If you haven't already encountered an Ask Me to Dance bracelet in the wild, chances are you will very, very soon. Last week's fundraiser raised enough money to send bracelets to 42 scenes or events, mostly in the US, but a few internationally as well. The bracelets simply state "Ask Me to Lead" or "Ask Me to Follow", on different color bands to increase visibility. I was part of this project, participating in some of the initial ideation and language as well as the fundraisin

Talking about money and dance is hard for me, for a lot of reasons. So for my first blog post of 2017 (oops), that's exactly what I'm going to do. In my eleven years in this community, I've taken on almost all of the roles one can have in this community. I was a student first, then an organizer, then a DJ, and now I teach as well. All of these mantles are additive: I am still a student and don't think that will ever change. But throughout all of these roles, one thing has bee