Annual LIVING DREAM ARTS FUNDRAISER!!!!

 

 

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Halloween Carbaret

Oh my,
This year have you got a costume party to attend!
filled with the best music, art, circus hijinks and shenanigans you could imagine, and with every penny going right back into your local community, through non-profit Children's educational Arts programs - VAGABOOM!

VAGABOOM! serves under-served portions of your community, like battered women's shelters and community centers, by providing FREE educational programs to children that need them the most, while creating jobs for local artists and teachers!

So that’s one reason to attend.

just as a cool second, here's the other 15 reasons you should attend!

*4 LIVE Painters - incredibly talented local artists
Bernadette Lumba, Johnny Benko, Tino Olsen and Keola Morse

*Music by local bands:
The Guverment
Pharaohs
Deeva - plus official music video release 'Bittersweet'
The Sweet Trade

Dj David Beers


*Martial Arts Kali performance

*Dreamtime Circus performance

*Vladimir Levitansky and "Le Projet Migration"( Slater Penney and Christine Germain)

* Bellydancers
Alodiah Lunar
Kimberly Mackoy
Alison Saylor

*RAFFLE (prizes below) -
~Top prize a trip for 2 to Yucatan! ~

And ALL that for just $15 Admission!!!

Or did you want more? Ok then, how about this....

- $30 - Admission plus 1 raffle ticket
$60 - Free Admission plus 3 raffle tickets
$100 - (BEST DEAL) Free Admission plus 6 raffle tickets

Pre- tickets can be purchased here:http://halloweencabaret.brownpapertickets.com/

Come in your Halloween best, and hope you can get their early to enjoy all the entertainment that has been graciously gathered in support of our beloved programs.

thank you in advance for your support!

See you there ♥♥♥


RAFFLE DETAILS:

GRAND PRIZE 2012!!!
A Trip for Two to Cancun &
The Mayan Site of Chichen Itza
Kick back in tropical Cancun and explore the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza! The trip includes:

Air fare to Cancun for two
5 nights accommodation for two at the Krystal Hotel & Resort
Day trip for 2 to Chichen Itza
Transportation from the Cancun airport to your hotel and back
Travel insurance for the duration of the trip
The services of Going Places travel agency to help you book the trip
* Winner may substitute a trip of equal or lesser value ($2000) to an alternative destination.

** Due to the volatility of travel prices, this exact trip cannot be guaranteed. Any amount above $2,000 must be paid by the winner, or winner may substitute an alternative trip priced at $2,000 or less.

raffle tickets $25 each

Runner-up Prizes

2 Tickets to the San Francisco Symphony ($220 value)
$100 gift certificate to Waterbar in San Francisco
Haircut at Linda Thomas Hair in San Francisco ($70 value)
$50 gift certificate to Osteria restaurant in San Francisco
Private aerial class at Head Over Heels in Emeryville
1 hour massage at Onyia's Rehabilitative Massage in San Francisco
2 silk bags from P-Kok in San Francisco


Drawing
The drawing will be held on October 20th, 2012 at the Rockit Room in San Francisco. Details about the event will be posted on this site closer to the date. All paid-in-full entries will be included in the drawing and all prizes will be awarded. Participants need not be present at the drawing to win and will be notified by phone or email. The name of each winner will be posted on this site after the drawing, unless the winner requests not to be listed publicly. Please be sure to read the “Official Living Dream Arts Raffle Rules” below.


Thanks to...
Living Dream Arts would like to thank Going Places travel agency, all the businesses that donated runner-up prizes, and all the raffle participants for supporting our mission to bring interactive art programs and performances to communities in the Bay Area and around the world!

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Living Dream Arts 2012 Benefit Raffle

Your donation gives you great odds (a maximum of 400 tickets will be sold) of winning a prize in our 2012 Benefit Raffle.  Proceeds from this raffle will help Living Dream Arts  reach out to youth and communities through a combination of our VAGABOOM! after-school arts programs and our next Dreamtime Circus tour.

GRAND PRIZE 2012!!! A Trip for Two to Cancun & 
The Mayan Site of Chichen Itza

Kick back in tropical Cancun and explore the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza! The trip includes:

• Air fare to Cancun for two
• 5 nights accommodation for two at the Krystal Hotel & Resort
• Day trip for 2 to Chichen Itza
• Transportation from the Cancun airport to your hotel and back
• Travel insurance for the duration of the trip
• The services of Going Places travel agency to help you book the trip

* Winner may substitute a trip of equal or lesser value ($2000) to an alternative destination.

