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NSLDA was established to work for its members and
with the soul line dance activity to do what can be done to make soul
line dancing bigger and better for all.
NSLDA is a non-profit organization with
membership in the U.S.A., Canada, Europe, and New Zealand. In an
effort to keep cost down to our members.
When National Soul Line Dance Association was
established it was agreed that we would operate from a framework of
three general statements. These statements are as follows:
STATEMENT #1:
Put the fun and dance back into soul line dancing!
In order to insure that we leave the activity better than we found it,
the emphasis MUST be placed on:
1. Length of beginner classes must be shortened to
make soul line dancing more accessible to more people.
2. Change the existing programs to only three.
Take the most useful and prominently used dances (basic, mainstream and
plus) and incorporate them into one program called SOUL LINE
DANCING; the other two should be ADVANCED AND CHALLENGE. (Since
90% of the dancers are in mainstream & plus, we cannot eliminate all
of the plus dances)
STATEMENT #2:
Develop a professional code of conduct for Instructors / Teachers.
The Instructor / teacher character and actions must be the best in all
aspects of the dance activity, which includes instructors/dancers,
instructor club officers, instructor/beginner classes and instuctor/fellow
instructors. Commitment, Leadership, Ethics and Responsibility are
all part of the word INSTRUCTOR/TEACHER.
STATEMENT #3:
Work with all dancers and leadership organizations.
The soul line dance activity belongs to soul line dancers, and
instructors/teachers share a leadership role with dancers. The
dancers must have a voice in all changes in the soul line dance
activity, which includes what steps make up a dance program, length of
classes, recruitment and retention of dancers. After all, dancers
do pay the bills.
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