Dayton Contemporary Dance Company hit first goal in putting founder on postage stamp
The Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC) has reached its first goal on the road to putting its founder on a U.S. postage stamp.
The dance company is collecting letters to honor founder Jeraldyne Blunden with a U.S. postage stamp and has reached its first goal of 10,000 letters Monday.
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In 1968 Blunden founded DCDC as a place where young African American children could grow into accomplished artists. She later passed away in 1999.
Earlier this month, News Center 7′s Xavier Hershovitz spoke with Blunden’s daughter, Debbie Blunden-Diggs, the current artistic director at DCDC.
“I think it just cements even more what she meant to everybody. Not just to me as my mother, and not even just to DCDC as the founder and the artistic director, but to this whole community of people that we’re along for the ride with her,” Blunden-Diggs told us.
Their new goal is to have 15,000 letters by June 30.
Those interested in sending a letter in support of the movement are asked to visit dcdc.org for step-by-step instructions.
