We are presenting outdoor dancing in the Castro again, and it's better than ever! Events are no longer allowed at Jane Warner Plaza, so we have moved to Noe Street, between Market and Beaver, where we have more room and the ability to lay down a dance floor.
We need your help for set-up and tear-down, and we also need event monitors whose main job is to watch over the barricades at both ends of the block and move them if needed for emergency vehicles. The latter is a requirement by the City and our permit is conditional on having monitors.
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Required to sign up for a shift on-line.
If you volunteered for a prior Stompede, Castro Street Fair, New Year's Eve, or SF Pride, you already have an account in the Special Event volunteer system.
NOTES:
You do not have to use this system to volunteer. You can contact the volunteer coordinator with your name, e-mail address, cell phone number, and shifts desired, and we will get you signed up.
Special note to Sundance Saloon volunteers: The Sundance Saloon volunteer system is different and separate from our Sundance Special Event volunteer system. We suggest that you use the same User ID (e-mail address) and password for both systems.
If you volunteered since 2011 for a prior Stompede, Castro Street Fair, New Year's Eve Dance, or SF Pride, you already have an account in the Special Event volunteer system.
All volunteers will receive a pass to use at Sundance Saloon.
Problems or questions about logging in with your account?Contact us. Please add volunteer@sundancesaloon.org to your e-mail address book. This system relies on getting messages to you.
Volunteer Job Descriptions
Manager
Oversee operations, manage volunteers. Includes having parked cars towed pre-event, assisting with set-up and event monitoring. Requires: cell phone to call City Tow (morning shift), some lifting and bending
Set-up
Transport dance floor on wheeled carts from 3 blocks away, build new snap-together dance floor, sound system set-up. Requires: moderate lifting and bending; ability to follow directions; opposable thumbs
Street Monitor
Position mid-block wearing safety vest, monitor traffic-control barricades, move barricades for emergency vehicles if needed. Requires: ability to pay attention, light lifting possible, looks fabulous in dayglow orange
Tear-down
Break down snap-together dance floor and sound system, transport dance floor on wheeled carts to storage 3 blocks away. Requires: moderate lifting and bending; ability to follow directions; opposable thumbs
Volunteer Instructions
SET-UP and TEAR-DOWN
Set-up and tear-down volunteers will primarily help build and deconstruct our new snap-together portable dance floor. They will also transport it on carts to our storage location three blocks away.
Please wait for verbal instructions if you have not worked with this floor yet, so that we don't damage it. The following videos may be helpful.
IMPORTANT! When taking the floor apart, never pull up on the floor so that it bends towards the smooth side. To separate the panels, wait until a row is separated with the broomstick, and then lift the floor at the seam, so it bends rough side to rough side. Two people lifting on each side works well. The floor will easily separate. Then stack smooth side to smooth, and rough to rough.
STREET MONITOR
Street monitors are required by the City of San Francisco to watch the barricades at both ends of the block. Vehicles are not allowed through under any circumstances except for emergency vehicles. Listen for sirens and be prepared to quickly move cones out of the way for emergency access. You are supposed to walk emergency vehicles through the fire lane, but they usually just drive through without you.
