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Takoma's The Dance Exchange Reaches Fundraising Goal
"500 Miles, 500 Stories" project raises more than $10,000.
Between April 10 and June 1, 2012, Cassie Meador, artistic director of the Dance Exchange, walked 500 miles in an effort to explore the energy sources that power her home in Takoma. The two-month walk also served as a research and development trip for an upcoming dance production entitled How to Lose a Mountain. Meador was accompanied by Matt Mahaney, a long-distance hiker, videographer and adjunct artist of the Dance Exchange. To offset the costs of supplies, food, transportation, salary support and other miscellaneous expenses, the Dance Exchange set up a Kickstarter-like fundraising website at www.usaprojects.org/project/500miles500stories with a goal of raising $10,000. On Monday, Meador announced that her group had reached its goal…
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