I think it gives more people in our community a chance to get together and be open to ALL the different styles we've got in the proverbial melting pot ;) It's a somewhat 'unstructured' event and I'd like to make it sort of a hafla-esque environment. It's not every hafla we have the chance to get all dolled up and really jam together without having a structured 'show'. I think it will be a potentially great experience for all of us to open up to all the various styles and flavors we have going on. The other (yes I'm going hippy here) reason is that it's an art festival. My personal take on this event is that it's a chance to get rid of the walls and/or themes. We have a basic guideline to go from and we can become inspired and run with it in our own directions. This sort of mass/cluster of colors and sounds and smells and energies. I'm REALLY excited to see what will come of it :) There's plenty of seminars to do a structured 'in the box' style. I thought it might be fun to cut loose, quit worrying about restrictions and format, and be wild women. Of course you are more than welcome to take that path for you and yours! I'll post the time just as soon as I find out and the more the merrier!!! I'd love to get as many different dancers and musicians to come out of their mundane woodwork for this one....