Organizers February 2025

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by Emily Addison

Hi Folks, I've attached the organizer discussion notes from this year's Dance Flurry. Hopefully the attachment goes through! There were over 35 attendees and the discussion was really inspiring! :) Emily

3 months, 3 weeks

SURVEY: Looking for YOUR ideas for Puttin’ on the Dance 3!

by Puttin' on the Dance Team

Dear fellow dance organizers, We’re very excited to be gathering with many of you this spring at Puttin’ On The Dance 3 - Dancing Forward Together! We want your input to help develop the conference program. Can you share your thoughts by completing this short survey by March 12th <https://forms.gle/Zy7ce7Aij2dhBte38>? Reminder that conference registration opens March 1st at www.puttinonthedance.org! We have some great news. We’ve heard from five organizations that have pledged funds to support the conference and reduce the cost for participants. We’re grateful to Country Dance & Song Society (CDSS), New England Folk Festival Association (NEFFA), DownEast Friends of the Folk Arts (DEFFA), Montpelier Contra Dance, and Belfast Flying Shoes for stepping up early with sponsorship grants. Plus, some organizations are offering partial scholarships. We will post the details soon on the POTD website - how to fund your attendance page <https://www.puttinonthedance.org/register/fund-your-attendance/>. Thanks again for completing the survey <https://forms.gle/Zy7ce7Aij2dhBte38> . Dance organizers like you are so important in this world. You give people an opportunity to connect in a positive and real way: face-to-face, hands joined, Dancing Forward Together. Thank you all! POTD3 Planning team (Patty, Chrissy & Emily) -- puttinonthedance.org facebook.com/PuttinOnTheDance *You're on the POTD email list because we think you're interested in conferences for dance organizers. Let us know if you want your address removed. *

4 months

Announcing Contra Connections: A Free Intermediate Contra Dance Workshop Curriculum

by Admin Team

Hi Y'all, We wanted to share with you all what we think is a fantastic new resource: Contra Connections: A Free Intermediate Contra Dance Workshop Curriculum. Our great friend and caller Alyssa Adkins wrote the curriculum for us last year, and gave the workshop to great reviews. We're really excited to make it available for free at www.view from the balcony.org <https://brooklyncontra.substack.com/p/announcing-contra-connections-an>. We think its a great resource, and also has some interesting content in the intro sections (and the section on culture shaping) that may make for some good conversations here. Hope folks enjoy, and feel free to reach out to us with any questions, and to Alyssa to get her to come teach it (or teach it yourself of course, its designed for local dances to be able to pick and choose pieces from it, and teach themselves)! Thanks, Christin

4 months

Announcing View from the Balcony: A New SubStack about Contra Dance Organizing From Brooklyn Contra

by Admin Team

Hi Y'all, Just wanted to reach out and let folks know that Brooklyn Contra has launched a brand new SubStack to post some of our thinking about dance organizing and resources we're creating for ourselves and others! We'd love for folks to subscribe if they want, but also, we're planning on posting each individual post here for people to respond to, rather than have a big comments section on the SubStack, and we'll be doing the same thing on the Organizers of Contra Facebook Group. You can find us at www.viewfromthebalcony.org See you soon! Christin

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