The Single Square Dancers USA Dance-A-Rama is put on by the local Merry Mixers Square Dance Club and welcomes dancers from across the country for all forms of dancing, including square dancing, round dancing, line dancing and contra dancing. Workshops, such as salsa lessons and introductions to square dancing and round dancing will be open to the public.
The event is being held at Airport Holiday Inn Conference Center, 6111 Fleur Drive, Des Moines.
Single Square Dancers, USA promotes and stimulates square dancing among unmarried dancers throughout the USA by assisting any group starting a single’s square dance club, publishing an organization newsletter, furnishing representation on education panels and festival committees to enhance the status of single square dancers, awarding the Frank Norris Yellowrock Scholarship each year and promoting the Dance-A-Rama event.
The Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to promote Greater Des Moines as a fun, vibrant and affordable destination statewide, nationally and internationally. Our focus increases visitors to our community through meetings, conventions, sports events, leisure travel, and group tours, thereby contributing to the local economy.