PORTLAND OLD-TIME MUSIC GATHERING   Bubbaville, Inc.is the primary sponsor of the annual Gathering. In fact, the need for a Bubbaville grew out of the Gathering's great success. The Gathering's influence on traditional music and dance on the West Coast is incalculable, comparable to the effect of the annual Stickerville gathering during the Weiser, Idaho, fiddle contest. The Gathering is our flagship project.

Bubbaville was the main sponsor for the 2007 and 2008 Portland editions of Dare To Be Square, a weekend of traditional

square dancing including workshops for dancers, callers, musicians and community organizers. We also contributed to the 2009 and 2010 Dare To Be Square workshops in Seattle. The four weekend sessions have given the Northwest a large repository of skills and knowledge about rural American square dancing, skills that are being used today in communities throughout the West.

EVERY SUNDAY SQUARE DANCE   Throughout the 2000s Portland was the epicenter of a West Coast traditional square dance revival. The exciting square dancing at the Gathering inspired folks up and down the coast to initiate new dances or energize lagging dances in their own communities. But due to a series of unavoidable logistical setbacks, the Portland square dance scene spiraled down to just one very small dance a month. In late 2011 a few callers and musicians came up with an amazing plan to launch four new monthly dances simultaneously!

Bubbaville stepped up with critical support that enabled the project to begin and today it is a real success, adding depth to Portland's cultural and community experience.

OTHER PROJECTS BUBBAVILLE HAS SUPPORTED : Provided seed money for a fundraising square dance at the Village Ballroom. June 3rd 2011. The event was to raise funds to support people in rural communities affected by the April tornado disaster.   Provided funding for Suzanne Savell to attend the 10th Annual Cowan Creek Mountain Music School in Kentucky. June 2011   Organized a square dance May 3rd 2010 with midwestern caller Ron Buchanan and the Uncle Wiggily String Band.   Funded a series of dance caller training sessions led by Bill Martin. Spring 2009