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Our next regular TFOOTD contra dance will be Sunday, April 28th at the Gulfport Casino. Beginner instructions start at 3:30pm, with experienced dancers encouraged to help during that brief introductory period. The dancing then continues until 7:00pm, with additional instructions given as needed for moves that may be less familiar to newer folks.
2024 Election
No, we don’t mean that one in November (that most Americans don’t want to see a rerun of from 2020)! The TFOOTD annual board elections will be held on May 11th during the regularly scheduled dance at the Polish American Society. A nominating committee has been formed consisting of Kathi Aagaard, Terri Maluk, Lydia Molineaux, and Rob Zanders. If you have ever given any thought to wanting to help our dance community, please either talk to one of the nominating committee members directly, or contact us at tfootd@gmail.com to ask about becoming a member-at-large or serving as an officer (president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer).
April Board Meeting
A TFOOTD board meeting was held on April 13th at 6pm at the Polish American Society, prior to the regularly scheduled dance there that evening. It was open to all members of our dance community. Business items from the board, mostly involving proposed changes to the existing TFOOTD by-laws as well as the upcoming May board election, were discussed. Further details of these discussions will be posted here as soon as they are available.
Credit Card Payments for TFOOTD Dances
During the 2024 Snow Ball registration process we debuted the option for PayPal or credit/debit cards as a means of paying for the dance weekend. Now for the 2nd Saturday of the month dances at the Polish American Society, we debuted at the April 13th dance that there as an option for payment at those as well. We previously only had Zelle as an electronic payment option at PAS in lieu of cash, so this now adds a second electronic option for anyone who prefers not to carry cash to the dances.
Please note that we do add a one dollar convenience fee in addition to the ten dollar admission, since this covers the payment processing fee that we incur for those. For multiple admissions (like a couple paying together), however, there is only a twenty cents fee for each additional dancer on that payment. Just as a reminder, dances at the Gulfport Casino are actually handled by the Casino staff, and they have their own system for accepting electronic payments.
Questions?
For any questions about contra dancing in the Tampa Bay area, feel free to reach out to our board or any of the individual members as noted in the Contact Us footer section below.
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