International Folk Dance Spring Festival in Balboa Park!

Artwork hung near entrance of the Balboa Park Club depicts Greek folk dancers.
Artwork hung near entrance of the Balboa Park Club depicts Greek folk dancers.

A great event is going on this weekend in Balboa Park! If you happen to be in San Diego, you might like to check it out!

The International Folk Dance Spring Festival is being held in the very beautiful Balboa Park Club building, and everyone is invited. The fun event is put on by the International Dance Association of San Diego County.

Anyone who attended the festival today could learn how to Greek dance! Tomorrow, Sunday, you’ll have the opportunity to learn and observe other styles of folk dancing. It’s easy to participate and lots of fun! And it’s a great social activity that provides healthy exercise!

I learned that the International Dance Association of San Diego County is eager to welcome new members. Do you enjoy folk dancing? Do you wish to learn? Are you merely curious and would like to read some more interesting information? Then click here to check out their website! They have numerous classes and special dances throughout the year!

Curious visitors enter the Balboa Park Club building, to enjoy the 2016 International Folk Dance Spring Festival.
Curious visitors enter the Balboa Park Club building, to enjoy the 2016 International Folk Dance Spring Festival.
Costumes are a fun aspect of authentic folk dancing. But you don't need one to participate!
Costumes are a fun aspect of authentic folk dancing. But you don’t need one to participate!  Come as you are!
People get ready to perform a social dance in the amazing 13,000 square feet ballroom inside the Balboa Park Club.
People get ready to perform a social dance in the amazing 13,000 square feet ballroom inside the Balboa Park Club.
People at the International Folk Dance Spring Festival in Balboa Park learn Greek dancing!
Ordinary people at the International Folk Dance Spring Festival in Balboa Park learn Greek dancing!
Life is beautiful. Indeed, it is!
Life is beautiful. Indeed, it is!
The stunning, historic grand foyer of the Balboa Park Club is decorated for spring. Buy stuff here during the festival to support the International Dance Association of San Diego County.
The stunning, historic grand foyer of the Balboa Park Club is decorated for spring. Buy stuff here during the festival to support the International Dance Association of San Diego County.
International Folk Dancing in Balboa Park is celebrating 69 years! Recreational folk dance is taught, demonstrated and performed for free in a stylish, air-conditioned ballroom!
International Folk Dancing in Balboa Park is celebrating 69 years! Recreational folk dance is taught, demonstrated and performed for free in a stylish, air-conditioned ballroom!
The Balboa Park Club is the site of a San Diego folk dance festival, running this weekend. Go check it out! Or, better yet, go and learn how to folk dance!
The Balboa Park Club is the site of a San Diego folk dance festival, running this weekend. Go check it out! Or, better yet, go and learn how to folk dance! Why not?

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    1. It was built in 1915 for the Panama-California Exposition. Originally it was home to the state of New Mexico’s exhibits. That explains the exterior appearance! In 1935 it was remodeled and enlarged for the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition!

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