Forró DC

*Music in the Circle: Forró by Simone Baron*
🕑12 - 3pm
📍Dupont Circle Fountain (Metro: Dupont Circle)
💵Cost: Free!
✨️Here are the details from our hosts, the Dupont Circle Business Improvement District (BID):

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/music-in-the-circle-dupont-concert-series-with-forro-by-simone-baron-tickets-1999120113073?aff=oddtdtcreator

📢*SCHEDULE CHANGE for Saturday & same plan for Sunday* of this weekend of workshops, concerts, a parade & a picnic! Let's featuring guest instructors from Forró New York on Sat. & Sun., live music on the Brazil Stage from Rose Moraes and many others and the FiestaDC Parade of Nations on Sunday!

🌈Please share on Instagram & Facebook to help spread the word (with the final *map, lineup, and class* schedule posted & plus a throwback to a past picnic)! Obrigada- https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdtNXu3xqlB/?stkn=MTVhczJqcjB2emR6Yw==

✏️*What changed?* We're ending slightly earlier on Saturday (at 8pm) and featuring 3 classes instead of 4 from Forró instructor & composer Rafael de Lima this weekend- full details below, in this reel, and in the Eventbrite link in bio!

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*Forró Picnic + Workshops ft. Rafael (Forró NYC)!*
📆Saturday, September 26
📍Malcom X Park (Metro: Columbia Heights, by Buchanan Statue, lower level)

SATURDAY
🕑3:00-4:15pm: Warmup + Forró Fundamentals Class
🌿Break / snack (15 min.
🕑4:30-5:45pm: Forró Repertoire Class (Turn Variations)
🌿Break / snack (15 min.)
💃🕑6:30-8pm: Forró Social Dance

* : Parade, Concert + Forró Workshop ft. Rafael (Forró NYC) & Rose Morães!*

📆Sunday, September 27

🕑10am: Arrive at the Brazilian section to join the parade!
🏁11am - 1:30pm: Start parade (dancing, music, flags, water, floats!)
🔗Join us (dancers & non-dancers welcome!)

📍Start - End Points (big group photo at the end!):
Parade Start: 15th St NW & Constitution Ave NW

Parade End: Constitution Ave NW & 7th St NW

🌿Break / snack (1 hour)
SUNDAY
🕑2:30-3:45pm: Forró Repertoire Class (Walks & Breaks
🕑3:45pm: Rose Moraes concert for dancing!
📍The Brazil Stage for Fiesta DC for the last Forró workshop & concert will be on Pennsylvania Avenue NW and 7th Streets NW

💵Tickets (paid classes, free concerts & parade- ll are welcome!)

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2001073274030?aff=oddtdtcreator
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⛈️ NEW indoor location, due to rain, for today's classes/social nearby the Georgetown Waterfront Park - Please support the bar with food/drink as a thank you for taking us in during this inclement weather:

📍*Pinstripes*
1064 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007
https://maps.app.goo.gl/W7nNm3H9HwtXk8gWA

🕑3:30pm: Doors Open
3:45pm: Forró Class
5:00pm: Samba de Gafieira Class
6-9pm: Social (Zouk, latin, Samba, and Forró mix)

💵$20: 1 class + social,
$25: 2 classes + social,
$10: social only
Venmo: Andrea-Erhart

*Wednesdays & Thursdays* MercyMe in the Yours Truly Hotel features Bossa Nova (Hector Presser & Felipe Brandão) and Samba & Forró (Rose Morães & Felipe Garibaldi), reservations encouraged but they do allow walk-ins. Some space to dance, but mainly a restaurant.

🕑The live music is usually from 7-10pm, but call to confirm or check your dinner reservation!

Mercy Me DC
Mercy Me | South American Inspired, Restaurant and Bar https://share.google/e3y8ZresXJp7K7bjZ

📅Come out to Forró in the Park this Sunday at 1pm - 3pm! We are continuing our weekly dances in May (*except Sun. 5/24*, the day of the Forró NYC Festival and Afro-Bahia Festival in DC) in the park at Dupont Circle! ✏️ Bring a snack to share from home or the Farmers Market- it's a great time to connect and practice our new moves!

🇧🇷Look for the Brazilian flag, Meetup sign, and blue picnic blanket by the Dupont Circle Fountain after the Farmer’s Market ends!

👀By popular demand, we might try some other Brazilian dances as the práctica goes on!

RSVP: https://partiful.com/e/mt93ChsXk6eyCWBKRB4F?c=saAwSvkx

Forró New York Weekender tickets are on sale now! 5/22-5/24 for concerts & workshops from great instructors 2pm - 10pm Saturday & Sunday. Housing options available through the Forró Bed and Breakfast Chat!