HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2002-01-16, Page 2WW1 fnOS$TOR, Jaawary 17, 2001
Susan H undertmark photo
Dancing around the candles at Northside United Church during a recent Friday night offering of sacred circle dance include the
- leader Julia Peniston, of Embr, Sandra Johnstone, of Clinton, Alta Wilbur, of Seaforth and Evelyn Howe, of Teeswater.
Sacred circle dancing
celebrates the earth
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sacred because it's done with
the intention to celebrate and
heal the earth, celebrate and
heal the participants and to
send the energy generated in
the dance to anyone else who
needs it.
"All dance is holy but the
difference with sacred circle
dancing is the intention. We
dance with the awareness that
our feet are on the earth and
that we can make a
difference," she says.
German ballet master
Bernhard Vosien started sacred
circle dancing during a stay in
Findhorn. While he gathered
folk dances from many
traditions, including Greek,
Armenian and Israeli dances,
he also created his own dances.
"When he choreographed a
dance he would say, 'A dance
happened to me last night,"'
says Peniston.
The dances are very simple,
require no partner or special
equipment and are taught on
the spot during the circle.
There is no fee or registration
or commitment for any period
of time but there is a free will
County planner
as council seeks
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Davidson said the county is
in the process of looking at
four different possible
permanent sites, most of them
near Kinburn Road on
Highway 8 and is only asking
for three years because that's
what the rules governing the
by-law provide for. He said
the temporary site would
likely only be used for about
a year.
McGrath also asked what
financial gains the county
made by speeding up the
closure of the Seaforth
ambulance station before a
permanent alternate site is
found.
"You can. appeciate the
hard feelings from Seaforth.
To me it doesn't make much
sense. You only gained one
and a half miles to the west
and you've had to make
structural changes to the
building. Is it just a vicious
rumour that the county is
going to be paving the
laneway?" he said.
Davidson said he didn't
know the exact figures "off
the top of my head" but said
while the county was
planning to pay for paving the
laneway, the winter weather
prevented the paving from
happening.
He confirmed that crew
quarters were built into the
building at the site so that 24-
hour ambulance services
could be offered but that the
landlord paid for the
structural changes while the
county paid for the appliances
like a fridge and stove.
"We put what .we saved
into upgrading the service,"
he said, pointing to the 24 -
donation.
"Even if someone thinks
they have two left feet they can
do it. And, if anyone makes a
mistake, we laugh. There are
no mistakes, just joyful
variations," says Peniston.
The evening begins with a
warm-up dance to help the
participants gain awareness of
their bodies and continues with
dances that help dancers get
used to dancing in a circle
before any of the more
vigorous or challenging dances
are attempted.
"Most people have an easy
time with the dances because
they have a flow to them,"
says Peniston.
As leader, she often tells the
story of each dance as she
teaches it. For example, she
talks of how the nomadic
culture of the Israelis is
reflected in the dance or how
certain prayer dances reflect
the psalms and scriptures.
"Some of the dances are fast
and furious and others are
deeply prayerful," she says.
The evening winds down
with slow and simple
meditation dances ending with
under fire
more answers
hour ambulance service,
McGrath persisted in
asking for the numbers and
said he wanted that
information to come to Huron
East.
"The public has to be made
aware of what the county's
doing. He (Davidson) skated
around the entire question,"
said McGrath.
Coun. Sharon McClure, of
McKillop Ward, asked
Davidson to convey to county
council that she doesn't want
to see the county pave the
laneway if the location is only
going to be used for one year.
Sterner said she wanted the
by-law to only give the
county approval to use the
temporary location for a year
to give county council
impetus to find a permanent
site.
But, Coun. Joe Seili, of
Brussels Ward, wat'ned that it
was unlikely, with legal work,
finding a contractor and the
possibility of winter
construction, that one year is
enough time to build a new
ambulance station.
"We don't want to put a
gun to their head," he said.
Coun. Greg Wilson, also of
Brussels Ward, told his fellow
Huron East councillors to
stop looking back.
"There's not a soul here
from the public who cares.
Why are we trying to hold
this up?" he asked.
Huron East administrator
Jack McLachlin said the
temporary use by-law hadn't
been advertised to the public
because the rules didn't
require it to be.
Huron East council agreed
to put an 18 -month time limit
on the temporary use by-law.
a guided meditation by the
leader, who invites the
participants to feel the benefit
,of the evening of dance in their
bodies and to feel thankful for
what's good in their lives.
Peniston says she knows
many people who regard
dancing as a spiritual
observance, similar to going to
church.
"For people who don't fit
into an organized religion, this
can be a place where there is a
lot of acceptance and very little
i
judgement," she says.
Along with the circle in
Seaforth, Peniston says she
knows of circles starting up in
Clinton and Goderich.
"Sacred circle dancing is
really starting to sprout up
everywhere," she says.
In Seaforth, the next evening
for sacred circle dancing is Jan.
19 at 7:30 p.m. While the
circle has been held every two
weeks in January. it will be
held every Friday in February.
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