Dana Montana is an
unheralded icon of the American Feminist Movement. By supporting this project with Kickstarter you will make it possible for the world to finally know who Dana Montana is and
what she contributed to the gender equity gains we all benefit from today. Most of you ladies reading this came of age as women in an era when you and your post-Women’s-Lib galpals could go to a club or bachelorette party and be entertained by a bunch of Magic-Mike “stallions” dancing and prancing for your pleasure. As a result, over time women continue to shatter glass ceilings holding back their progress. Dana Montana made that possible!
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A
successful bestselling book will greatly enhance the chances of a film based on
Dana's life being produced. Dana's Dream for
a film was showcased in a Chicago Tribune article, among other articles by reporter Rick Kogan,
a longtime Dana supporter. Rick's article, Naughty Nightlife, launched Dana's
fame in 1979 when the Sun-Times story was
syndicated. Dancing Stallions, the book and film, will inspire several
generations of women living today to revisit that period of struggle, applaud
feminist gains, and dedicate themselves to remaining proactive to make sure
those gains continue until true and complete gender equity exists no only in
America, but the world.
Abandoned
by her parents, what begins with a little girl’s love of ponies leads decades
later to The Dancing Horses,
an Equestrian extravaganza, part Las Vegas, part Disneyland presented at her
park, Animal Gardens where The Dancing Horses arena is located in Delavan,
Wisconsin, just a few miles from Lake Geneva.
Along the way Playboy Bunny Dana Montana fuels
the ‘80s American Feminist Revolution with the First Ever Presentation of Guys
Stripping for Gals on her Sugar Shack Stage Changing Forever
the Gender Dynamics of the Society we all Live in.
It has literally taken 35 years to get to the
point of finally being in a position to publish a book about Dana's life. I am
Ric Bencriscutto, Dana's editor. I walked into the Sugar Shack 15 years ago,
picked up a copy of her self-published never promoted or marketed book, Sugar
Shack, read it and decided this was a story that had to be told to a wide
audience.
As of last year I had completed the updates to
her original manuscript and began searching for an agent. Only about 1 in 3,000
queries are accepted by a literary agent. Within six months we had an offer,
but with the condition that the manuscript be rewritten by a writer with
industry insider credentials which would have cost $35,000. We passed on that
initial opportunity to move the project forward.
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I went to work revising the manuscript to the
best of my abilities, sent out another round of queries, and secured another
offer from an East Coast agent. Her only condition was to have the proposal and
sample chapters polished and formatted by an industry insider. A much more reasonable
request, we funded his involvement which added $1,000 to a growing list of
out-of-pocked expenses needed to get to the point where we could reach out to
an agent. So far I have invested $5,000 which I hope to recover as a result of
this Kickstarter initiative. Those expenses involved producing and printing the
prototype version of Dancing Stallions which will serve as your reward for
donating.
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Moving forward, our agent will search for a
publisher. If one is found, the Kickstarter funds will be used to further
revise the manuscript and to fund book tour expenses.
