Ring Dance Setup

May 1, 2016

Before the setup began, a large meeting was held in Bethancourt Ballroom to address which groups of people need to go where.

The Casablanca room had very bright decorations wheeled in on a cart.

Photo by Valerie Gunchick
Debatably more important than decorations, here a Ring Dance setup participant secures a staircase that lead to a raised platform.

Photo by Valerie Gunchick
In the Casablanca room, there were many decisions to be made about how to fix the appearance of the elephants and where to place them.

Photo by Valerie Gunchick
Setup participants were faced paced on Friday evening, before the 81st annual ring dance.

Photo by Valerie Gunchick
Box upon box was brought into each ballroom to be unpacked and used to beautify the rooms.

Photo by Valerie Gunchick
Strung paper mache swans were hung at the entrance of the multi-room 81st annual ring dance on Friday, April 30th.

Photo by Valerie Gunchick
Participants debated the best way to string and organize the paper mache swans before hanging them in the MSC for the 81st annual Ring Dance.

Photo by Valerie Gunchick
Yellow lanterns were constructed by participants decorating for the Ring Dance on Friday, April 30th.

Photo by Valerie Gunchick

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