Dear Earthdancers -
Thanks so much for the lovely time spent having lunch together on my last day as ECLP Bookkeeper. Thanks to Kale for the lunch itself, and All of you for the sweet card and gifts, and for coming together around the table with me. I thought of an important highlight that I didn't remember to name when responding to DJ's question about high and low lights from the past seven-plus years. And that would be participating in just a few Earthdance events when I wasn't putting in my hours as Bookkeeper.
Notably - one or two workshops – an Authentic Movement weekend with Shakti Sadeh and Sue Schell, and "Moving the Environment" with Danny Lepkoff, (who was one of my first Contact Improv teachers in NYC.) I also remember sharing songs and poetry at Earthdance Arts Nights and showing up while on "Staycation" during COVID one evening for a late Summer, outdoor, Second Sunday Jam featuring music by Amanda Turk, a percussionist whose music I have loved in my travels well beyond Earthdance. Not to mention - sneaking into Studio Three after work to practice my Tai Chi Sword form (which I plan to continue doing...and Thanks also for your encouragement to do so).
For me, one of the most unique and wonderful things Earthdance has to offer are the dance studios surrounded and held by what we sometimes refer to in Earthspirit circles as “The Wild.” And the beautiful, moving, creations that come into being in those spaces. I think this is the “highlight” that draws many to Earthdance, and keeps folks coming back. May there be many more beautiful happenings in the Earthdance studio spaces. I hope to participate in some of those happenings, even if only occasionally, as I leave behind the community’s bookkeeping needs. Very Best Wishes to Earthdance, and all who maintain a connection in any way.
Emily Cavin / Bookkeeper |