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Mask Up! #SavetheArts Support more Dance Arts in schools. I'm excited to share this news with you. Pre-order the #SaveTheArts mask by Feb-15th ( CDN$13.50 each + taxes ) and Bloch Canada will donate the proceeds to the DARE-2-DanzKOOL Active Learning Project (that’s the pgm I teach in schools around Vancouver). Here's how:... 1. Email Meg at Bloch Canada by Feb-15th: [email protected] . 2. Include your name and phone number and the number of masks you want. 3. Then, pick up your mask(s) after March-1st at the Bloch office (1456 East Pender St, Vancouver); Or, Ask me to pick up your order and personally deliver or mail it to you. I'm serious! It's for the kids! What a great way to give kids a leg up in school, show your support for the arts and teaching-artists, and keep safe while making a stylish statement doing it. FYI, Bloch Canada makes dance wear and foot gear. They've been a charter sponsor of "DARE-2-Dance In Schools" since we began. FYI, Dance-enriched learning trains and regulates cognitive disciplines needed for higher Executive Functions, leading to better grades. (Ask me: I'll gladly point you to the research.) P.S. After Feb-15th, #SavetheArts masks will be in retail stores in BC where Bloch gear is sold. Thank you.

Best darned surprise today (New Year's Eve day) at Save-On Foods (on Cambie St, Vancouver). Our good friend Doug Louie playing keys alongside Dave Quinn on winds & reeds. Classiest shopping experience I've had while at the grocer.

Dance and boost math skills. B/c of COVID, I took my team of Teaching-Artists online. We just posted a lesson called 'SUM IT UP' on Youtube. 4 short videos. Lots of dancing. Live music. Includes a Math Booster lesson on video #3. Find the 1st video at this link, https://youtu.be/inx8-oXQ7U0. If you or your kids get to try the lesson, let me know what you liked about it. (The channel name is 'DARE-2-DanzKOOL'.)

Amid the grant writing and reimagining what "school" might look like in the fall, here's me waxing creative in the TikTok-fashion (my apologies to TikTok fans). Enjoy. Like it. Share it. Subscribe to my Youtube Channel ("The DARE-2-Dance Channel").

We thrive because we dance. Stay connected during the COVID shut down: "SALSA & RUMBA ARM-LEG STYLING (Part 3) A fusion of Salsa and Rumba steps. Excellent cross-training opportunity. Thoughtful tips for improving body-brain coordination. Tidy up arms, hands, legs and feet with a few simple exercises. ... Suitable for beginners on up to regular club dancers. IT’S FREE. Please share this invitation with a dancing friend. During COVID-19, dance-loving haptic learners can’t do what we love best: Get together and dance! Dance-4-COVID is a thoughtful approach to dance-learning that will energize and inform you during anti-pandemic restrictions. We meet once a week via the internet. When: Jul 6, 2020 04:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us//tZwpd--vpj4uHdyrJ38U3V2XV8KALqo4L After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. #dance4covid

Because dancers are an endangered species during the pandemic.