changed:
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we had our first jam on october 29, 2006 in what is likely to be our new
long-term residence, the parrish hall of st. james episcopal church on
capital hill.  see DCSundayContactImprovJam for details.  for posterity,
and similar searches, see below for info we gathered during the effort.

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Prospects We Were Exploring
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during september and october of 2006 the sunday jam was floating, having
abruptly lost our residence of six years due to university administrative
changes.  here are some options we investigated.

.. _`st. james church parrish hall`:

`St. James Church`_ -
  *(as of oct 29, 2006, we're making arrangements to land here)*

  a small church on capital hill, the sunday jam happened in their parrish
  hall for several years, several years ago.  ken hallucinated having heard
  the space might be available again (probably from misti french, another
  dc jammer), and roger investigated, discovering that to be so.  roger's
  in talks with them about trying out the space with the possibility of a
  long-term arrangement.

  the address is 222 8th St. NE, Washington, DC 20002

  - directions from eastern market station: http://tinyurl.com/fygyu

    eastern market station is on the blue and orange lines, and the walk is
    around .7 miles.

  - directions to union station: http://tinyurl.com/yhhocp

    union station is on the red line, and the walk is around .8 miles.

  there is a flexible cost to the space that we need to resolve.  we'll
  probably charge $5 to attend, negotiable if needs be.

Dance Exchange
  ken has contacted them, and is asking about arranging to use the space
  for our sunday jam.  they're being slow to respond, and from the
  experience of the people who arranged the thursday night jam, it may take
  a while.  also, since they `already have a contact jam there`_ (started
  September 28, 2006, by dc-ci'ers john glenn, ilana silverstein, roger
  neece, and amanda abrams), there's a sense that they may feel they have
  enough contact improv already.

Seeker's Church in Takoma Park
  john peterson is checking with them

  "It is directly across Carroll Ave from the Metro station.
  They have a beautiful space, with a wonderful wood
  floor."  They have interplay groups, so are open to artsy
  movement stuff.

American University Chapel Dance Studio
  the Chapel Dance Studio is an AU resource with which ginger and dan are
  acquainted.  dav knows a student who runs the juggling club, may be able
  to help us get access to student resources.  (someone said a student
  would need to be there to open the door, admit people.)  beth lives
  nearby, and knows some people from the school, is going to investigate
  opportunities.  leonard knows a professor who's into dance, may be able
  to help us get official access.

The Center - 4321 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20016
  amy taylor has checked on this, can get more info

  (this place used to be called Synergy.)

  a city gymn near tenley circle, run by someone who's been active
  in dc dance and creative expression (dodi).  they have a $25/hour
  studio estimated to be slightly smaller than the marvin center one
  with which we're familiar (they also have a larger one, but occupied
  by exercise equipment), which amy is checking on.  the space may be
  commonly used for weekend workshops, however, so may not be a prospect
  for ongoing use.

Dance Place
  often has performances on the weekends, so probably not for ongoing.
  roger is going to check into this.

Joy of Motion / Atlas Studios
  need someone to investigate this one

  is it metro accessible?

Flashpoint
  dance space too small for our ongoing jam, might could be a fallback
  but it has an ongoing event during our regular time.

National Cathedral Girls School
  anyone want to investigate this?

.. _`The Great River Taoist Center`:

The Great River Taoist Center
  1325 18th Street NW, Suite 210
  Washington, DC

  this space is fairly easily available, so it's been our primary haven
  while we're without a long-term home.  it turns out that the space has
  wall-to-wall carpets, which limits how you can dance considerably.
  parking is also difficult, also preventing some folks from attending.
  we've enjoyed our interim jams there surprisingly well, though, so it's a
  good possibility in a pinch, but it's not a viable long-term prospect for
  our jam.

  the space costs $50 for the two hours, which we split among attendees.
  (we've generally had 9 or 10 attendees, and in all our discussions a
  number of people have spoken up with ability and willingness to pay
  larger shares of the cost.  so don't be reluctant to attend if you what
  you can afford has a hard ceiling - we'll work that out.)

  it is located on 18th street in northwest dc between Massachusettes
  avenue and N street.  parking can be challenging, so consider trying the
  metro.  it's a few blocks from the dupont circle metro - here's a yahoo
  map: http://tinyurl.com/gcn5v

  (the space is actually closer to the dupont circle metro 19th street exit,
  which is slightly south of the circle on 19th street, rather the the Q
  street exit that's marked on the map.)

  you'll need to enter the center's suite number, 210, on the call box to be
  buzzed in.

.. [#]
   this is almost exactly two months after our last jam at our prior
   residence, of six years, at GWU Dept. of Theatre and Dance' marvin
   center dance space.

.. _`St. James Church`: http://www.saintjameschurch.org/index.php
.. _`dc-ci mailing list`: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/dc-ci
.. _`already have a contact jam there`:
   DCContactImprovJam#the-thursday-evening-jam

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