i rode up the sshcoast to meet my friends who did a one week bike tour of georgia strait. they are an all female dance group that presents an inspiring model of womens empowerment aligned with sustainability and creativity. their dances are all about cycling and they accomplished a tour with four performance gigs on bicycles. some of their boyfriends went along for support and help with hauling a sound system. the group energy is physical and grounded, with good communication and collegiality, the partying, beer based.

the last performance was a free show on the mandala at the beach in roberts creek, where i know some galactic elves. no elves came to see the show. some of the audience were old white people who had sung in zulu harmony together just before the clettes show.

the clettes were most excited about the gig they did at rathtrevor park near parksville. hundreds of kids camping there had bikes and a bunch of little girl campers made a dance troupe too. it is so sweet that they can take sustainability culture out there and inspire regular folks in campgrounds and smaller towns.

i was stoked to hang with them and wore femmy red and black clothes while riding with them.