!!URGENT NOTICE!!
Swing into Spring 2020 is CANCELLED. After the major developments of the past 24 hours as well as some additional event specific developments that occurred this morning, we can no longer justify the risks associated with holding this event or the efforts needed to cover last minute changes to our program. The health and safety of all involved are our greatest concern, especially those travelling to our event from across the country by attendees, our band, and everyone else that was to be involved in the administration of this event.
This is absolutely not a decision that we take lightly, and we debated at length all potential options including scaling down the event, trying to piece together an inferior event at the last minute, and the option to cancel it entirely. The factors ended up being overwhelmingly against holding any version of the event.
Similar to the situation with Lindyfest, we have significant advance costs that cannot be returned, as well as people's livelihood's that depend on our payment, especially in light of the current economic situation. As such, we are offering 3 options (A combination of the below is an option as well. ):
The default option- your fees paid will be transferred as a credit to the event to be held next year
Donate your registration fees to help pay the debts incurred by this event
Specifically request a refund- we understand many of you are in financial difficulties, and we will work with you to get your money back to you. If you choose to request a refund, please bear with us as we work through the expected large volume of messages that we will be receiving.
Those who have ordered shirts and apparel, we will be in touch to ship them to you as soon as we can.
We deeply apologize for the the inconvenience as well as the late notice, and we hope that you understand the difficulty of the decision that we made. Please feel free to message us either via one of our facebook pages or via our email address at palmettoswing@gmail.com, keeping in mind that our responses may be somewhat delayed. We hope that all of you stay safe, and we hope to see all of you in the future!
Thank you,
Bobby Grant
On behalf of Palmetto Swing Dance Association and Swing into Spring
This is absolutely not a decision that we take lightly, and we debated at length all potential options including scaling down the event, trying to piece together an inferior event at the last minute, and the option to cancel it entirely. The factors ended up being overwhelmingly against holding any version of the event.
Similar to the situation with Lindyfest, we have significant advance costs that cannot be returned, as well as people's livelihood's that depend on our payment, especially in light of the current economic situation. As such, we are offering 3 options (A combination of the below is an option as well. ):
The default option- your fees paid will be transferred as a credit to the event to be held next year
Donate your registration fees to help pay the debts incurred by this event
Specifically request a refund- we understand many of you are in financial difficulties, and we will work with you to get your money back to you. If you choose to request a refund, please bear with us as we work through the expected large volume of messages that we will be receiving.
Those who have ordered shirts and apparel, we will be in touch to ship them to you as soon as we can.
We deeply apologize for the the inconvenience as well as the late notice, and we hope that you understand the difficulty of the decision that we made. Please feel free to message us either via one of our facebook pages or via our email address at palmettoswing@gmail.com, keeping in mind that our responses may be somewhat delayed. We hope that all of you stay safe, and we hope to see all of you in the future!
Thank you,
Bobby Grant
On behalf of Palmetto Swing Dance Association and Swing into Spring