Summer Solstice Masquerade...

Open Space for Arts & Community invites Vashon to welcome summer with us at the Summer Solstice Masquerade – an event for the creative, wild, dancing spirits that inhabit Vashon. Hot Latin jazz and high octane salsa by Mambo Cadillac will fill the Grand Hall.
 
Producer David Godsey created the event with the idea of masquerade as inspiration: "There is something wonderful about a masquerade -- you can really go all out and be whoever you want to be! You can be kind of anonymous and become someone/something else for an evening. And it can be really liberating to have on a mask -- it’s like a disguise. If you’re shy, or shy about dancing, a masquerade is the perfect place to dance and nobody has to know it’s you!"
 
People of all ages are invited to dress up fancy, dress up wild, and let imaginations fly off the hook. Godsey says: "I thought: Let’s have a community dance to welcome in Summer to our beautiful island. And let’s do what islanders are so brilliant at doing -- be creative, have a good time, and celebrate together. And if putting on a costume is just not your thing, well, of course you can come and dance anyway!"
 
The Summer Solstice Masquerade is a dance party for everyone: young or old, shy or bold. "It’s like Halloween, only a whole lot warmer and with really great dancing music!"
 
Open Space is thrilled to have Mambo Cadillac playing fantastic, hot salsa and Latin jazz to heat up the night. Seattle area percussionist/vocalist/composer Tor Dietrichson founded the band Mambo Cadillac in April of 2005. Since then the band has gone on to perform 300 plus concerts, including Bumbershoot and twice headlined the 4Culture website launch party. Mambo Cadillac has performed more times at The Triple Door Musicquarium than any other band. The band features a wide variety of Cuban influenced music and utilizes a high degree of improvisation in the performances.
 
The Summer Solstice Masquerade is sponsored by Seattle Distilling Company, with bar service by The Hardware Store.
 
At Open Space for Arts & Community, Saturday, June 22, Doors open at 7PM, Band Starts at 7:30PM. Tickets: $12 Advance, $15 At the door