[Squaredancing] Fwd: E-News 2010-008 [American Folk Dance Inst, Museum&Hall of Fame (AFDI)]

[Ken Robinson]

Received from the ARTS... http://www.arts-dance.com/

>You can help the American Folk Dance Institute, Museum and Hall of 
>Fame (AFDI) win a $250,000 grant from Pepsi by voting at website: 
>http://www.refresheverything.com Ask all your friends and family to vote, too!!
>
>The AFDI is a Federal 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission 
>is to preserve the history and promote the performance of American 
>folk dancing (square dancing, clogging, country ballroom, and many 
>more categories) by building a 96,000 SF facility housing the 
>museum, hall of fame, event hall, cinema, studio/meeting rooms, 
>restaurant and retail store.
>
>The AFDI will use the grant money to create a website and mobile 
>exhibit to educate the public on American folk dancing and the AFDI 
>mission. The mobile exhibit will travel to American folk dance 
>events across the nation. Both the website and exhibit will be setup 
>to accept donations and applications for charter memberships to fund 
>the AFDI mission.
>
>The United Square Dancers of America, Inc., and the National 
>Clogging Organization, Inc., both support the AFDI mission and plan 
>to establish their museums and halls of fame at the AFDI.
>
>The AFDI is currently in discussions with a developer planning to 
>make the AFDI the anchor for a new mixed use community in Tennessee 
>which will include a new hotel and conference center, retail and 
>restaurants, and multi- and single-family homes.
>
>Please take a moment to vote for the AFDI to win the $250,000 Pepsi 
>grant and help save a great American national treasure - American folk dancing.
>
>Instructions on how to vote for the AFDI at the Pepsi Refresh 
>Project website are as follows:
>
>Go to the Pepsi Refresh Project website at:  http://www.refresheverything.com
>
>   1) Click on the website search box (see magnifying glass) and 
> type "American Folk Dance"
>
>   2) The AFDI project ad will come up (save a National Treasure)
>
>   3) Click on the "VOTE" button
>
>   4) A window will come up which will ask you to fill-in your email 
> address and create a password -- note, if you have a Facebook 
> account, you can use that to login.
>
>   5) After you log-in, you will be able to select the VOTE button 
> on the AFDI project ad
>
>   6) Please forward this to all your family and friends, and post 
> on all the websites you can!
>
>After you login the first day and vote; a quick way to find the AFDI 
>on the Pepsi site is to click 
>on:  http://www.refresheverything.com/search/?q=american+folk+dance
>
>If you have any questions about this project, please feel free to contact:
>D Pentecost  - Email - aclc2005 at msn.com
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Deborah Pentecost
>President
>American Folk Dance Institute, Museum and Hall of Fame
>113 Daniel Smith Drive, Hendersonville TN 37075
>(615) 584.5977