[Organizers] Re: Help making an ugly hall pretty?

On Dec 14, 2024, at 7:55 PM, Kimbi Hagen &lt;kimbi.hagen(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Our dance has been talking about purchasing white chiffon material to hang in pleated swags across the gym, to do double duty as a sound baffle and mute the standard surface-of-the-sun gym lighting. We also want to thread light weight fairy lights in and amongst the chiffon. Because pretty. We got the idea from our reframed Trolley Barn dance venue, who found them left up one time after the Trolley Barn was used for a wedding. Like this picture from the internet. <image.png> Sent from my "Smart" Phone (so please excuse bizarre and nonsensical Auto-corrects). Also, English is my first language. So all spelling and grammar mistakes were made with the ability to not do that. > On Dec 14, 2024, at 7:07 PM, Don Peabody via Organizers &lt;organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote: > > Alex— > > Yes. > > I don’t remember her name, but—good grief! thirty years ago?—one of our Otter Creek Contra Dance committee members proposed decorating the exceedingly drab and dreary Middlebury Municipal Gymnasium with quilts. > > A committee member designed dis-assemblable display frames, and quilts by dancers and other local artisans were displayed. They were transformative of that space, filling it with beauty to complement the music and dance movements. > > I know photos were taken because we sponsored a visit by George Marshall and Wild Asparagus (Becky Tracy's family home was just up the road, in Bristol) and the second U.S. dance appearance by the Brunet Brothers (the first of which we ran in Bristol with Pete Sutherland doing a rare calling gig.) But where would they be now, over a quarter of a century later? > > Love to you all— > > Don > > >> On Dec 14, 2024, at 3:39 AM, Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Organizers &lt;organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:organizers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote: >> >> Hi all! >> >> >> >> Has anyone had success making an unattractive hall pretty? >> >> >> We’d love to hear ideas from your dance, or if you just like brainstorming, here are photos of our hall at CDNY (NYC). >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> Alex >> >> >> <PastedGraphic-2.png><PastedGraphic-3.png><PastedGraphic-4.png> >> >> >> Alexandra Deis-lauby >> VILLAGEWESTDESIGN >> 646 283 3108 >> villagewestdesign.com <http://villagewestdesign.com/> >> Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/villagewestdesign/> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/VillageWestDesign> | Houzz <https://www.houzz.com/pro/villagewestdesign/village-west-design> >> _______________________________________________ >> Organizers mailing list -- organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> >> To unsubscribe send an email to organizers-leave(a)lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:organizers-leave@lists.sharedweight.net> > > _______________________________________________ > Organizers mailing list -- organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to organizers-leave(a)lists.sharedweight.net