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DANCING FOR THE DREAM
A NON PROFIT MAKING PROGRAMME THAT PROMOTES A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND HUMANITARIAN BELIEFS
PROJECT: DANCING FOR THE DREAM – D4D
Adding years to your life & life to your years! Using low impact line dancing
DATE: 8TH TO 12TH OCTOBER 2008
VENUE: ONE WORLD HOTEL
ORGANISER: Ms. Wendiy Chan (Gigantic Property Sdn. Bhd.)
Line Dance Instructor – ISTD-LD (UK), PAL (CANADA)
ADVISOR: Ms. Lavinie Thiruchelvem (The Dance Space)
Dr. Rajbans Singh (Malaysia Wellness Society)
OBJECTIVES: TO BRING HEALTH AWARENESS THROUGH LINE DANCING GLOBALLY. TO BRING UNITY TO OUR NATION THROUGH A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.
To invite the young and old to the dance floor with easy to remember steps and low-impact movements.
2. To invite as many instructors as possible to be specifically trained to continue this programme.
3. Line Dancing is the second most popular extra curricular activity in the world, using all rhythms of music. The most popular music used globally for line dancing is country music. The benefits are great.
4. To manage aging problems effectively like poor health, losing of jobs, partner, and as well as hope. It has been proven for decades that music lifts depression.
5. We feel that everyone should have the opportunity to experience the health benefits of what we already know are benefits that come out of ‘line dancing’.
6. The week long programme will be professionally conducted by Dancing For The Dream Corporation USA – a National 501 (C) (3) Non-profit corporation established for the purpose of promoting health physically and emotionally through line dancing.
FACTS
According to the Keiser Institute on Aging: by the year 2010, people aged 55-74 will outnumber 25-34 year olds by 18 million! Around the world, baby boomers (those born 1946-1964) started turning 50, eight (8) years ago – at a rate of one every 8 seconds. In the USA, the rate is 11,000 per day and this will continue to do so for the next ten (10) years.
800,000 per month are turning 65 years old around the world, with China, the USA and the UK leading the pack. Singapore and Malaysia are no exceptions. Health-care costs will accelerate drastically if we do not inculcate healthy eating habits and exercise into our daily routine.
PROGRAMME OUTLINE
1. Day 1: Basic 101 Training course – 1000 pax
3 x 3 hours workshops for brand new dancers. Dance sessions include health talks that use line dancing as its chosen form of exercise. Stretching, warm up and cool down. Talks on the effects of diabetes and heart diseases on over 50s and how line dancing can ease the repercussions of a bad diet and lifestyle.
Entrance fee: RM 40.00 – comes with a healthy nutrition pack, T shirt & course manual
2. Day 1: Children D4D Seminar 1
A 4 hour nursery class seminar for children – to learn about nature, the animal kingdom and other educational programmes.
Entrance fee: RM 30.00 – comes with a healthy nutrition pack + T shirt
3. Day 2: Dance for The Dream Seminar (D4D) – 500 pax
A 4 to 6 hours seminar of low impact, yet challenging line dances along with education on how to use line dancing to ease health obstacles as you age.
Entrance fee: RM 40.00 – comes with a healthy nutrition pack, T shirt & course manual
4. Day 2: Children D4D Seminar 2
A 4 to 6 hours nursery class seminar for children – to learn about nature, the animal kingdom and other educational programmes.
Entrance fee: RM 30.00 – comes with a healthy nutrition pack + T shirt
5. Day 3: Line Dance Technical Workshop – 120 pax
A 3 hour workshop conducted by US and Malaysia dance coordinators.
Entrance fee: RM 60.00 + T shirt
6. Day 4: G.R.A.C.E (Geriatric Research and Continuing Education) Instructor Training – 200 pax
A 6 hour workshop on theory and practical training on obstacles that will occur with aging.
Entrance fee: RM 80.00 + T shirt.
A certificate of training will be presented at the end of the workshop.
7. Day 4: A Charity Gala Dinner Night – 1200 pax
A 9 course dinner with performances by Scooter Lee, Malaysian artists and US and Malaysia line dancers.
Tables:
Silver (60 Tables) – RM 1,500.00,
Gold (30 Tables) – RM 3,000.00,
Platinum (20 Tables) – RM 6,000.00 &
Diamond (10 Tables) – RM 9,000.00
8. Day 5: D4D Carnival at Sunway Lagoon – games, funfair, treasure hunt, children dance competition, water sports etc – 12,000 – 15,000 pax
Targeted crowd of 12,000 – 15,000.
Entrance fee: RM 15.00 + T shirt (Adults)
RM 10.00 + T shirt (Children one (1) metre tall to 12 years old)
Programmes will be conducted in English by 2 instructors with health degrees specializing in aging.
Please find the write-ups on the D4D programmes, Board Members and Top 10 Reasons to Exercise by the American Council on Exercise (ACE) at www.scooterlee.com and do check out our website too: www.dancefordreams.org
