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Chapter Youth Newsletters
Chapter Sponsored
Local Dancing
General Interest
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About Us
The USA Dance Kitsap Chapter was formed in April of 2002.
Our Chapter membership consists primarily of Social Dancers who enjoy
dancing and the Chapter’s monthly dance is one frequently attended.
Dance attendance averages 40 to 55 people and about an even split
in members and non-members
We hold 11 monthly dances on the 3rd Saturday of the month, except July.
We hold a one hour dance lesson before each dance in a series of
three lessons in the same rhythm, starting with the basics and building on
that. That means we cover a
different rhythm each quarter. We
host one Semi-Formal dance in January.
We hold our dances and Chapter sponsored lessons at the Bremerton Masonic
Lodge at 878 5th
Our Chapter had continued to sponsor ballroom dance lessons. Lessons are
curtailed during the Summer and December holiday season. For most of the
sessions we just about broke even. A total of 6 (5 hour sessions) and 8 (4
hour sessions) were held between September 2008 and September 2009.
Our Board is interested in sponsoring ballroom dance lessons with the Boys
and Girls Club and designated our May dance as a fund raiser for youth
dancing (ages 13 to 18).
Funds
raised will allow us to pay an instructor for about ten hours of basic
ballroom dance lessons. We are
currently negotiating for the donations of a facility to hold the lessons.
We will see what interest and support is generated among the youth and
the Boy’s and Girl’s Club management and work on solicitation of
additional funding to support this program.
Last year our Chapter supported the Kitsap and Mason County 2007 and 2008
Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) dance contest.
As a result of our chapter’s participation lwe gained several new
members and additional nonmember attendance at our social dances along
with some free advertisement. This
year’s CFC dance contest was cancelled because an insufficient number of
new dancers signed up.
We hold a National Ballroom Dance Week in September.
The music system purchased in 2005 has worked out well and has reduced the
cost of social dances and this has allowed us to have a live band once a quarter.
We publish a newsletter every quarter. The newsletter is emailed it to all
members with email and it is mailed to others. The newsletter is also
included on this web site.
Board meetings are held the first Tuesday of each month except July.
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