Faux Barn Dance at Stone House (no donations)
Summer 2011 - Barn Dance at Moutoux
Winter 2011 - Faux Barn Dance at Stone House (fundraiser for Neighborhood Farm Initiative)
Summer 2012 - Farm Dance at the Maravell Family Farm, Potomac, MD (fundraiser for Brickyard Educational Farm)
Winter 2012 - three Faux Barn Dances in November, January, March (benefits for NFI, BEF, and Common Good City Farm)... show more show more
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February 29, 2016
Beth P. asked:A connection of mine wants to put on a square dance later this spring. Anyone know a caller in the Laurel, MD area?David H. replied:There are organized square dances in both Washington and Baltimore. Your connection ought to be able to get help from one of them. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Washington-Barn-Dance-Society/232519553542508 https://www.facebook.com/baltimoresquaredance
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