This gathering for both new and experienced dancers will be facilitated by dance leaders from Texas and the South Central U.S. Ya Hu IX is designed to bring area dancers together in order to make and deepen community connections. Our weekend at beautiful Camp Allen will include opportunities to experience Dances of Universal Peace, walking practices, zikr, and deeper dance cycles, as offered by our regional dance leaders. On Sunday morning we will participate in a Universal Worship service.
| Friday, March 30 | Registration will begin at 5:00 pm. Snacks will be available on arrival. Opening "meet and greet" dance session begins at 7:30 pm. |
| Saturday, March 31 | Morning, afternoon, and evening sessions. Meals will be shared as a group. |
| Sunday, April 1 | Morning Universal Worship, picnic lunch, afternoon Dance session. Gathering ends 4 or 5:00. |
Please plan to arrive between 5:00 and 6:30 pm Friday evening.
On Sunday, we will check out of the cabins by noon, and continue until late afternoon in the meeting room.
Camp Allen Conference and Retreat Center is the birthplace of our Texas Ya Hu gatherings. Located in Navasota, Texas, Camp Allen provides easy access from the major cities. We will spend our weekend in three 3-bedroom lakeside cabins that will comfortably accommodate about 30 participants. Sleeping quarters include double and bunk beds. Each cabin offers a fully supplied kitchen, two bathrooms and a living room with a fireplace. There are even front porches with rocking chairs overlooking the lake! For our Saturday and Sunday Dance sessions, we will be in a conference room at the main Conference Center. Visit the web site to view the cabins and to get precise directions: http://www.campallen.org
Dance Information: For more information about the Dances of Universal Peace, see http://www.dancesofuniversalpeace.org or http://www.sufidance.org.Registration: Fee is $100 per person if postmarked by February 28, 2007; $110 after that. Fee includes dance and walk sessions, meals, and lodging. Housing is shared; no private rooms. All linens are included. Limited to 30 persons. Mail a registration form and payment (checks made payable to "Elizabeth Ferrio") for each individual to: Elizabeth Ferrio, registrar, 23519 Whispering Willow Drive, Spring TX, 77373-6233 Email: eferrio@houston.rr.com. You will receive a confirmation letter upon receipt of your registration. Click here for the registration form.
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From the beginning of time, sacred movement, song and story have brought people together at times of seasonal ceremony and celebration – as part of everyday life and life passages, in daily renewal and meditation. The Dances of Universal Peace are part of this timeless tradition of Sacred Dance. The Dances are a joyous, multi-cultural way to touch the spiritual essence within ourselves and others. They use sacred phrases, chants, music and movements from the many traditions of the earth to promote peace and integration within individuals and groups. There are no performers or audience: new arrivals and old hands form the circle together. Since their introduction in the late 1960s, the Dances have spread around the earth, touching more than half a million people. Weekly and monthly dance meetings are held in hundreds of cities throughout the world. The Dances of Universal Peace are used in global peace-making and citizen diplomacy, therapy and addiction recovery, education, and ecumenical worship celebrations, to name but a few applications. For more information, contact us.
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