Venues
All classes and main dances take place at Glen Echo Park and the late nights are at K2 Dance Studio. Below you will find some info and directions to the Big Big Event class and dance venues.
Glen Echo Park
7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, MD
http://www.glenechopark.org/directions
All classes and the main dances take place at this gorgeous historic National Park.
Parking: Glen Echo has a large parking lot, and allows parking on the grass when weather permits. Once you park, walk across a bridge over a babbling brook. Follow the path up into the Park grounds past the carousel. Straight ahead is the Bumper Car Pavilion, our Friday night venue. On your right, through the picnic grove, is the Spanish Ballroom, our Saturday night venue.
By Car from I-495: Take the Clara Barton Parkway exit from VA, or the Cabin John Expressway from MD east toward Glen Echo. From the left lane, take the Glen Echo exit (a U-turn), then immediately take the right fork. At the 3-way stop sign, turn left onto MacArthur Blvd. You’ll pass an enormous neon Glen Echo Park sign on your left. Continue past the traffic circle at Goldsboro Road. Take the next left onto Oxford Road (you’ll see a sign for Glen Echo here), and at the next stop sign (1 block) go straight, then left into the Glen Echo parking lot. If you go across a one-lane bridge, you’ve gone too far (turn around and drive slower next time!).
From DC: Take Massachusetts Ave. (Rt. 396) west until it ends at Goldsboro Rd. (Rt. 614). Turn left onto Goldsboro and go to the traffic circle (0.5 mile). Carefully following the road signs (Washington-area traffic circles can be confusing), turn right onto MacArthur Blvd. and then an immediate left onto Oxford Rd. At the next stop sign (1 block) go straight, then left into the Glen Echo parking lot. If you go across a one-lane bridge, you’ve gone too far (turn around and drive slower next time!).
From Georgetown in DC: Travel west along M Street. Follow signs for MacArthur Blvd. and travel it west until you see signs for Glen Echo Park. Turn left onto Oxford Rd. At the next stop sign (1 block) go straight, then left into the Glen Echo parking lot. If you go across a one-lane bridge, you’ve gone too far (turn around and drive slower next time!).
Public Transportation: Glen Echo Park is served by the Route 29 Ride-On bus, which leaves from both the Friendship Heights and Bethesda Metro stations on the Red line. This bus is available weekdays, Saturday, and Sunday. The bus trip from Friendship Heights or Bethesda to Glen Echo takes approximately fifteen minutes and leaves every 30 minutes, on the hour and half hour. Bus fare is $1.10 during peak hours, 90¢ off-peak, and only 25¢ with a metrorail transfer. Be sure to have exact change or don’t expect to get any back. The Glen Echo bus stop is located at the Amoco gas station at the end of Goldsboro Road. The stop is lighted and there is a public phone available. From the bus stop it is a 5-minute walk along MacArthur Blvd. to the upper entrance of the park. NOTE: The last bus leaves at 9:00 pm on Friday and Saturday.
K2 Dance Studio
Sunrise Plaza, 10800 E. Rhode Island Ave., Beltsville, MD
The Friday Late Night and Sunday Evening dance happens at K2!
Parking: The shopping center has a large parking lot.
Directions from VA and points west: Take I-495 towards College Park (the N.E. segment of the Beltway). Take Exit 25A North, US-1/ Baltimore Ave. toward Laurel. At the sixth light, turn left onto Rhode Island Ave. This intersection is a little tricky, and it’s hard to see which street is Rhode Island – after you turn left, there's a Bank of America on your left. Go about a quarter of a mile and turn left into the Sunrise Plaza. K2 is located in the bend of the L-shaped shopping center.
From Baltimore: Take I-95 SOUTH, toward DC. Take Exit 29A for Beltsville. You are now on Powder Mill Rd. Turn right at the 2nd light onto Rhode Island Ave. Go about 1/2 mile and turn right into the Sunrise Plaza. K2 is located in the bend of the L-shaped shopping center.
Public Transportation: Your best bet is to car pool, but if you can’t snag a ride, get someone to pick you up at the College Park Metro Stop, Green Line. Remember, the metro closes at midnight on Sunday.
Chevy Chase Ballroom
5207 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.
http://www.chevychaseballroom.com/
The Saturday Late Night happens at Chevy Chase Ballroom!
Parking: Parking is readily available in the neighborhood, and the bank parking lot is available for our use late at night. Do not park in the small parking lot to the left of Paul's liquors. You WILL be towed.
Directions from Glen Echo: When you leave the park, turn LEFT onto MacArthur Blvd. Turn RIGHT onto Wilson Lane (.8 miles). Turn RIGHT onto River Rd and follow it for 3.2 miles. Turn LEFT onto Garrison Street (.3 miles). Turn LEFT onto Wisconsin Ave. (.1 miles).
From I-495: Take Wisconsin Avenue (355) South for about 10-15 minutes. You'll pass into Friendship Heights, and pass Mazza Gallerie on your right. Chevy Chase Ballroom is about two blocks further on your left, between Ingomar and Harrison Streets, above Paul's Liquors.
Public Transportation: Easy to reach by Metro! Take the Red Line to the Friendship Heights station; exit on the east side of Wisconsin Avenue. Walk south on Wisconsin two and one half blocks; CCB is between Ingomar and Harrison Streets, above Paul's Liquors.