| Thank you Flurry Community! We raised $20,780, or 415 tiles, in just over 6 weeks! That’s more than double our initial goal, and over half of our flooring costs for 2027. We are deeply grateful to all of you for your contributions, which in addition to offsetting flooring costs also help keep the festival financially stable and ticket pricing accessible. See you all in February!! |
Thank you to our 2027 Flooring Sponsors:
40-Tile Sponsor ($2000)
Andy Shore
20-Tile Sponsors ($1000)
Bill Matthiesen & Liz Stell
Marie Bruschi
Rhonda Bickford
15-Tile Sponsor ($750)
Tri-City FolkDancers
Up to 10 Tiles ($251-$500)
Anonymous (x2)
Ed Brody
George Lindsay & Nancy Metz
Kurt and Patty Giavara
Noel Kropf
Up to 5 Tiles ($101-$250 )
Allison Bell
Andrea Donna
Annie Seeley
Anonymous (x8)
Audrey Seidman Tzedakah Fund of the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region
Barbara Merson
Beth Robinson
Chris Bracken
Chris Burrington
Cindy Baker and Bob Cohen
Crispin Weinberg
Crystal Zhu
Culbert Girls
Cynthia Crowley
Dana Dwinell-Yardley
Diane Piraino and Ted Randolph
Ellen Marsden
Erica Schwarz
Gloria Krusemeyer and Mark Krusemeyer
Harlan S Barney Jr
Jack Marquess
Jesse, Catharine, and Stephen Ball
joann bisogno
Linda Corson
Lynn Baumeister
Martha Malkiewicz
Meredith Hanson
Patricia and Ken
Patti & Jamey Hutchinson
Paul Rosenberg
Princeton NJ dancer
R. Stern
Rachel Riemann
Rebecca Grannis
Russell and Susan Burns
Shira Love and Alex Grinshpun
Swingin’ Tern Dances
Will O’Donnell
Up to 2 Tiles ($1-$100)
Amy Vail
Andrea Ferster
Andrea Nieves
Ann Connors
Anonymous (x17)
Babbie Jacobs
Bonnie T.
Brad Ritchie
Bradford Kercull
Cecelia Tannous-Taylor
Charlie Shanes
Chris Martin
Devorah Rosenberg
Donna Behen
Dorothy Grimm
Doug Kurtze and Ellie Knickman
Erica Avery
Gail Kuhl
Gina Ironside
GreatHonk
Ian Hamelin
J Hoggan
Janet Bellamy
Jenny Singer
Jillian Henrichon
Joe Dana and Carol Koch
Judy Stern
Juliana Post-Good
June Omura Wheeler
Karen Verrigni
Kate Parr
Larry Koplik
Laura Stern
Laura Young
Laurie Evans
Lin Goetz
Lizzy Cantor
Lumberjill
Marissa Thorburn
Mark Zaretsky
Marty Jacobs
Melanie
Melita Zuck
Mike Zarin
morrsarian
Nancy Bernstein
Nancy Spero
Noreen and John Crayne
Paul Machabee
Peter Himmelman
Ray Qin
Rebecca Walters
Richard Andrulis
Rob Hoffnung & Marsha Beller
Robert Brown
Ronni Schwartz
Sandra Teare
Sandra Teare
Sara Lyon
Saskia Kamerling
Scott Nissenson
Sharon Anderson
Stephen & Corie
Steve & Bettie Zakon-Anderson
Susan Spring
The Mending Family
Thomas Gudeman
Vickie Greenhouse
Will and Anne
Thank you to the following people for their support with this fundraiser:
The DanceFlurry Organization’s Board
Ian Hamelin
Sara Guan
Brian Hamshar
J Hoggan
Sasha Ray
Alyssa Schoeller
Ron Schelhaas
The Flurry Managers and Planning Committee
Our loyal and committed Flurry supporters!
$40,000
total cost of
this year’s floor
$20,780
Raised in this campaign
Aug 18 – Oct 2
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Why fundraise for the Flurry floor?
Flooring prices have increased dramatically in recent years as we’ve added more coverage in several spaces and introduced flooring to A/B/C in 2025. Additional truckloads and higher fuel prices, combined with fair pay for the installation crew and 2026’s outstanding on-site maintenance and smoothly run operation, have led to an increase of around 65% in flooring costs between 2024 and 2027, meaning that the flooring now represents over 1/4 of festival expenses related to infrastructure.
Learn more about the history of the Flurry floor here.
One of my favorite keepsakes each year is the time lapse that we take of the floor installation in Rosenberg Hall:
First, 5’x5’ squares are wheeled in and staged; then, the first rows of cardboard are laid down, followed by hundreds of squares of laminated wood. A flurry of activity follows as volunteers swarm in to screw down the pieces, following those before them. The activity crescendos, then dies down, until just a few people remain to pin down the beveled border pieces and tape down the edges, so that dancers don’t trip on their way on and off the floor.
It’s a beautiful dance before the dance, all in about 4 hours on Friday morning, right before the dancers arrive. And on Sunday, we take it all down, sometimes from literally under dancers’ feet after the Farewell Contra, to ensure we’re out of the venue before security closes down the conference rooms for the night.
Sara Guan, Flooring Crew Chief
My first Flurry happened to be the last one where we contra danced directly on the tiled concrete. The event was magical, but my feet and knees hurt for several days after I got back home. At the time, I told myself it wasn’t worth the downside and while I had danced on portable floors elsewhere, I thought that the main dance space is waaaay too big for that.
Well, imagine my surprise when I learned they had contracted with a wood flooring company for the following year, and it would be installed by volunteer labor. I immediately knew that I wanted to not only attend but would help with the installation. The design of the panels is both ingenious and simple, and the whole process takes just a couple of hours with enough people.
Flooring crew (and the Flurry itself of course) is now one of the things I look forward to doing each year when feasible, and I count Billy from the company as a friend. I consider the wood flooring as absolutely key to the success and stellar reputation of the Flurry, and I would really hate to ever see it go back to the way it was. In fact, I most likely would not go.
Brian Hamshar, Longtime Flooring Crew Volunteer
20,000 sq ft
approximate amount
of flooring used
5 truckloads
needed to deliver
the floor tiles
160 volunteer hours
to install and remove
the flooring
~800 tiles
installed across
five Flurry spaces
