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This is an all volunteer event. Please contribute your energy towards the creation of this beautiful and magical event! Whether you can spare 30 minutes or 30 hours, we need you! Please consdier volunteering for next year! Volunteers receive discounted or free admission! This entire event is organized and supported by the work of volunteers so that we can keep prices affordable. It is a fun-filled and invigorating adventure that benefits hundreds of people and establishes a strong foundation for our same-sex dance community. This is the largest event of its kind in all of North America and brings great joy to participants and volunteers alike. Please join us in making this fun-filled adventure a reality… anything you can do before or during the event will make it that much more special. For details, please vist our Volunteer page. New to Dancing?Check out our list of Bay Area teachers who can provide lessons and classes to get you started. All instructors we list welcome same-sex dance couples and are committed to the success of our same-sex dance community. Congratulations to Barbara Zoloth, winner of the 2012 Richard Lamberty Service Award! Want updates on Bay Area Competitions? Join our announcements only mailing list.Same-Sex Dancers say: It Gets Better! Check out the "It Gets Better" video message from the same-sex dance community that premiered at April Follies 2011. It Gets Better - Same-Sex Partner Dance Community from Robert Cortlandt on Vimeo. |
Thank you all for making April Follies 2011 the biggest and best ever! We know we say this every year, but every year is, indeed, bigger and better than the last. We were thrilled by the numbers of dancers, the quality of the dancing, the fabulous energy, and the excitement and fun we've all come to love about our same-sex competitions. The evening finals were amazing! We were thrilled to welcome new dancers to April Follies, and we hope to see every single one of you back on the dance floor again soon--and certainly next April! See the complete April Follies 2012 competition results!The 9th annual April Follies Same-Sex Danceport Classic was held again at the elegant Just Dance Ballroom in Oakland. Featuring a full complement of competitive dance events, April Follies proudly presented the first official NASSPDA-authorized USA National Championship of same-sex dancesport! Plan to join us next year for a weekend filled with great dancing, great events, and great company! Even if it isn't a big competition compared to many of the European ones, it is by far one of the nicest! Everybody welcomed us with open arms and cheered us on. We were overwhelmed by the support from the audience and fellow dancers. --Astrid & Helle, Denmark April Follies has never disappointed. This is no ordinary Ballroom competion where dancers are herded routinely onto and off the floor. Here we are entering a community for the day, a community that values who we are, where we have come from, and how we dance. The organizers make us feel part of a US dancing community. Each year they have made improvements in the organization. We especially love the "community dining experience", a lovely opportunity to visit with dancers from different parts of the U.S. For us, this is the go-to competition for meeting, dancing, and feeling part of an exciting movement. Long may it maintain this friendly, community feel! --Ann Taylor, St. Louis April Follies provides unique and fabulous experiences for dancers and spectators alike. Meanwhile see our listing of Bay Area teachers and classes so you can get ready for April Follies 2013...which in turn will be great preparation for Gay Games 9 to be held August 9-16, 2014, in Cleveland, OH! Rather than post a ton of videos on this site, we invite to visit You Tube and search on April Follies. Also check out the April Follies Facebook page for videos. Enjoy!!! For a fabulous video of the beginnings of same-sex ballroom in the San Francisco Bay Area, see Margo Dean's wonderful Learning to Fly. It's beautiful, inspiring, and a priceless piece of our history. If you'd like a complete video of April Follies 2012, Margo filmed the entire day and evening events this year, and a professionally edited DVD can be yours for only $15 (shipping included). Order your DVD now! It will be available through this website for only a limited time. |
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The organization our community created a little more than three years ago has been quite busy! The Board you elected to create the North American Same-Sex Partner Dance Association (with the almost unpronouncable acronym NASSPDA) has created policies, procedures, and a dynamic social networking website which includes an extensive list of links to other same-sex dance events. NASPDA has established a set of comprehensive competition rules and policies to ensure consistency, inclusion, and fairness for same-sex competitions in North America. NASSPDA will play an active role in planning and managing the dance competition at the 2014 Cleveland Gay Games. Check out nasspda.org for a list of other member benefits. Join NASSPDA now and get a $10 discount on your April Follies competition registration fees! |
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