Boulder's Barefoot Boogie

Dance Home

What's it all about?
Across this vast nation of ours there lives a community of dancing fools that like to have parties in smoke-and alcohol-free settings. Here are the ingredients: a group of barefoot people, a good-sized room with cozy floor, soft lighting, a DJ, some well-chosen tunes, and an agreement that everyone is safe to respond to the music as he or she wishes, without judgement, free to dance alone, or to interact... The DJ's that create the vibe for these singular gatherings play a wide mix of music that could be described as funky, melodic, tribal, groovy, urban, flowing, instrumental, lyrical, serious, profound, insightful, carefree, joyous, liberating, cathartic and much, much more. In short they provide the ingredients for a very tasty good time!

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DJ schedule for June, plus announcement about community meeting:

June
June 3 Zoe
June 10 Victor
June17 Paul
June 24 Mark

Dance Home News: Community Forum Tuesday 6/10 at 6:15p at Solstice

Dear Dance Home Community,

You are invited to participate in the Dance Home Community Forum!! It’s happening at the Solstice Institute on Tuesday 6/10, at 6:15p. This is the first Dance Home Community Forum since Mark stepped down as the Director.

As you probably know, there are changes going on at Dance Home (DH), that the Interim Management Team (IMT) is excited about because we believe it will help breathe new life and the needed income to sustain DH. The IMT also realizes that we could have had better communication with the larger DH community before finalizing these changes. We regret any hurt that this may have caused community members

The question is….where do we all go from here?

How do we, as a community, ensure the future of DH? Who are the folks that want to help? What ideas do you have? The purpose of the forum is to start answering these questions.

We are hoping that this meeting is a starting point, to hear what the DH community wants to create. Let’s use this first meeting to get our ideas out on the table, get the ball rolling, and set up a date and agenda for the next community meeting.

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Find out who is on the DJ schedule every month. Sign up below to be on our confidential email list.

Or, contact the DH administrator: sitikiti@hotmail.com

Read the Boulder Weekly article about Dance Home!

WHEN? TUESDAYS - 8pm til 11:30pm, JUNE WILL BE FREE

CHANGES COMING TO SCHEDULE - THURSDAYS WILL BE THE NEW DAY- SEE BELOW

WE ALSO ARE CURRENTLY DANCING ON THE LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH ONLY UNTIL JUNE

9:00pm til midnite -

Hello friends of the Solstice Center, and Dance Home Enthusiasts!

Dance Home, the venerable institution that has flowered at the Solstice Center for 14 years, is going through some changes. In order to better serve the community of dancers, it is important to point folks towards the Dance Home YahooGroup, where one can get announcements about Dance Home and other dance related events in Boulder, as well as communicate in an open forum with other members of the Dance Home community.

You are invited to join the group! It's easy!! Just go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dancehomeboulder and click on "Join This Group". You will either need to enter your yahoo account info or create a yahoo name.

If you have any problems, contact Zoe at sitikiti@hotmail.com

Thanks!!
Dance Home

NOTE from Zoe to all the communty:

Dance Home for FREE in June, AND change is coming in July!!

Hello lovely dance community!! This email touches on some exciting changes that are happening with Dance Home (DH):

Many of you know that the structure of DH has changed recently, as Mark Klosterman has recently transitioned out of the director role of DH. In the meantime, there is an Iterim Management Team (IMT), consisting of Zoe, Reed, and Varadaan, who have taken over Mark's old responsibilities. The IMT has taken into consideration a recent disscussion involving the DH community, Board, and Dance Team, about possibly changing the DH weekly event from Tuesday to another day of the week. The main reason for a schedule change would be the consistent low attendance, which means we haven't consistently covered operating costs for several months. The reason for consistant low attendance is probably caused by competition with another great dance event, Gypsy Nation.

The IMT heard and considered all of the responses offered by members of the DH community and the choice has been made to move our beloved DH event to THURSDAYS, starting on July 1, 2008. We truly think that this will give you, the dancers of Boulder, the best opportunity to continue to enjoy DH as well as other dance events that Boulder has to offer, and it will also help DH pay the bills and stay in the community as it has for 15 years.

We know this is shocking to some of you, as DH has happened on Tuesdays since its inception! And so, as a BIG THANK YOU to all of you dancers who have made DH thrive for the last 15 years, and a farewell to Tuesdays at DH, we are offering FREE TUESDAY DANCES during all of June!! Spread the word around town! Dances will be held every Tuesday in June at Solstice from 8-11pm. (note the time change for June) There will be no Friday dance in June. I also want to send a huge thanks to all of the DJs and hosts who will be donating their time during June!

So, in summary:

June = free Tuesday dances at Solstice from 8-11. No Friday dance.

July = start of new DH weekly structure of THURSDAY dances!! The new cost will be $6-8, but if you want to still get in for $5 price, you can if you buy a punch card. Punch cards cost $50, and get you 10 dances, so it's ends up being $5 each.

AND........We need help!! Would you like to help out DH by hosting, doing publicity, help schedule DJs? Do you have another idea about how you can help? Just respond to reedplay@gmail.com or sitikiti@hotmail.com or talk to Zoe, Reed, or Varadaam in person.

What else do I need to know

Dance Home welcomes everyone from all walks of life to celebrate their existence to the fullest through dance and music. This is a smoke-free event.. Alcohol or other drugs are not permitted. Please be conscious of personal boundries! It's of utmost importance for the Dance Home community to help folks find uninhibited self-expression while honoring personal boundaries. Although Dance Home is a barefoot boogie, flat-soled shoes with soft material are permitted for folks with foot problems.