Well I checked with the Mudcat Locator, and since you seem to be in Alaska, belly dancing isn't what you're generally associated with. And it sounds a bit chilly form that near the Arctic circle, as you mention.

Belly dancing is as much "folk" as any other kind of dancing, mind you. But it's somebody else's folk, and unless you've got an Arabic community up there to introduce you to it, it's a bit cheeky for people to get into it. Sort of cultural imperialism. (Though maybe with all the oil in Alaska you do have an Arabic community, in which case I think they should be asked their views on it.)

Anyway, you should be doing indigenous Alaskan dances before getting into the Middle Eastern stuff.

I'd question to what extent it's fair to call poetry readings "folk", though that's not a good enough reason not to have a slot for it if people want it, and there's poems and poems. But storytelling - well, it's not really a folk festival if it doesn't have storytelling.

But it doesn't have to be scheduled does it? If the board meeting doesn't go for storytelling, stuff them, get it going anyhow. Even if it's only for the children.