Preserve Live Music and Dance at Lake Merritt Dance in Oakland at Veterans Building!
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Tiffanye Young
6 years ago
As someone who support the arts, this needs to happen
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Janis Lynne
6 years ago
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I drive from Petaluma to Oakland several times a month to dance West Coast Swing on these beautiful floors. They were meant for dancing. Please keep the Veteran's Building as a center for dance! We also support your local businesses when we go out to eat beforehand.
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Stuart schmukler
6 years ago
Dancing is an important social activity for seniors and younger people. Argentine Tango is being used to help Parkinson's patients with their ailment.
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Ariel Hsieh
6 years ago
please? I love the dance community there, and it the most accessible social dance location for me!
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Eric Cummings
6 years ago
Our City Live Music Needed!
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David A Epperson
6 years ago
Lake Merritt Dance venue needs to exist for the vitality of the community. Music and Dance crosses all ethnic. Social, economic strata. Music and Dance is good for the mind, body and soul of each and everyone of us
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Debra Tudor
6 years ago
As a Bay Area senior, dance events at this venue are an important source of joyful exercise and social engagement for me. Please don't take this valuable resource away from the community!
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Ginny Howe
6 years ago
I'm over 65 and love dancing in this beautiful ballroom. Please preserve the existing music and dance programs long term for our community!
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Janet Copes
6 years ago
Pls preserve the bldg for tango dancing.
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Deb Pyle
6 years ago
The music/dance/activities at The Veteran's Memorial Building is of great cultural importance to the city of Oakland. Without these activities many older people will be without social contact in their lives.
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Mayumi Fujio
6 years ago
We need dance space in Oakland. It’s a healthy hobby for everyone.
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Triston McLaughlin
6 years ago
we need MORE spaces for music and dance,not less!!!
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Dmitry Lapidus
6 years ago
It would be a shame to shut down all the social dance programs. The building was made to be danced in. Let’s keep it that way!
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Scott Yamashita
6 years ago
Need dance programs like this to continue to maintain the rich culture of Oakland!
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Gail Yothers
6 years ago
The dance program at the Veterans Building brings Oakland together in joy and dance. I've been going for over 10 years. It's a precious treasure.
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David Galvin
6 years ago
Please keep the veterans memorial building open for dancing events. It brings many many people to Oakland who would otherwise go elsewhere.
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Mike Pyle
6 years ago
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I have been involved with dance events at the Veterans Building for many years. I'd estimate 50% of our diverse crowd are seniors, which I believe serves the interest of the senior programs as well as the that of the dance community.
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Kat Toups MD
6 years ago
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Please try to keep live music and dancing available at the Lake Merritt dance center. It is an integral part of the community for so many people from different dance traditions. I recommend Argentine tango dancing to my patients all the time. It’s well-documented in research to help dementia, Parkinson’s, and other health conditions.
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Tawnja White
6 years ago
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Oakland is live music and cultural dance. As an Oakland native, I am currently witnessing the many changes of my city and not in a good way. Homelessness has increased, gentrification and the cost of living is devastating, etc... We need to keep our rich culture in tact and the "arts" plays a huge part.
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Los
6 years ago
I come here for dance lessons. I'd love to see the love for dance in Oakland continue.
As someone who support the arts, this needs to happen
I drive from Petaluma to Oakland several times a month to dance West Coast Swing on these beautiful floors. They were meant for dancing. Please keep the Veteran's Building as a center for dance! We also support your local businesses when we go out to eat beforehand.
Dancing is an important social activity for seniors and younger people. Argentine Tango is being used to help Parkinson's patients with their ailment.
please? I love the dance community there, and it the most accessible social dance location for me!
Our City Live Music Needed!
Lake Merritt Dance venue needs to exist for the vitality of the community. Music and Dance crosses all ethnic. Social, economic strata. Music and Dance is good for the mind, body and soul of each and everyone of us
As a Bay Area senior, dance events at this venue are an important source of joyful exercise and social engagement for me. Please don't take this valuable resource away from the community!
I'm over 65 and love dancing in this beautiful ballroom. Please preserve the existing music and dance programs long term for our community!
Pls preserve the bldg for tango dancing.
The music/dance/activities at The Veteran's Memorial Building is of great cultural importance to the city of Oakland. Without these activities many older people will be without social contact in their lives.
We need dance space in Oakland. It’s a healthy hobby for everyone.
we need MORE spaces for music and dance,not less!!!
It would be a shame to shut down all the social dance programs. The building was made to be danced in. Let’s keep it that way!
Need dance programs like this to continue to maintain the rich culture of Oakland!
The dance program at the Veterans Building brings Oakland together in joy and dance. I've been going for over 10 years. It's a precious treasure.
Please keep the veterans memorial building open for dancing events. It brings many many people to Oakland who would otherwise go elsewhere.
I have been involved with dance events at the Veterans Building for many years. I'd estimate 50% of our diverse crowd are seniors, which I believe serves the interest of the senior programs as well as the that of the dance community.
Please try to keep live music and dancing available at the Lake Merritt dance center. It is an integral part of the community for so many people from different dance traditions. I recommend Argentine tango dancing to my patients all the time. It’s well-documented in research to help dementia, Parkinson’s, and other health conditions.
Oakland is live music and cultural dance. As an Oakland native, I am currently witnessing the many changes of my city and not in a good way. Homelessness has increased, gentrification and the cost of living is devastating, etc... We need to keep our rich culture in tact and the "arts" plays a huge part.
I come here for dance lessons. I'd love to see the love for dance in Oakland continue.