Follies

Follies & Dance Party
8:30pm – 10:30"ish"pm
Place du Canada
(Doors open at 8:30pm, but we expect the Follies "show" to begin around 9:00pm.)

The Follies is a core feature of ACBS conferences. Basically it’s a cabaret show, filled with funny songs, sketches, stand-up comedy routines, humorous PowerPoint presentations, pre-made videos, etc. And all of this funny and talented content is created by YOU: the conference delegates!

There will be a cash bar to facilitate you getting in touch with your values as a performer (yeah, right…), after the Follies there will be dancing.

There are very few rules regarding the content – Firstly it has to be short (around 3 minutes is perfect. Longer, and the shepherd’s crook will be sweeping you off the stage!) Secondly, any aspect of ACT, Mindfulness, Behaviorism, therapy, RFT, CBS or any of the people you know in the ACT/CBS Community is fair game to be (gently and kindly) mocked.

The Follies actually comes from an important tradition: in the past ‘The Truth’ was what an authority deemed to be true. Then science came along and people started to look to their direct observations to determine what was true. But of course, human beings being as we are and loving to categorise things in hierarchies, began to automatically create hierarchies of people who could directly observe what was true and hence we have scientific authorities. The purpose of the Follies is to ensure that no idea, and no person in this community who has an idea, is immune to question, playfulness, challenge.

So delegates: get your creative powers focused, anything you have seen in the CBS world that deserves to be made fun of is fair game. Produce your sketches, songs, PowerPoints, stand ups and either email sonjavbatten@gmail.com or daniel.moran@comcast.net to ensure they have your name down for a place in the Follies or during the conference (Hurry and find D.J. or Sonja on Thursday or Friday... slots fill fast).

This event is open to conference attendees and spouses/partners (even though they may not understand all of the psychology humor!); while children are welcome to attend, please be aware that the event can get a bit bawdy at times.

The fun doesn't stop when the Follies end!

Immediately following the Follies we invite you to join us for a dance in Av. Duluth with “DJ CFunc”, a.k.a. Eric Morris. See you on the dance floor until 1:00am!