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Ain't Misbehavin'<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>

at AfrikaBurn 2025<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Swing into a jazzy world of vintage flair at AfrikaBurn...<\/p>\n

Take the A Train (or your vehicle of choice) to AfrikaBurn, find us Inside on the Southside. We’ll be Riffin’ the Scotch in the Rose Room, putting on our Shiny Stockings so we can Jive at Five…<\/p>\n

Here, we Ain’t Misbehavin’ – we’re here for some good old-school fun. SWING.<\/p><\/div>

It started in 2022...<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Coming out of a Covid dormancy, 2022 marked a monumental milestone for the swing dance community in Cape Town: we got together and hosted the first ever swing-themed camp at AfrikaBurn, bringing old-school flair to the desert.<\/p>\n

One of our team (an engineer by profession) designed a big, solid, perfectly level dance wooden floor to carry the weight of bouncy swing dancers. And we did it! We fundraised for the building materials, carried it up in a big truck, dug in the hard Karoo soil for hours, perfectly placed those levelling blocks and beams, and screwed the boards in smoothly.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of burners found our dance floor on the Binnekring and had a good boogie: Ain’t Misbehavin’<\/em> offered daily swing lessons and hosted the most epic dance parties at night, creating an inclusive space where people could experience the natural highs of playful dancing to swinging jazz music. Nothing compares to seeing the joy in a first-time dancer’s face when their inner dancer is awakened!<\/p>\n

At the end of a week of dusty dancing, we removed the hundreds of screws one by one, dismantled the boards and beams, and donated the materials to the AfrikaBurn community and nearby farmers.<\/p>\n

With the proof of concept proven, we started prepping for AfrikaBurn 2023, this time with a reusable floor design, complete with a modular structure of durable steel frames (specifically designed for uneven ground) and replaceable wooden surface. This new floor structure is stored in Cape Town, to be taken to the desert year after year.<\/p><\/div>\"Image\"<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>

We're Fundraising for 2025...<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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We are… Ain’t Misbehavin’… a swing dance camp in its third year at AfrikaBurn – and we are just short of our goals for this year!<\/p>\n

So here’s what’s going on … our camp is ready to go, but we are attempting to become more Leave No Trace and to lower our carbon emissions … so in order to do these two things we need to raise money for:<\/span><\/p>\n

1.  sustainable energy supply<\/strong><\/h5>\n

a solar-powered set-up with solar panels, batteries and an inverter to power our sound and lights (instead of hiring an air- and noise-polluting generator)<\/span><\/p>\n

estimated cost: R25-R35k<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

2. reusable dance surface<\/span><\/h5>\n

a sturdier dance floor so that it can be reused year after year instead of buying new wood for our platform every year.<\/p>\n

estimated cost: R20-R30k<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>

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R65,000<\/div>\n
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Will you help us reach our goal? You’ll not only be contributing to a healthy and fun global cause, but you'll also be supporting a very inclusive and participatory camp that brings swing dancing to 12,000 people in the middle of the desert annually.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Donate via direct bank transfer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Name on account: Josiane Gravenor
Bank: Capitec
Acc. no: 1910806437<\/p>\n

or PayPal: paypal.me\/murielgravenor<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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2024<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>