Calista Elders Council awarded grant for dance festival

THE DRUMS STAFF

June 26, 2008 at 2:28PM AKST

The Calista Elders Council received an $8,658 grant last week from the Alaska State Council on the Arts to support the Yupiit Yurayarait Dance Festival scheduled for November in Pilot Station, according to council officials.

The dance festival is being held in conjunction with the Calista Elders and Youth Convention.

Charlotte Fox, AKSCA executive director, said in an e-mail that the Calista Elders Council grant was one of 60 funded through the arts council’s annual grant panel process. Panels reviewed nonprofit grant applications in April and recommended funding based on scores to the AKSCA.

The arts council awarded $576,336 in grants during its annual meeting in Homer June 14-15.

Fox said the dance festival would be held Nov. 7-9 in Pilot Station.

For more information on the Calista Elders Council, go to www.yupikscience.org/cec/.