April Events

4-9-08

Dance Freedom 40th Birthday Celebration
Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA.
More info: http://www.dancefreedom.com

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Help save the VFW Post and welcome social dancing to Belmont!
Even if you’re not a dancer, come out and support the rejuvenation of the VFW post in Belmont. Both the Belmont VFW and local non-profit social dancing are struggling to stay alive.
Kip Gaudet, Post Commander said, “We’re trying to ease the burden of repairs and upkeep of the building by creating a long-term partnership with a tenant that is a compatible non-profit organization. This building will always be the VFW. We are going to keep the place in memory of those who built it – those to whom it truly belongs.”
One of the possible tenants, Dance Friday, is a free style, smoke- and alcohol-free dance, held every Friday night for the past 30 years. Nina Grimaldi, Belmont resident and member of the dance collective said, “This could be the very space the dance community has sought to replace all the wonderful lost spaces over that last several years. What we need is commitment and monetary investment. The space at the VFW is amazing - 3500 square feet of unobstructed potential dance floor. The men who build this place did an amazing job. It is a really sound structure. There is a kitchen, bathrooms with dressing areas, and storage right off the main floor. The place even is handicap accessible. It's on a main bus line that runs late with a bus stop right outside the door! There's also plenty of street parking. I hope the space can be home to Dance Friday and many other social dances such as tango, swing, salsa and contra. I envision this as a great space for all dancers!”

Dance Friday is an event where people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities can express themselves through movement to music. They offer an atmosphere of acceptance, friendship, and trust. They are the only Boston-area dance to welcome children when accompanied by an adult.

To promote community support, and see if Belmont would welcome such a community, Dance Friday is hosting a Saturday Night Dance Party on April 12, 2008. at the Belmont VFW Post, 310 Trapelo Road, Saturday 8pm-11:30pm. Suggested donation is 10 dollars. They are hoping to raise the much needed capital to improve the space.

For more information, email dancefriday@gmail.com, go to dancefriday.org or call:
617-997-0948

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4-13-08
Dance Friday Community Meeting

Sunday, April 13, 2008

The Home Of Guy M, Arlington, Ma

Potluck Dinner: 6:00; Meeting: 7:00

The community meeting is where all decisions are made by community members. If you have attended Dance Friday, you are a member. This is a chance for your views, opinions, advice, etc. to be heard. Our meetings are run by the formal consensus process which will be explained before the discussion of the agenda items. This meeting will set budgets for the different committees, hear reports from committee members and consider agenda items, review results of space search, discuss the details of possible move to Brookline Tai Chi center, decide to have July 4th dance or not. You may view or add to the meeting agenda which will be posted at Dance Friday.

If you have additional agenda items, please send them to dance.friday@gmail.com Any agenda items not received and posted on the agenda list at the dance later than two weeks prior to the meeting can not be considered at that meeting. We are required by law to post agenda items two weeks in advance.