Come Dance Your Journey
Come Dance Your Journey
Come to Hewett Centre this Monday night at 7:00pm and learn six sacred circle dances and then dance them with a small group in a Unitarian worship service context – we light a chalice; have poetry readings; hear a story and share our experience. No partner or experience necessary. Our mantra is: there are no wrong steps, only variations. Each third Monday we do a worship service style event coordinated by Denise, Carolyn, Leslie and Mary. For May our theme is “the journey”. We also dance with teacher Corinne Chepil on the second Monday at 7pm. We usually do about 10 dances. Contact ucvdance@telus.net for more information. Or check out sacredcircledance.wordpress.com
Upcoming 3rd Mondays
Hello, a group of us met tonight to plan the upcoming 3rd Mondays @ UCV:
January 19: Brigid: The Fire Goddess – Carolyn, Mary & Nan
February 16: Enlighten Your Heart – Denise & Leslie
March 16: Spring Returning – Leslie, Denise & Carolyn
April 20 – Maypole & Beltane – Mary and Pagan Committee members
contact ucvdance@telus.net if you need further information.
Dance @ UCV Mon Dec 8 7-9pm
Corinne Chepil (and friends) will be teaching dances at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver Monday, December 8 at 7-9pm.
This will be the only sacred circle dance session @ UCV for December.In January we’ll start up again with 2nd Mondays with Corinne and 3rd (not 4th) Mondays with a group from UCV leading a Unitarian worship service with dance, readings and sharing.
No dancing (at UCV) on Thanksgiving Monday
Hi, folks, we won’t be having our regular 2nd Monday sacred circle dancing next Monday due to Thanksgiving day. Do come to the Lions Den on Commercial on the 1st Monday to dance with Corinne and/or on the 4th Monday for our Unitarian-style worship. We’ll learn 4 dances in the first hour and then after a break have a worship service including lighting the chalice, readings, sharing, and doing the 4 dances we learned earlier. October’s theme is Samhain (“Hallowe’en”) and “Our Ancestors”.
Monday, September 22 7-9pm – Come and dance with us.
Please join us for Sacred Circle Dancing
Monday, September 22, 2008 7-9pm
Fireside Room, Unitarian Church of Vancouver, 949 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver BC
604-261-7204
In the first hour we’ll learn the four dances for the evening: Bells of Norwich, Harvest Moon, Thanksgiving and Candle Dance/Pilgrim’s Step.
Then after a break, there will be readings and sharing related to our theme of harvest interspersed with the four dances of the evening.
All welcome: Our Mantra is there are no wrong steps; only variations.
No fee. Donations invited.
Our blog is at http://www.sacredcircledance.wordpress.com
Coordinated by Leslie, Mary & Carolyn. Thanks to Corinne for coming and helping us learn the dances.
Sacred Circle Dancing on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month. Hope to see you there.
Harvest Moon Lyrics
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/n/neil+young/harvest+moon_20099104.html
Bells of Norwich Lyrics
http://www.lyricsdownload.com/unknown-julian-of-norwich-lyrics.html
Dancing Saints in San Francisco
A friend just sent me a copy of Originally Blessed – a book of essays, art etc celebrating Matthew Fox’s Original Blessing book’s 25th anniversary. In there I discovered the Dancing Saints icon mural at San Francisco’s St. Gregory’s church. Click here to see the artist:
http://www.davidsanger.com/stockimages/2-454-48.stgregorys
or surf for “Dancing Sants” San Francisco…
Fall 2008 Sacred Circle Dances at UCVancouver
Sacred Circle Dance at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver
Next dates:
Monday, September 8 – Come and learn dances (2nd Monday)
Come and learn a variety of sacred circle dances. These are easy to learn and are more about spiritual practice and community building than about “right steps”. In fact, our mantra is: There are no wrong steps, only variations. No fee.
Monday, September 22 – Unitarian-style worship/dance (4th Monday)
We will share sacred circle dances within the context of a Unitarian worship service, beginning with a chalice lighting and opening words and closing with “Carry the Flame.” Each session will have a theme developed by two of the group wherein we will explore the topic through readings, sharing, meditation and dance.
Monday, October 13 7-9pm
Hello world!
We hope to use this blog to get the word out about sacred circle dancing – especially at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver – but we welcome posts from those – Unitarian or not – who are circle dancers – from wherever. Drop by and say “hello” here – even if you can’t come out on Mondays at UCV.
About Us
Ellen Newman led sacred circle dancing at a Unitarian conference in Ottawa in 2008
We are a group – usually 12-15 of us – who dance together twice a month at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver. All are welcome. There’s no fee, but a donation basket is put out. Hope to see you there.
To confirm the next dates you can contact UCV at 604-261-7204 or send an email to ucvdance@telus.net
We can also put you in touch with other circle dancing groups and retreats in or near Vancouver, BC
