Foggy City Dancers http://foggycity.org Celebrating 26 years of Gay and Lesbian Square Dancing in San Francisco Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:37:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Congratulations Graduates! http://foggycity.org/2010/03/congratulations-graduates/ http://foggycity.org/2010/03/congratulations-graduates/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:36:49 +0000 Paul Brown http://foggycity.org/?p=1089 img_5195

We had a great time tonight celebrating the graduation of our Zero-to-Plus Class!  We had delicious cake from Noe Bakery, lots of dancers and dancing, and fun, frolic, friendship!  Congratulations to Mark Allen, Jason Schupp, and David Wallace for all their hard work and dancing!  Also, thanks to Harlan for his wonderful instruction.  Thanks to all the angels and non-dancers who kept showing up week after week to make sure that our newest Foggy Citizens had a lots of support and encouragement!

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  • 3/9 Michael Levy
  • 3/26 Frank Biafore
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Howdy, Foggy Citizens,

They did it!

Our fabulous new dancers have successfully completed our Zero-to-Plus class, and it’s time to celebrate!

Join our newest club members, David, Mark, Jason, and all of our Angels, Dancers, friends, and others this Thursday, 11 March 2010, at 7:30pm, as we dance and celebrate their wonderful accomplishment!

We will have cake and beverages available, and our ritual “first dance” (don’t tell them what that entails), so you’ll be sure to want to be there for this!

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Yet even with our celebrations and new members, Foggy City Dancers faces some grimly serious financial challenges.  We have approximately six months worth of operating capital remaining.  Yet we have continued to work on our streamlined administrative costs by moving from Bank of America to Chase for our accounts.  That move will save us $148 this year in bank fees.  And we are taking more aggressive fund raising steps.  Foggy City Dancers will not go down without a fight, and so the Board of Directors authorized the expense of $615 worth of See’s Candies chocolate bars and gift certificates – we have 2 Gross of bars: Milk Chocolate or Dark Cholocate with Almonds for $2/bar.  The bars are really easy to sell – put a box of them on your desk and word will spread.  One of our students took two boxes with him to do just that.  I’m going to do that in my office, too.  It’s a very easy way to help keep Foggy City Dancers able to bring more dancing to you.  We also have 20 Gift Certificates on hand which are worth 1 pound of chocolate, or a custom selection equal to the cost of a pound.  Spiffy!

So, we are again asking for a General Membership Meeting on Thursday, 25 January to discuss these issues.  Do we want to take a more active recruiting stance or focus on the current membership and just dance weekly club and social nights until we run out of money?  It’s the difference between going out with a bang or a whimper.  Personally, I want to see Foggy City Dancers succeed because the aspect of the gay community that FCD serves is seemingly underserved by our sister organizations!  I’m working on that vision by having dances and callers booked out to 2012.  By continuing to market square dancing as a fun bar alternative activity for the gay community.  By continuing to work to raise the visibility of LGBT square dancing in the larger community.

Did you know that Square Dancing is the State Dance of California?  And several other states.  It’s importance as an American art form should not be understated, and the LGBT community’s role as cultural memory and midwife should keep us all interested in preserving it and introducing others to it!

Did you know you can renew online?  Visit http://foggycity.org/ and you can renew with your credit or debit card, as well as order See’s Candies and our FCD club shirts and caps!

We have more in store with Foggy City Dancers!

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A TECHNICOLOR HOEDOWN!
Dance Mainstream, Plus and Advanced
to the Lively
Pat Carnathan

20 Feb 2010
7:30 – 9:30pm
Sanchez School
325 Sanchez St @ 16th
in the Castro; easy MUNI access (J, F, 22, 37)
$8 members/$10 guests
$5 parking @ 17th

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The memorial service will be held at Saint Gregory of Nyssa, 500 DeHaro Street in Potrero Hill.

Please contact Michael Gitt for more information.  Michael is also seeking out photographs, both paper and electronic, for a memorial slideshow.  If you have any photographs of George, please send them to Michael ASAP.

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It’s that time of year again – time to renew your membership in Foggy City Dancers! 2009 was a year of transition and growth, taking risks and awareness raising, and with your help, we can keep our momentum moving forward and upward! Square Dancing is on the move again, and Foggy City is going to be better than ever!

We held all sorts of events last year, from our three successful dances, to our award-winning Pride Float and booth and demonstration, to the return of that summertime favorite, the FCD Picnic, to some fun open house events, potlucks, raffles, and squaroling! Foggy City Dancers is once again having a successful “Zero-to-Plus” class, with three utterly incredible students (who are dancing with amazing skill and verve!), and we are going to do another recruiting and growth effort again in the Spring.

So, why do you want to renew?

