Date: March 16th 2009

Greetings everyone!

The Gothfia would like to thank EVERYONE who made Gothla US 2009 such a huge success: teachers, vendors, volunteers, students, performers, attendees, media, and everyone in between - we couldn't have done it without you! It was a lot of hard work, but y'all made it worth it! We're still decompressing a bit, but some news and details we wanted to share:

-We raised $200 for Azure from the benefit raffle - great job everyone! Much thanks to the vendors and artisans who donated their wares, and the many folks who bought tickets!

-We've been making lists of what y'all liked and what needs to be improved. We are planning on using the same venue next year (we're confirming our dates right this moment, so we'll be announcing them shortly), so we're looking at increased signage, bringing in food vendors/caterers, bigger workshop space with access to mirrors, more time for Motif. If you have more suggestions on what you liked/would like to see more of/etc, please email us at info@gothla.com - have good or bad feedback about hotels, restaurants, and other local services? let us know!

-Much thanks to our videographer Lisa Hoglan, who not only shot beautiful video, but got it out quickly to everyone who pre-ordered theirs! If you didn't get a chance to, hurry to http://lisahoglan.com/order.html

-LA Weekly did a great article on us - complete with a gallery - check it out: http://blogs.laweekly.com/style_council/events/dancing-the-dark-side-at-gothl/

And as always, network online with other Gothla-goers at http://tribes.tribe.net/gothla

Thank you again! Dance darkly!

blessings,
The Gothfia

http://www.gothla.com and http://www.gothla.us