The Summer Solstice brought some gorgeous sunshine, and even though it’s raining again, we’re still feeling the figurative warmth of the season!
Flying Shoes Community Dance & Contras Fri 7/7
Hope to see you at the July 7 dances ! The All Comers Band, Benjamin, Willy, Lisa & Chrissy are on tap for the Community Dance! The contras will be glorious, thanks to Nils Fredland and Spintuition (Samuel Foucher, Willy Clemetson and Silas Hamilton), and sound by Lincoln Clapp.
We’d love your help!
To volunteer for 5:00 pm setup role or a greeter role during the contra dance, please email Morgan [email protected] or fill out this volunteer form. (In gratitude for your advance commitment, BFS will offer you free admission to both dances!)
The First Friday committee—Morgan, Mike & Chrissy—are grateful to all the folks who help us sustain the Belfast Flying Shoes Community Dance and Contra Dance. Let us know ([email protected]) if you have suggestions for ways we can make the monthly party even better for all concerned!
School Programs Brought Joy
With the end of the school year, we concluded several dance & music residencies in local schools. Flying Shoes teaching artists worked in a variety of settings this school year, including fourteen different preK-2 classrooms in 4 schools in RSU 71 (a project supported by a 2022 Maine Expansion Arts grant from the Maine Community Foundation), two 4th grade classrooms at Captain Albert Stevens School in Belfast, the Belfast Area Children’s Center in Waldo, and grades 5-8 at Ashwood Waldorf School in Rockport. We’ll share photos and a couple of sweet anecdotes in a future blog post. Family members, students, and teachers provided plenty of positive feedback, and we’re already planning residencies for the 2023-24 school year!