HomeMy WebLinkAbout8.1 Spring 2017 Quarterly Report
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ITEM NO.: 8.1
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STAFF REPORT
HERITAGE AND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION
DATE: August 10, 2017
TO: Honorable Chair and Commission Members
FROM: Tegan McLane, Cultural Arts & Heritage Manager
SUBJECT: Spring 2017 Quarterly Report
Prepared by Tegan McLane, Cultural Arts & Heritage Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The Commission will receive a report on the classes, activities, and events conducted during the spring 2017
season.
RECOMMENDATION:
Receive the Report.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None.
DESCRIPTION:
The Heritage and Cultural Arts Division fosters meaningful connections through engaging programs,
memorable experiences and inspiring spaces that celebrate our diverse community and rich heritage. The
following is a summary of Cultural Arts classes, programs and events offered by the Division to meet these
goals during the spring quarter, March-May 2017. (Heritage programs are covered in an annual report, usually
presented in September.)
CULTURAL ARTS CLASSES:
Cultural Arts Classes provide a unique social setting for meeting new people and for sharing cultural arts
experiences with friends and family members. The variety of classes offered provides opportunities for
community members of all ages to try new experiences or practice and develop artistic and performance
skills. Classes are taught by contracted specialty instructors and are typically offered from four to eight weeks
in duration.
Dance classes had the largest amount of registrations (96 participants), including hip-hop dance, and adult
tap. Parent and Me classes also had strong attendance with 71 participants, including Pee Wee Playtime and
Art time and the Kindermusik ™ programs.
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A total of 249 participants registered for Cultural Classes during spring 2017. The decrease in attendance and
increase in the cancellation rate was largely due to the inability of one of our programs to move forward as
originally planned.
We also offered several new classes this season, which did not meet their minimum registrations, including
Hula Dancing and Flower Arrangements. However, the new Theater Factory class, “Acting for the Camera,”
successfully reached its minimum, and brought in eight new participants.
Attendance Type 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Resident 211 333 242 288 231
Non-Resident 38 39 52 50 56
Total Registration 249 372 294 338 287
Courses Held 30 43 28 41 41
Avg. Registration/Class 8.3 8.6 10.5 8.2 7.0
Courses Offered 59 59 49 68 67
Cancellation Rate 49% 27% 43% 40% 39%
SPECIAL EVENTS
St. Patrick’s Day Festival
An estimated 80,000 people celebrated at the Dublin St. Patrick's Day Festival on March 18-19, 2017. In
addition to ever-popular Irish music, dance, food and drink, the San Francisco Gaelic Athletic Association
offered demonstrations of popular Irish sports, Gaelic Football and Hurling, and the City sponsored a City of
Dublin 35th Anniversary themed scavenger hunt search for 35 pots of leprechaun gold hidden throughout the
festival. Approximately 150 children claimed prizes in the contest.
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Six hundred children participated in the 2017 Spring Eggstravaganza, held on April 15, 2017 at
Emerald Glen Park. Activities included meeting our Peter Rabbit and Flopsy costumed characters, hunting
for eggs, playing in the inflatable jump houses, face painting, a juggling show, crafts, and a chance to sit in and
have pictures on an Alameda County Fire Department fire truck. New this year was the addition of food
trucks for the participants and parents to partake in the various food offerings. The following is a summary of
registration:
Spring Eggstravaganza Registration Summary
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Resident 424 413 415 395 392
Non-Resident 176 184 162 155 155
Total Registration 600 597 577 550 547
Spring Fair
More than 500 visitors celebrated springtime on the farm at the Dublin Heritage Park & Museums Spring Fair
on Saturday, May 6, 2017. Highlights included hands-on farm activities, such as “milking” a model cow,
roping, planting vegetables in the farm yard, and tractor-drawn wagon rides. The Bluegrass band The Dim
Lights performed, as did Dublin’s own Bluegrass Jam Band and Irish Jam Band. Volunteers served tea and
cookies to 46 drop-in customers at a Farm Tea Cottage set up in the Sunday School Barn. This was a change
to the tea format from past years, where more elaborate tea lunches were pre-sold, and an increase in
customers served.
Approximately 35 volunteers helped implement the farm activities. Fifteen craft vendors, business vendors
and community groups participated with sales and information booths.
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