Dance Fest gearing up!

By Hallam Hope

Dance Fest gearing up!

With a new name and a different slot in the calendar, welcome Community Dance Fest.

Once again organised and administered by the Community Development Department (CDD) the dance festival gets going with the preliminary judging events starting November 16th and continuing to the finals on January 21st. It is being held in collaboration with the Community Independence Celebrations Secretariat, the National Cultural Foundation and the Commission for Pan‐African Affairs.

Community Dance Fest aims to develop Zonal community‐based activities using the medium of dance for communication, mass involvement and social development.

Preliminary judging will be held for the Northern Zone at the Colleridge and Parry School on November 16th starting at 6 p.m. Admission is free.

The dance festival has been shifted from being principally an Independence activity and hence the change in name from Community IndepenDANCE. The theme this year is again “Unleashing the Spirit of the Community”.

An aim is to enhance the community involvement and energise community spirit through dance. The best eight performances from each of the zones, North, South, St. Michael North and St. Michael South will advance to the Zone Finals, from which there is another qualifying round for the finals on January 21st, 2010.

The organisers say interest is high for the preliminary events. Apart from the Northern preliminary the Southern preliminary will be held at Foundation School on November 17th, the St. Michael North preliminary has been set for November 18th at St. Michael School while the St. Michael South preliminary judging coming off on November 19th, also at St. Michael School.

All Contemporary dance with variations of all dance forms will be the basis for judging. Cash prizes as well as special awards and trophies are to be won.

General queries should be directed to the Community Development Department at telephone numbers 310‐1700/310‐1798 or via email at comdev@sunbeach.net. Entry forms are available from the Community Development Department, fourth floor, Warrens Office Complex or the Department’s website : www.comdev.gov.bb