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LovEvolution
Takes it to the Streets
Electronic Dance
Movement Boosts Social Awareness and
Economic Growth in San Francisco
October 3, 2009
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San Francisco, CA – On
Saturday, October 3rd,
LovEvolution
<http://www.sflovevolution.org> comes to San
Francisco for its sixth successful year. This
friendly dance music parade and festival draws
thousands of people with a portion of profits
benefiting charities and the local community. The
parade begins on Market and 2nd
Streets at noon and the love flows down to the heart
of the city at Civic Center Plaza
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_Center,_San_Francisco,_California>
where America’s largest all-ages dance club goes
till dark.
“An event that brings
this many peaceful people together in celebration is
truly remarkable,” remarked Syd Gris
<http://www.opelproductions.com/archives/000064.php>
, board member of SF LovEvolution. “And it's not
just a party, but a party with a purpose. A platform
to promote values the world could use more of to
inform our collective decisions.
SF LovEvolution is a
gathering to promote peace, understanding,
tolerance, diversity, love, and respect."
The largest electronic dance music event in America,
stemming from the original Berlin Love Parade
<http://www.berlin-life.com/berlin/berlin-love-parade>
, has become an integral part of the cultural fabric
of San Francisco. LovEvolution provides awareness
and fundraising for nonprofits, a positive economic
impact for San Francisco and an opportunity for
all-ages to experience electronic dance music like
never before.
‘Feel the Beat’ and
the California Transplant Donor Network
Each float at LovEvolution was chosen based on
creativity, musical diversity and experience with
electronic music events, including past
participation in Loveparade San Francisco and/or SF
LoveFest and they all bring a unique vibe. The
California Transplant Donor Network
<http://www.ctdn.org/> in partnership with
Freeform vs. Dubalicious has created the ‘Feel
the Beat
<http://www.donatelifecalifornia.org/feelthebeat>
’ campaign and float to raise organ donor awareness
and encourage Californians to be registered donors.
“The California
Transplant Donor Network is excited to partner with
Freeform vs. Dubalicious to reach the participants
of LovEvolution with our message of Donate Life,”
commented Eugene Osborne, vice president of
administration for the California Transplant Donor
Network. “The float will draw attention to this
important life-saving cause with Donate Life logos
and the well-known pink donor dot. We hope to
inspire this important group to become organ, eye
and tissue donors by signing up on our state donor
registry.”
Of the 100,000
individuals on the national organ transplant waiting
list, over 21,000 are in California – anyone can be
a hero and save up to eight lives and improve the
lives of 50 others by deciding to be an organ and
tissue donor at
www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org/feelthebeat
<http://www.donatelifecalifornia.org/feelthebeat>
.
See the full listing of
floats here
<http://www.sflovevolution.org/dj-line-up.php> .
Estimated Economic
Impact in the Millions
Due to the growth of this event last year,
LovEvolution 2009 requires a large increase in all
levels of traffic, police, security and medical
personnel. Add to this escalating city fees and
minimal corporate sponsorship, and this is a very
expensive event for a nonprofit to accomplish. In
order to continue the event, LovEvolution received
permission from the city to charge a $10 admission
to be charged at Civic Center Plaza festival gates.
This money will help support worthy organizations,
including: Friends of the Main Library, Next Aid
<http://www.nextaid.org/> , Aids Housing
Alliance
<http://www.ahasf.org/> , The Center for Sex and
Culture
<http://sexandculture.org/> , Beat University
Scholarship Fund
<http://www.beatuniversity.com/> , Bay Area
Young Positives
<http://www.baypositives.org/> , SF Suicide
Prevention/HIV AIDs Nightline
<http://www.sfsuicide.org/index2.html> and
more.
Due to its huge
popularity, SF LovEvolution and the city's larger
dance music scene has a substantial positive
economic impact on the city’s hotels, bars, clubs,
restaurants, retailers and other businesses striving
to stay afloat during this tough economy.
Live Performance
Stage
To expand the offering of the event, the
LovEvolution team is expanding and premiering the
LovEvolution Live Stage to be set on in front of
City Hall featuring live electronica and
performance. Featured on the LovEvolution Live
stage will be The Mutaytor
<http://mutaytor.com/> – an eleven-piece dance
orchestra, with 15 physical performance artists
providing breathtaking feats of aerial performance,
giant screen visuals, unique reinterpretations of
the circus arts against one of the most evolved
progressive electronic art rock bands on the West
Coast. Other performers include: LA Riots
<http://www.myspace.com/lariotsofficial> , Kenji
Williams
<http://www.kenjiwilliams.com/> , Star Culture,
and more.
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About San Francisco
LovEvolution : A Dance Music Parade & Festival
Started in San Francisco in 2004, the mission of
San Francisco LovEvolution : A Dance Music Parade
and Festival has been to promote peace,
understanding, tolerance, diversity, love, and
respect through the vehicle of dance music and the
culture that surrounds it. San Francisco
LovEvolution : A Dance Music Parade and Festival is
non-profit organization giving all profits to
charities and the local community, and celebrates
the ongoing evolution of community. For more
information, visit www.sflovevolution.org
<http://www.sflovevolution.org> .
About California
Transplant Donor Network:
The California Transplant Donor Network
(Transplant Network) saves and improves lives by
facilitating organ and tissue donation for
transplantation. The Transplant Network helps 160
hospitals in 40 Northern and Central California and
Northern Nevada counties offer the option of organ
and tissue donation to families whose loved ones
have died, coordinates deceased organ recovery and
placement, and provides public education with the
hope that every resident will become a donor. The
Transplant Network is federally designated as the
region’s organ recovery organization. For more
information, visit
www.ctdn.org
<http://www.ctdn.org/> or call (888) 570-9400.
"Man must evolve for
all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,
aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a
method is love."
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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