{"id":70,"date":"2015-09-23T19:58:38","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T23:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/66.147.244.195\/~deffaorg\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2023-05-08T21:23:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T01:23:03","slug":"become-a-member","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deffa.org\/become-a-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Support DEFFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deffa.org\/join-deffa-online\/\">Join\/Renew Online<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/deffa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DEFFA-print-membership-form_2023-1.pdf\">Print and Mail Membership Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When you donate to DEFFA, you join a community of musicians, dancers, and others who value the preservation of a long tradition of folk music and dance in Maine. We invite you to contribute to our mission &#8211; to preserve our unique and lively heritage &#8211; the living traditions of folk music and dance in Maine.<\/p>\n<p>Your donation will go to support our community by helping us:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep people informed about what\u2019s happening in dance and music around the state via an online calendar and the newsletter<\/li>\n<li>Maintain an online map of regular events in Maine [under construction]<\/li>\n<li>Provide a Maine performer directory<\/li>\n<li>Support scholarships to traditional dance\/music camps<\/li>\n<li>Serve as a fiscal sponsor for individuals pursuing grants<\/li>\n<li>Sponsor special music and dance events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And of course, helping to produce our annual <strong>DownEast Country Dance<\/strong> <strong>Festival<\/strong>. This weekend long celebration has been running for over 30 years \u2013 an event that brings all of Maine together.<\/p>\n<p>A donation of <em>any <\/em>size confers membership in DEFFA, but $20 or more includes an optional one-year subscription to the printed version of the monthly newsletter when it restarts. <em>All<\/em> members are eligible to receive the online newsletter and are invited to the annual meeting where the past year\u2019s activities are reviewed, new board members are approved, and any new projects are presented.\u00a0 Although you may donate at any time, in any amount, a donation confers membership until the following August 31st.<\/p>\n<p>Your support \u2013 whether you are a dancer, musician, or singer \u2013 makes the community strong!<\/p>\n<p>(NOTE: during the pandemic the newsletter has been on hiatus. We continue to seek a person or persons to serve as editor.)<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The DownEast Friends of the Folk Arts is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.<br \/>\nDonations are fully tax deductible.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><a class=\"ow-button-hover\" href=\"https:\/\/deffa.org\/join-deffa-online\/\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/deffa.org\/join-deffa-online\/\">Join\/Renew Online<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/deffa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/DEFFA-print-membership-form_2023-1.pdf\">Print and Mail Membership Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"so-widget-image alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: 433px; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/deffa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_2249.jpg\" width=\"342\" height=\"1002\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join\/Renew Online \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Print and Mail Membership Form When you donate to DEFFA, you join a community of musicians, dancers, and others who value the preservation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[0],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - 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