<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Folks:<div>This might be interesting to you. I'm playing guitar. Doing the Dances of Universal Peace is a great way to bring in the New Year.</div><div>Peace,</div><div>Bill</div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; font-size: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">William A. Prothero</span></span></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><a href="http://earthednet.org/">http://earthednet.org/</a></span></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></span></span></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span></div></span> </div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica">Penelope Salinger <<a href="mailto:mn8joy@yahoo.com">mn8joy@yahoo.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica">December 7, 2009 8:22:25 PM PST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica">Santa Barbara Dances <<a href="mailto:sbdances@gmail.com">sbdances@gmail.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica"><b>New Year's Eve Dances</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Happy Holidays to all the Beloveds,</font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">I have several exciting events to share with you!</font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><u><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">New Year’s Eve<o:p></o:p></font></font></u></b> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Great news—we are again joining with dance circles across the globe in welcoming in the New Year (and new decade) with the Dances of Universal Peace!</font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">We received lots of feedback that last year’s event, attended by at least 80 people, was a wonderful way to begin the New Year. So we are keeping the same format:</font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">8:30<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Light refreshments and socializing</font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">9:00<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Dances of Universal Peace</font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">11:00<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Candlelighting ceremony, meditation</font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">12:00<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>First Dances of 2010</font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Last year, members of Tingsha provided their “soundscape” experience to guide us into meditation, then, at midnight, brought us out of the silence with the sounds of their beautiful gongs. It was a very special part of the evening, and we hope they will be able to join us again this year.</font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The venue will again be the Center of the Heart (<st1:placetype w:st="on">Church</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Religious Science</st1:placename>), <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">487 North Turnpike Road</st1:address></st1:street>, in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Santa Barbara</st1:place></st1:city>. Donation is $20.</font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">We do need volunteers to help with providing and setting up refreshments, publicizing the event (putting up posters, handing out postcards, sending out the word via personal email lists), setting up the room and putting the chairs back afterwards, and cleaning up the kitchen area. Please let me know if you are available to help.</font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">So, put this on your calendar now and start spreading the word!</font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><u><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Third Thursday <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Dance Circle</st1:address></st1:street><o:p></o:p></font></font></u></b> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">In order to concentrate on our big New Year’s Eve event, we have decided to forego the regular 3<sup>rd</sup> Thursday dance circle for December.</font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Thank you to everyone who participated in the November dance circle. The filming turned out very well. (Thank you, Rick Goodfriend.) And it was a thrill for me to have enough people to lead “My House Shall Be a House of Prayer for All People!”</font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><u><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Additional Events<o:p></o:p></font></font></u></b> </div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.75in; "><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font size="3">(1)</font><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><font size="3"><span style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt">The Sunburst Community is holding an evening of the Dances of Universal Peace on Saturday, Dec 12. The potluck dinner will begin at 5:00 p.m., followed by the Dances, starting at 7:00 p.m. For more information, see:</span><span style="COLOR: #006600; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt"> </span><span style="COLOR: #336666; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt"><a href="http://www.sunburstonline.org/upcomingevents.htm" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts"><u><span style="COLOR: blue"><span id="lw_1260243675_1">http://www.sunburstonline.org/upcomingevents.htm</span></span></u></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="COLOR: #336666; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt"><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p></span> </div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.75in; "><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font size="3">(2)</font><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><font size="3">Tingsha’s Winter Solstice Harmonic Renewal Sound Journey will take place on Sunday, December 20<sup>th</sup>, starting at 7:00 p.m. <span style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">This gathering is a unique, musical sound experience. Six musicians create a live sound journey with the use of Tibetan bowls and bells, gongs, flutes, tingshas, shakers, drums, rattles, tamboura, harp, and voice. Participants join together in ceremony by creating a seasonal altar, then experience a vibrational "surround-sound" atmosphere that is wonderful for journeying, meditation, or relaxation. Tickets ($20) are available in advance only. Please call Bob or Shanon Sedivy at 684-1865 for tickets and location information.<span class="yshortcuts"> Note: space is very limited, and the event fills quickly.</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p> </div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.75in; "><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font size="3">(3)</font><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><font size="3">The Dances of Universal Peace Quarterly Retreat will take place over Martin Luther King, Jr., weekend—January 16 to 18. This retreat features Dance leaders Tasnim Fernandez, Tui Wilschinsky, and Yarrow Nelson. Registration is only $99 (postmarked through Dec. 31), which includes heated cabin lodging and <span class="yshortcuts"><span id="lw_1255543116_3"><span id="lw_1260245083_7">vegetarian dinners</span></span></span>. Our theme this year is "Inner and Outer Health through the Dances." You can see more information and print out the registration form at: </font></font><a href="http://www.openheartmusic.org/wq10.pdf" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts"><u><span style="COLOR: purple"><span id="lw_1260245083_8"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">http://www.openheartmusic.org/wq10.pdf</font></span></span></u></span></a><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">.</font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">I wish you and your loved ones all the best during these holidays. May you have a Happy Hanukkah, Good Solstice, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, and a Blessed New Year! </font> </div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font> </p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">May all beings be well, may all beings be happy. Peace, peace, peace.</font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Penelope </font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">805 898-1603</font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><a href="http://www.sbdances.org/"><font color="#800080" size="3" face="Times New Roman">www.sbdances.org</font></a><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>