  • Well, there’s the dancing – from our main club caller, Harlan Kerr, to our guest callers, Foggy City Dancers is hosting a wealth of fun and interesting callers this year.

  • FOUR Hoedowns in 2010 and beyond – that’s right. FCD is returning to hosting four hoedowns a year again, at our new dance home in the Castro at the Sanchez School!

  • More fun, social events planned – We’re going to be doing some more guerrilla dance events, do some more potlucks and parties, more community outreach.

  • FUN, FUN, FUN!

    2010 Premium Membership

    2010 Premium Membership

    Includes all benefits as the All-Dance Membership, but also includes one of our fabulous Think Square t-shirts as a Thank You gift for your generosity!


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    2010 Membership

    2010 Membership

    Join Foggy City Dancers and participate in the fun and frolic!  Your membership helps to cover the administrative and logistic costs associated with running a non-profit community arts organization, and we thank you for your generosity!

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    2010 All-Dance Membership

    2010 All-Dance Membership

    Join Foggy City Dancers and participate in the fun and frolic!  An All-Dance Membership includes your regular membership dues, plus admission to all four Foggy City Dancers’ Hoe-Downs for the year 2010.

    A great way to support the club!

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Your club is also exploring more avenues for fund raising, from our successful grant from the Petersen Fund, to looking at the SF Hotel Tax Fund, to doing some more traditional fund-raising, like See’s Candy and bake sales, and more.

How Can You Help?

There are plenty of easy volunteering activities, all the way from stepping up to be a member of the Board of Directors down to volunteering to set-up or break-down our dances and events.  No matter what task you decide to help with, we keep a can-do and fun attitude to make sure that all volunteers are having a great time!

What Else?

Included in this renewal package is your Valentine’s Day order form for some See’s Candy. Chocolate is such a great way to say I Love You to your someone special, or heck, even for yourself! If you order some chocolate by 3 February 2010, not only will you receive your chocolate in time for Valentine’s Day, but you’ll also help Your Club with much needed financial assistance to help ensure the club stays vital and grows.

Your Board of Directors is committed to the growth and viability of Foggy City Dancers, and with your help and participation in this coming year, we will all keep Your Club fun and successful for you!

Yellow Rocks,

The Board of Directors of Foggy City Dancers

Paul Brown
President

John Grima
Treasurer

Steve Huggins
Secretary

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For January, February, and March, we’ll be having full level Plus dancing on the third Tuesday of each month!  We’ll have fun lively music, food, and fabulous prizes! Tue 19 Jan – Ice Kream Kick Off (bring your favorite topping!) with the exciting Fen Tamanaha! Tue 16 Feb – Wiggin Out Party (wear your wildest wig!) with [...]]]>

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For January, February, and March, we’ll be having full level Plus dancing on the third Tuesday of each month!  We’ll have fun lively music, food, and fabulous prizes!

Tue 19 Jan – Ice Kream Kick Off (bring your favorite topping!) with the exciting Fen Tamanaha!
Tue 16 Feb – Wiggin Out Party (wear your wildest wig!) with sensational caller Bob Knowles!
Tue 16 Feb – Hawaiian Luau Party (wear your loudest shirt!) with lovely Michael Levy!

All evenings will be held at Sanchez School, 325 Sanchez Street, in the Castro!

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An FCD tradition returns! Dance to Holiday Songs with Rich Reel Ho Ho Ho We will gather and start at 2:00 PM Sun 20 Dec at Harvey Milk Plaza (Castro Muni entrance in front of Diesel) and proceed to Squareol along Market Street stopping at several spots. Wear red (and black) and don your Elves hats; it [...]]]>

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An FCD tradition returns!
Dance to Holiday Songs with Rich Reel Ho Ho Ho
We will gather and start at 2:00 PM Sun 20 Dec at Harvey Milk Plaza (Castro Muni entrance in front of Diesel) and proceed to Squareol along Market Street stopping at several spots. Wear red (and black) and don your Elves hats; it will be cold but dry :-)

Here are a couple of videos of the last Squareoling in 2006:

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It’s that time of year for our Holiday Potluck! Bring your friends and fellow dancers to enjoy! If we have any non-dancers show up (see what all the fun is about!) then we’ll do a little intro dancing as well as class-level and club-level dancing. Since it’s a potluck, bring your favorite snack or side dish [...]]]>

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It’s that time of year for our Holiday Potluck! Bring your friends and fellow dancers to enjoy! If we have any non-dancers show up (see what all the fun is about!) then we’ll do a little intro dancing as well as class-level and club-level dancing.

Since it’s a potluck, bring your favorite snack or side dish to share! Our Potluck Coordinator, David Wallace, has volunteered to bring a turkey or ham, so bring something to go with that!

Please contact David for more information

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