** Due to the volatility of travel prices, this exact trip cannot be guaranteed.  Any amount above $2,000 must be paid by the winner, or winner may substitute an alternative trip priced at $2,000 or less.

Runner-up Prizes

• 2 Tickets to the San Francisco Symphony ($220 value)
• $100 gift certificate to Waterbar in San Francisco
• Haircut at Linda Thomas Hair in San Francisco ($70 value)
• $50 gift certificate to Osteria restaurant in San Francisco
• Private aerial class at Head Over Heels in Emeryville
• 1 hour massage at Onyia's Rehabilitative Massage in San Francisco
• 2 silk bags from P-Kok in San Francisco

Drawing

The drawing will be held on October 20th, 2012 at the Rockit Room in San Francisco. Details about the event will be posted on this site closer to the date.  All paid-in-full entries will be included in the drawing and all prizes will be awarded.  Participants need not be present at the drawing to win and will be notified by phone or email.  The name of each winner will be posted on this site after the drawing, unless the winner requests not to be listed publicly.  Please be sure to read the “Official Living Dream Arts Raffle Rules” below.

Thanks to...

Living Dream Arts would like to thank Going Places travel agency, all the businesses that donated runner-up prizes, and all the raffle participants for supporting our mission to bring interactive art programs and performances to communities in the Bay Area and around the world!

 

 

This video introduces Living Dream Arts by weaving together breathtaking clips from Dreamtime Circus tours in India and Peru with jaw-dropping footage of performances in the Bay Area and heartwarming moments from VAGABOOM's after-school art programs.

Welcome to the VAGABOOM! website

Living Dream Arts is a 501c 3 Non-Profit Organization which represents the collaborative efforts of VAGABOOM! and Dreamtime Circus. Living Dream Arts brings a variety of arts programs and performances to disadvantaged youth in the US and around the world. Through the sharing and teaching of different art forms, we inspire youth with a sense of confidence, cross-cultural awareness, and self-expression.

Living Dream Arts envisions a world where creativity flourishes, hope overcomes fear, and everyone may dream their life and live their dreams. We provide an artistic, integrative outlet for youth and a positive step toward a better world.  

VAGABOOM! is our US branch,  a collective of teachers, artists and volunteers that provides free and low-cost Arts education to both public schools and Community Clubs and Centers. 

VAGABOOM!  aims to increase its workforce for their expanded programs, providing work to many skilled teachers and artists.
Currently VAGABOOM! is running two circus/theater after-school programs in Bay Area Public schools.

Since our founding in 2007, VAGABOOM! has worked with over 1,200 youth in the Bay Area.

Our goal is to continue to offer this unique program for free, particularly to schools and neighborhoods that are worst effected by the budget cuts.

Did You Know?

According to the California Department of Education, in 2010 Governor Schwarzenegger proposed $1.5 billion dollars in education budget cuts to which 48% of school administrators cut their Art, Music & Drama programs. Since California schools have experienced over $17 billion in budget cuts in the last two years – it is time for non-profits organizations to step up and fill in the education gaps. LDA is inspired to ensure that all children experience arts education through providing innovative, interactive arts programs for discounted prices so that schools can afford investing in arts education.

Numerous studies assert that participation in the arts promotes positive outcomes in academics, social development, and overall cognitive capacity. Arts education helps shape motivation, self-discipline, confidence and perseverance. For example, the "Living the Arts through Language Learning: A Report on Community-based Youth Organizations," study by Shirley Brice Heath at Stanford University found that young people who participated in consistent arts education were:

• 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement 

• 3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools

• 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair

• 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance

• 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem
  

Young artists, as compared with their peers, are likely to:

• Attend music, art, and dance classes nearly three times as frequently

• Participate in youth groups nearly four times as frequently

• Read for pleasure nearly twice as often

• Perform community service more than four times as often
  

Despite these drastic budget cuts, all children deserve the opportunity to grow to their greatest potential. LDA’s art programs spark an inner fire of self-worth and motivation that will inspire them to become successful, compassionate youth.

Our work locally and internationally constantly reaffirms that circus arts spark wonder in the hearts of children, and that this wonder inspires children to dream of possibilities for themselves they never thought were achievable. Without this dream, how can they work towards a goal they can’t even visualize? LDA shows undeserved youth how to dream new possibilities for themselves and the world around them.

To achieve these dreams, LDA also teaches youth to apply concrete steps towards accomplishing goals. Through experiential art, we give youth challenges that they overcome through either self-reliance or teamwork. Youth emerge more confident and more open to peaceful cooperation. Our comprehensive programs provide this much needed character development through the playful exploration of interactive art forms.