11:30 Meet outside the Smithsonian for group ticket entry

12:00 Culture, Context, and History at the African American Museum of History and Culture:

12:00-2:30 "Have You Pledged? In-group Experience and Cultural Authority" an immersive experience with Breai Mason-Campbell taking us from the history galleries to contemporary culture.  

2:30-5:30 Fourth floor talks including:

"Playing the Changes: Black Storytelling, Dancing, and Musicking at the Crossroads," Dr. Christi Jay Wells on insights highlighted by the collection from Professor DeFrantz on African American Social Dance to the importance of Afrofuturism and Thomas Dorsey and more, "Food for the Soul" in which Grey Armstrong explores the importance of understanding foodways and black communication to engaging with black culture, and "Black Modern Dance and Black Bodies in Concert Dance" with Kerian Pearson.

8:15 Beginner Lesson at Back Room Blues at Glen Echo - Back Room

9:00-11:30 Blues Dancing at Back Room Blues at Glen Echo - Back Room ($8 not included in weekend pass)*

 * Not affiliated with TMH 

9:00am Register for reader cards at Library of Congress (Bring your passport or driver‘s license!) 

10:00am - 4:00 Library of Congress with Christi Jay and Mike Legenthal

5:30 - 8:00 Affordable and delicious soul food served by Southwest Catering (food not included in pass) at Westminster Presbyterian

6:00-9:00 Live Jazz Concert at Westminster Presbyterian ($5 not included in weekend pass)*

9:00-12:00 Evening Dance Featuring Chris Thomas King at Westminster Presbyterian      

12:30 - 2:30 Late Night Dance at Prince Hall Masonic Temple Featuring Clarence Turner

 * Not affiliated with TMH 

Classes and Lunch talk are located at Bannockburn Community Clubhouse

12:00-1:00 

Teacher Track: Teaching Delta Slow Drag and Teaching with Live Music (with live music by Jimmy “Duck“ Holmes) taught by Julie & Mike

Dancer Track: What Makes Slow Drag Slow Drag taught by Damon & Grey

1:30-2:30 Lunch Talk: Damon Stone, Chris Thomas King and Jimmy "Duck" Holmes 

2:40-3:40 

Teacher Track: Teaching What Makes Slow Drag Slow Drag taught by Damon

Dancer Track: Delta Slow Drag, Pushing and Pulling the Beat with live music by Jimmy “Duck“ Holmes taught by Julie, Mike & Grey

3:50-4:50 

Teacher Track: Teaching Ballroomin' Slow Drag & Vaudeville Era Slow Drag taught by Mike

Dancer Track: Slow Drag and Sensuality taught by Julie, Grey & Damon  

5:00-6:00 

Teacher Track: Teaching Sensuality in Slow Drag and Other Blues Dances taught by Julie and Damon

Dancer Track: Ballroomin' Slow Drag & Vaudeville Era Slow Drag taught by Mike & Grey

8:00-12:00 Evening Dance Featuring Jimmy "Duck" Holmes in Glen Echo's Back Room and a set of Radio King Orchestra  in the Spanish ballroom

12:00-1:00 Late night in Glen Echo's Back Room

1:00-2:00 Troubleshooting Your Dance/Troubleshooting your teaching with mini-private and small group lessons at Westminster Presbyterian Church (WPC)

2:10-3:10 Class 2: Harlem Slow Drag at WPC

3:20-4:20 Bobby Green: Contemporary Slow Drag at WPC

4:30-5:30 Bobby Green Contemporary Slow Drag Cont. at WPC

Dinner at Pearl Street Warehouse!

8:00-11:30 Evening Dance at Pearl Street Warehouse featuring Shirleta Settles and band with Odysseus Bailer DJing breaks 

12:00-2:00 Late Night Dance 

1:00-5:00 Practicum 

7:00-7:30 QT Fusion: Beginner Blues and Fusion Lesson with Grey and Joshua 

(open to all levels)

7:30-8:30 QT Fusion: Intermediate Blues and Fusion Lesson with Grey and Joshua (open to all levels)

8:30-11:00 QT Blues and Fusion Dancing at Green Lantern 1335 Green Ct NW, Washington, DC 20005

Library of Congress

101 Independence Ave. SE

Washington, D.C.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

1400 Constitution Ave. NW

Washington, D.C.

Glen Echo Park 

7300 MacArthur Blvd.

Glen Echo, MD 20812

(Backroom and The Spanish Ballroom are here)

Westminster Presbyterian Church

400 I St. SW

Washington, D.C.

Bannockburn Community Clubhouse 

6314 Bannockburn Dr. 

Bethesda, MD

Pearl Street Warehouse 

33 Pearl St. SW

Washington, D.C.

Prince Hall Masonic Temple 

1000 U St NW, 

Washington, D.C. 

Bossa Bistro & Lounge 

2463 18th St. NW

Washington, D.C.

Monday's Practicum is at a private residence. Address not posted, will be announced on weekend. Inquire by message if needed. 

Green Lantern 

1335 Green Ct NW, Washington, DC 20005