Arts Legacy Grant

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,170

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

North Country Fiddle and Dance

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

April 2012

End Date

April 2013

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Polk

Marshall

Project Overview

House-party/hoe-down dances

Project Details

Hold and present a series of six traditional house-party/hoe-down style dances on Saturday nights with visiting musicians and dance callers. These will include Wild Goose Chase Cloggers, Pig's Eye Landing, Sarah York and Clancy Ward and our own North Country Singers.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Kimberley Johnson: arts advocate, social worker; Kay Rosengren: retired visual art school teacher, visual artist, actor; Barbara Geer: Theatrical Director, actor, musician, textile artist; Deanna Swendseid: performing arts volunteer; Ken Kylmanen: visual artist, visual teacher, framer; Faye Auchenpaugh: musician, arts advocate; Kristine Goddard-Anderson: Lawyer, textile artist; Patricia Jacklitch: Arts performing arts board member, library board member; Eryn Killough: jewelry artist; Dale Knotek: arts organizational leader; Bruce Reeves: University Instructor, arts advocate, visual artist; Charles Erickson: librarian, arts advocate, arts board member; Aliza Olson: textile artist, college instructor.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$4,170

Other Funds Leveraged

$1,920

Direct expenses

$6,090

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Barriers to participation are removed by local dances. The number of Minnesotans who are able to actively participate and learn traditional dancing increases.A white board with questions asking if the person is a new participant, if they will come again, and how far they traveled, will be set up in the entrance. Markers will be available to mark appropriate answers. Verbal surveys with a show of hands to determine how people found out about the event. Observation of attendance to determine audience.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Overall attendance for the 2012-13 season increased by 38%. Average attendance per dance increased by 30%. Attendance by participants in the 20 to 40 age group increased by 27%. Attendance by first time participants per dance increased from 9% to 18%.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Jeanne O'Neil, Tom O'Neil, Terri Hammarback, Linda Opstad, Laurie Kraeme, Phil Kraemer

Project Manager

Jeanne

O'Neil

North Country Fiddle and Dance

20739 400th Ave SW

East Grand Forks

56721