09/25/2026
📢*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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