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A Holiday
Celebration of Community through
Music and Dance. Last Year's Party was attended by
150 Guests.
We raised
$3,000 for Charity
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TRADITION OF GIVING AT CHRISTMAS
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10-01-2024
Rick
Archer's Note:
Chapelwood Methodist Church has been kind enough to sponsor
my Monday night dance class for 14 years. Two years
ago I learned for the first time of Chapelwood's Christmas Manna program.
Once I realized the purpose was to help families in need at Christmas,
it
took a nanosecond for my inner "Charles Dickens" to kick in.
One the spot I thought of how a Christmas dance party
could turn into a delightful way to support Chapelwood's
worthwhile
effort.
Indeed, last year's party was a huge success.
Our large crowd of 150 guests
had great fun dancing for a worthy cause. I might
add our guests were very generous. We raised over
$3,000, an amazing display of support from Houston's dance
community far beyond anything we could have
expected.
So why do we call our
party "Waltz
into Christmas"?
Waltz
has a rich musical legacy at Christmas. Classics such
as The First Noel, What Child is This,
It came upon a Midnight Clear, Silver Bells,
We Three Kings, and Carol of the Bells
are all Waltzes. I promise to play these carols
at our party as a rather unique way to pay tribute to our
Lord.
That
said, the Waltz music will only comprise 20% of the music
played. The bulk of the music will be Texas Twostep,
East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, and a couple Salsa
tunes. The point being that a knowledge of Waltz
is hardly necessary. That said, if you would like to
learn to Waltz for the party, my wife Marla and I will
conduct a
six-week Waltz class on Mondays starting November 4
For
further information about the class and/or the party, please
contact Rick Archer,
rick@ssqq.com
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CHAPELWOOD SAYS 'THANK YOU!' FOR THE 2023 PARTY
From: Suzanne Harter
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2023 11:28 AM
To:
rick@ssqq.com
Subject: Christmas Manna Donation
Rick,
Thank you so much for your dancing
group's donation to Chapelwood's Christmas Manna
program. Your donation bought presents for
over 40 children this year!
I appreciate this
generous gift.
Suzanne Harter
Director of
Serving Ministries, Chapelwood UMC
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WHEN:
MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 6:30 - 9:00 PM
PRE-PARTY
WORKSHOPS: 6:00-6:30 PM: Waltz (Sharon Shaw),
Twostep (Rick)
WHERE:
Chapelwood Methodist Church, 11140
Green Bay, 77024.
WHO IS INVITED: ANYONE WHO LIKES TO DANCE REGARDLESS OF THEIR
EXPERIENCE AND ABILITY. COME ONE, COME ALL FOR A WORTHY CAUSE.
COST: $20 PER PERSON. PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO CONTRIBUTE MORE IN
THE COOKIE JAR IF THEY WISH, BUT IT IS NOT NECESSARY NOR IS IT
EXPECTED. FOR THAT MATTER, IF YOU ARE BROKE, WE INVITE YOU TO
COME FOR FREE.
DRESS: WEAR WHATEVER YOU WANT. THIS IS NOT A FORMAL
DANCE PARTY, THIS IS A FUN DANCE PARTY. PLEASE DRESS COMFORTABLE.
FOOD: IT DEPENDS ON THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS. TYPICALLY
PEOPLE BRING ENERGY FOOD TO MUNCH ON... COOKIES, CAKE, CHEESE,
FRUIT, CRACKERS AND GUACAMOLE. A TABLE WILL BE
PROVIDED
FOR FOOD CONTRIBUTIONS.
DRINK: WATER AND LEMONADE WILL BE PROVIDED. (NO ALCOHOL, PLEASE. REMEMBER, THIS IS A
CHURCH.)
QUESTIONS:
Rick@ssqq.com
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MUSIC: 1 song in 5 will be a Waltz. Over 2 and a
half hours, there will be 42 songs. Do the math: 8 Waltzes.
The other 80% will WILL BE
COUNTRY-WESTERN TWOSTEP MUSIC,
CLASSIC BIG BAND
SWING MUSIC, WEST COAST SWING, and SALSA.
CIRCLE DANCE: AT OUR DANCE PARTY, WE WILL USE THE 'WALTZ CIRCLE
DANCE' AS A WAY FOR EVERYONE TO DANCE WITH EVERYONE.
We will teach the Waltz Circle Dance in our
November-December Waltz Class. SHARON
WILL TEACH THE "WALTZ CIRCLE" IN HER PRE-PARTY WORKSHOP
plus we will do a brief review just prior to playing the music.
DANCE WORKSHOPS: IN ADDITION TO TEACHING THE CIRCLE DANCE
WORKSHOP, SHARON SHAW WILL TEACH "INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN
WALTZ" IN ONE ROOM AND RICK ARCHER WILL TEACH "INTRODUCTION
TO THE TEXAS TWOSTEP" IN ANOTHER ROOM. BOTH CLASSES
WILL RUN FROM 6-6:30 PM. THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THE WORKSHOPS. THE
IDEA IS TO GIVE PEOPLE WITH A MINIMUM OF SOCIAL DANCE EXPERIENCE A
CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DANCING AT THE PARTY.
CLICK HERE FOR MAP TO CHAPELWOOD AND
FELLOWSHIP HALL.
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