Utah Residents Dress Up Naked "Leaf Dancer" Statue

[Initech]

Two years ago, Milt Neeley's sculpture "Leaf Dancer" won the city of Coalville's People's Choice Award for public art.

The wire and metal sculpture, which represents a dancer growing out of a bush, was erected on Main Street as part of Artscape, the Park City Summit County Arts Council's public art program.

Since then anonymous residents have dressed the dancer in an array of costumes including a cook, an Olympic swimmer and even a nun.

Instead of shaking their heads or getting angry, the Coalville City Council has embraced the tradition and established a program that invites residents to sign up to take turns dressing the "Leaf Dancer" from June 14 through Aug. 16, said Mayor Duane Schmidt.

"The concept of dreassing up the 'Leaf Dancer' statue was first brought up by some local kids who dressed it up," Schmidt told The Park Record. "There have been a lot of people who come into to town to see the leaf dancer, which has become an attraction because they want to see what kind of costume it will be wearing.

http://www.parkrecord.com/scene/ci_23364604/coalville-invites-its-residents-dress-leaf-dancer

[annabanana]

1. Thread needs pics!

The original Leaf Dancer


costumes

[AmyDeLune]

2. Our Public Parks service

Used to dress the city statues for holidays. They got santa hats at Christmas (the animals got wreaths), green bowler hats for St. Patrick's Day, when Mt St. Helens erupted, they all (including the animals) got the disposable dust filter masks that everyone was wearing to keep from inhaling volcanic ash. Now political correctness and budget cuts have put an end to that.

[duhneece]

3. Not what I expected...and am glad.

I thought it was going to be about 'covering up the so called private parts.' But was glad this was about fun and getting kids involved in art.

[LuckyLib]

4. Ditto here. How great to see how creative folks are!

[Marrah_G]

5. Me too!