Join the 'Barn Dance Project'
by Scott Williams
In an effort to attract new dancers to contra dancing and introduce Santa Barbara and our neighboring towns to the pleasures of the dance floor, a dedicated group of our dancers have formed The Barn Dance Project.
The organizers (Jude Conroy, Scott Williams, Donnalyn & Elliott Karpeles and Gary Shapiro) are enrolling interested & committed contra dancers to participate in an outreach program within our extended community. The Barn Dance Project offers to put on a Barn Dance, as a free group participation event at any business or community gathering of 30 or more people, anywhere in the Tri-County area. The band, caller and experienced dancers are supplied for free!
The first ever SBCDS "Barn Dance" was held at the World Fest 2008 on October 18 at Earl Warren Show Grounds. 25 eager and enthusiastic dancers showed up, along with a full band, dubbed The Pick Up Artists, and Elliott Karpeles did the calling. The dance was a tremendous success and was even briefly covered by KEYT, so we even wound up on the evening news. We ended the performance by handing out SBCDS dance schedules and a free coupon to their first dance. The turnout and interest in this event was very encouraging. Getting people to dance was as easy as asking. The World Fest organizers were so impressed that we were asked back to next year’s event and also want us to participate at the much bigger S.B. Fair and Expo in April 2009.
What the Barn Dance Project offers is a simple community building event whose objective is to expand our contra dancing community by exposing hundreds of potential dancers to what we do. We’re committed to seeing our community outreach make a real difference in our community, and we invite you to join us by adding your name to our data base of possible dancers at these events. We want to do Barn Dance Introductions throughout the Tri-County, so if you live in Santa Maria, Ventura, etc. please let us know if you could possibly participate. To help with the driving we will help organize carpooling. Attendance is never mandatory, but if we have a large pool of possible’s it will be easier and more fun to make each event a success.
To be added to the contact list please contact Scott at 805-451-9300 or scott [at-sign] scottwilliams [period] com. Also if you have a suggestion or can think of a business that might like to put on a Barn Dance event, contact us to determine if it would be suitable.
Our next Barn Dance Event is coming up on February 22. The local organization Santa Barbara Newcomers will be bringing 20-40 first time dancers to our regular Sunday night dance. There will be a special lesson starting at 5;30 so we’ll need extra men that night.
One last special thanks to everyone who made the first event such successful fun. It was wonderful to see what is possible when we work together for the community.
In an effort to attract new dancers to contra dancing and introduce Santa Barbara and our neighboring towns to the pleasures of the dance floor, a dedicated group of our dancers have formed The Barn Dance Project.
The organizers (Jude Conroy, Scott Williams, Donnalyn & Elliott Karpeles and Gary Shapiro) are enrolling interested & committed contra dancers to participate in an outreach program within our extended community. The Barn Dance Project offers to put on a Barn Dance, as a free group participation event at any business or community gathering of 30 or more people, anywhere in the Tri-County area. The band, caller and experienced dancers are supplied for free!
The first ever SBCDS "Barn Dance" was held at the World Fest 2008 on October 18 at Earl Warren Show Grounds. 25 eager and enthusiastic dancers showed up, along with a full band, dubbed The Pick Up Artists, and Elliott Karpeles did the calling. The dance was a tremendous success and was even briefly covered by KEYT, so we even wound up on the evening news. We ended the performance by handing out SBCDS dance schedules and a free coupon to their first dance. The turnout and interest in this event was very encouraging. Getting people to dance was as easy as asking. The World Fest organizers were so impressed that we were asked back to next year’s event and also want us to participate at the much bigger S.B. Fair and Expo in April 2009.
What the Barn Dance Project offers is a simple community building event whose objective is to expand our contra dancing community by exposing hundreds of potential dancers to what we do. We’re committed to seeing our community outreach make a real difference in our community, and we invite you to join us by adding your name to our data base of possible dancers at these events. We want to do Barn Dance Introductions throughout the Tri-County, so if you live in Santa Maria, Ventura, etc. please let us know if you could possibly participate. To help with the driving we will help organize carpooling. Attendance is never mandatory, but if we have a large pool of possible’s it will be easier and more fun to make each event a success.
To be added to the contact list please contact Scott at 805-451-9300 or scott [at-sign] scottwilliams [period] com. Also if you have a suggestion or can think of a business that might like to put on a Barn Dance event, contact us to determine if it would be suitable.
Our next Barn Dance Event is coming up on February 22. The local organization Santa Barbara Newcomers will be bringing 20-40 first time dancers to our regular Sunday night dance. There will be a special lesson starting at 5;30 so we’ll need extra men that night.
One last special thanks to everyone who made the first event such successful fun. It was wonderful to see what is possible when we work together for the community.
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