Dance-A-Rama

What is a Dance-A-Rama, you asked?  It's the official name of the dance weekend also known as the Single's National.  Each year hundreds of single square dancers gather in a different city for 4 days of dancing fun. The Dance-A-Rama always happens over Labor Day weekend.  Dancers from all over the U.S.A., and a few from other countries, get together to make new friends, renew old acquaintances, to have a good time, and yes, to dance!

Dancing begins with a "Trail In" dance on Thursday night. The Dance-A-Rama runs for 3 days, Friday, Saturday, & Sunday. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday the dancing kicks off at 10 AM, and runs until 10 PM, with breaks for lunch and dinner.

Rochester, NY was the home for Dance-A-Rama in 2006, North Little Rock, Arkansas hosted the dancers in 2007 also ten years later in 2017, 2008 found 675 dancers in "Music City", Nashville, TN. The 2009 Dance-A-Rama was held in the Quad Cities of Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa, and Moline and Rock City, Illinois. The Nation's Capital was the target for 2010 as the dancers gathered in Alexandria, VA. 2011 saw everyone racing to Indianapolis, Indiana for "Slip The Clutch in Indy". Des Moines, Iowa was the setting for the 42nd Dance-A-Rama in 2012. St Louis, MO, was the Gateway to Dancing in 2013. In 2014 the Dancers were all Promenading to the Pacific, in Portland, Oregon. A grand time was had in 2015 as the dancers gathered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. 2016 found us in Alexandria, VA for the 46th Dance-A-Rama. We stayed at the Wyndham Riverfront Hotel in North Little Rock, Arkansas for 2017. In 2018 we returned to Indianapolis, IN to "Race In To Indy". In 2019 we were at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham in Hoover, Alabama. We made arrangements to hold our 50th Anniversary Dance-A-Rama in Newark, OH in 2020, but this had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Fortunately, we still will be celebrating our 50th and final DAR anniversary, but just one year later.

Many married individuals attend our Dance-A-Rama (DAR) festivals, some as couples and others as individuals. All dancers are welcome, whatever their marital status might be. Once someone has attended a DAR, they are members of SSDUSA for the year leading up to the next year's DAR. Single individuals have full membership with the right to vote at the Annual Membership Meeting. Those who are married have a different type of membership which allows them to speak (but not vote) at the annual meeting. All members receive the SSDUSA Intercom newsletter which is sent out by email four times per year

Where's the next one? Our 50th and final DAR anniversary will be at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Des Moines, IA on Labor Day Weekend, September 3, 4, 5, 2021. More details are listed on our convention web page. Link