Day 6: Conference, a new friend and hula?

Trip Start Oct 28, 2007
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Trip End Nov 08, 2007


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Friday, November 2, 2007

Today was a good day, but not a whole lot to share.  As it goes with most, if not all, church-related conferences, the day started with Morning Prayer and then the keynote address from his Highness the King of Samoa.  The first workshop I attended was for keyboard improvisation.  That went well: it was very interactive, there were 2 keyboards set up, everyone took turns playing different songs and doing different exercises, both my sight-reading and improving skills were pretty challenged, and I felt encouraged by my piano playing peers and Kate, the woman leading the workshop.

I made a new friend, Erik, at the end of the workshop who (as I learned as we had lunch together) is also not only a pianist, but singer and lover of musical theatre as well!  The 2nd workshop was a massage workshop!  I know, you're asking yourself, isn't this a liturgy and music conference?  Well, besides obviously learning acupressure technique, she also talked about the importance of taking care of yourself, using massage to take care of others, in a way a nice segue from the keynote where he mentioned care for the body, mind and spirit.
Mid-afternoon we all attended a presentation at the crater site with hula and a blessing.  I returned to the Kilauea Lodge again for dinner (because I loved it so much the other day...and the couple other places I went to this week weren't nearly as satisfying) and then returned to the camp for another concert.  My new buddy Erik and I chatted for a while afterwards and I shared some of my brainstorms for my upcoming fundraiser which I'll share at another time.  He also gave me a tasty sounding Tahitian chicken recipe which I can't wait to try when I get home...anyone interested in trying my first attempt at a Tahitian dish?!

And here I am at the end of my shortest entry.  I'm going to get to bed soon and try to get to morning prayer early as one of the workshop presenters for hula told me to come to morning prayers early to learn some movements.  I don't remember what I was doing, obviously some sort of dance-like movement, which encouraged this.  Hmm, learning hula or Tahitian dance is still on my to-do list.  Maybe I'll try and take a little class while I'm here...or finally sign-up in Charlottesville for my friend Aniseh's Tahitian dance classes!

Tomorrow is TabaTA's big day, so those of you who know her know you can look forward to fun pictures from the wedding tomorrow night!!!!
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