Get Swept Away

Dance Haddonfield, the Delaware Valley chapter of USA Dance, working with the Haddonfield Lions Club, has initiated a program to bring ballroom dance to Blind and Visually Impaired Dancers.

For outreach purposes, however, both terms must be used to reach both groups.  We want to share with USA Dance and other chapters what we have learned, and to offer to assist others in this means of bringing joy and a healthy pastime to the Blind and Visually Impaired.  

Our prototype initiative to bring the joy of ballroom dance to people who are blind or visually impaired got some press. See "Dancing to the rhythm of the beat" published in the Sun newspapers about the inspiration and successful first implementation of our 10-week dance program.

This program was so successful that we instituted a free workshop for dance instructors which took place at the Grace Church on September 10, 2023.  For more information, click here

Great success!!!  We are now holding this eight-week program four times a year.  We will be announcing when the next session starts.

DANCE HADDONFIELD IN THE NEWS

The American Dancer magazine, the official publication of USA Dance Inc., has an interesting article about our sponsored lessons for Blind and Visually Impaired Dancers.  Read all about it and check out the photos on https://americandancer.org/blind-dancers/

It would also help us spread the word if you could share this on your social media.

1st Prize:     $300

2nd Prize:   $100

3rd Prize:    $50

Rules: For next 2 months, we’ll track your new guests and people who haven’t been here since we re-opened after COVID. We’ll add up the points weekly to see who’s winning. Contest ends on March 31, 2025. We’ll determine the winners and award the prizes on April 6.

Points / Category

5 points each NEW person

2 points each RE-NEW person who hasn’t been here post-COVID - first time back

1 point each NEW or RE-NEW person who returns during the contest time span

On entry to the dance, the Guest MUST identify as NEW, RE-NEW or RETURNING and must identify the person who invited them to the dance. The host / inviter does not need to be at the dance that night to get the point credit.

New people continue to get the FREE pass and the host / inviter continues to get 2 FREE passes for each person! [Re-New people do not get a free pass.]

If the new / re-new, or returning person does not identify and register before he/she heads up to the dance, NO points are awarded for that night’s attendance but he/she can register for future night points.

To get points YOU must be the reason they came. (You cannot ask them in the parking lot, etc., to name you so you get the points.)

Anyone who brings a newcomer to Dance Haddonfield will get two free gift passes for future dances. The newcomer also gets a free pass for their next entrance. If you have enough friends, you'll never have to pay again... 

[The intermediate lesson is not included in the free pass - it is an extra $5 paid directly to the instructor.]