Regular Events
Board meeting schedule
| Sun, Mar 21, 2010 | 1:30 am to 3:30 pm | · LCFD Board Meeting reserve the date |
LCFD Dance Camps
| Fri, Apr 30 to Sun, May 2, 2010 | all day | · Spring 2010 Gender role free Dance Camp @ Woodstock, CT David Millstone (Contras) Christine Robb (English), Mariale Celimen (Latin) calls with music by Tidal Wave |
| Fri, Oct 22 to Sun, Oct 24, 2010 | all day | · Fall 2010 Gender role free dance camp @ Becket, MA Carol Ormand calls with music by Loco Mojo |
SF Bay Area Dance Camps
| Fri, Apr 9 to Sun, Apr 11, 2010 | all day | · A weekend of dance within the California redwoods! Linda Leslie calls with music by Jon Berger, Noel Cragg, Chris Knepper & Erin Vang |
About LCFD
The Lavender Country and Folk Dancers (LCFD) is an umbrella organization forming a loosely knit group of gender role free dance clubs. (Sometimes the expression is "gender neutral" or "role optional"). We currently encompass several dance traditions and welcome the opportunity to include more.
LCFD is governed by a Board of Directors who are elected by its members. See the Bylaws (PDF 57KB). LCFD is an affiliate of the Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS) and obtains its 501(c)3 tax exempt status from that relationship.
The mission of LCFD is essentially:
- Organize and run dance camps, which are multiple-day events usually occurring at a rustic site.
- Promote and support gender-free traditional dancing (contra, square, English Country, and folk) primarily, but not exclusively, for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender people and friends.
- Promote gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender dance leaders and musicians, and others who support gender-free dancing, whenever possible.
- It is a not-for-profit organization which will occasionally raise money for the purpose of supporting LCFD activities.
It is the work of a large number of volunteers work to help LCFD organization flourish. LCFD's biggest activity is to run the twice a year dance camps. Attendance at a dance camp automatically makes a person a member of LCFD for the year. There is a camp committee to run these dance camps. LCFD works with local dance gender free dance groups that are affiliated with it to help them in their organization and outreach. There is a Lavender Dance Legacy Committee that is working on means to help the dance community and organization continue and grow.
LCFD has a program where other groups that run gender-role-free dance camps can be affiliated with LCFD. This affiliation is used give web site access, liability insurance, general assistance, and the possibility of various forms of financial assistance.
Currently there are affiliated contra dance groups in Jamaica Plain (MA), Montague (MA), New York City, Glen Cove (LI - NY), Atlanta (GA), and the Bay Area as well as an English Country Dance group in Jamaica Plain (MA).
The Bay Area group also runs a dance camp that is quite similar in structure to the camps run by LCFD.
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