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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015
Dads, daughters: Prepare to dance the night away
By ANDREW R. TONRY
For EO Media Group
SEASIDE — The exuber-
ance at last year’s inaugural
Daddy Daughter Dance far
exceeded organizer Darren
Gooch’s expectations.
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gether for it, I saw presales of
about 35 tickets,” said Gooch,
information technology and
marketing director at the Sun-
set Empire Park and Recreation
District. “My original antici-
pation was that we’d probably
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He attributed the turnout
to one simple thing: “There’s
a cuteness factor to the Daddy
Daughter Dance that just isn’t
there with anything else.”
This year, Gooch and Spe-
cial Events Coordinator Grace
Smith are prepared.
The second Daddy Daugh-
ter Dance, which takes place
from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, will
move to the Seaside Civic and
Convention Center. On hand
will be a DJ, photo booth, re-
freshments and, of course, a
few more tables — just in case.
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Cost: $20 per dad-
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plus $5 per additional
daughter
Information: Daddies,
grandpas or any father
figure is invited.
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and daughters, last year’s event
came in slightly under budget.
But the rise in ticket price is,
Gooch said, is to pay for the
larger venue.
“We don’t want to make
money off of it,” he added. “We
want to make just enough to
pay for all the expenses. Any
time that an event gives the
opportunity for community
members to come out and do
something together as a group
or together as a family, that’s
the idea.”
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The event is open to dads and
daughters of all ages.
“We had a dad and his pre-
school-aged daughter through a
high school girl and her grand-
pa last year,” Gooch said. “That
was really sweet.”
Moms are welcome, too.
“The moms are kind of the
bigger driving force for this
than even the dads,” Gooch
said. “You’ve got these dads
and their little girls and a mom
who’s there going: ‘No, you
need to go do this. This is cute,
you need to do this.’”
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have about 90 attendees all to-
gether.”
Almost 200 showed up.
“I was, like, really sweating
bullets because I only had ta-
bles for 90 people in the main
hall here at the Bob Chisholm
Center,” Gooch said.
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tendees, the event ran rather
smoothly.
“Nobody sat for long any-
way,” said Gooch. “They were
all out dancing at different
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