January 2007
Happy New Year everyone! Hope you found a good party, or a good partner, or good food, or something good to help you bring in 2007. I ended up at the First Night in St. Pete with my kids – lots of fun! Also hope your Christmas or Channukah was a good one!
My year ending was almost perfect in that I attended Machol Miami (annual Israeli dance camp); got there Thursday to see my fencing coach and his wife; danced that evening; the actual workshop started Friday at 2:00; had Ruthy Slann as a roommate, which is always fun. All went well, although a sore throat didn’t help, and by Sunday evening it was a full bloom cold. So I danced a little less that night, and actually filled some button requests. At 3:00 a.m. I was headed for the hot tub when I decided to do one more dance - mistake! I fell flat on my face during a quickie move, thought I broke my glasses (didn’t), thought I lost a front tooth (didn’t, but it’s loose), bit my lip (not bad), and thought I broke my nose. One doctor agreed; two didn’t. Actually I didn’t do the black and blue thing, so guess I didn’t, but am blowing my nose tenderly, sleeping a lot and trying to get back on my feet! Thank G_d this happened the last night and not the first! So that’s my December dance experience. Going to the Orlando Club Holiday Party was much less exciting, but just as much fun.
Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here, we may as well dance! -source unknown
I started out the New Year by going to see the Tammies – great!
Camp preparation is continuing to go well. I now have hosts for Friday and Saturday night parties – still looking for Sunday. Julius’ Hungarian group (who are all coming to camp – yeah!) will be doing Hungarian on Saturday. This is a schedule reverse from my notes last month. We now have three Olga Princi scholars, but no work scholarships. Come on - someone out there must want to come to camp but is hesitant because of their finances. We’ve all been there; please don’t be shy or embarrassed – we need you!!! Just in case, by the next issue, I will start assigning every camper one little job, so be prepared to help! I think I have Mickey talked into coming back to help cook, and recipes have now also been sent by Fannie, whom I missed the last issue and Julius has sent his very wonderful stuffed cabbage recipe. I’m trying to make menus that aren’t all potatoes (!), but it’s tough! Don’t worry – it will be great again – I’m sure!!!
If you have any questions about registration, please let Pat or me know, preferably Pat – she is so good at all of this. She (as well as the rest of the board) have worked hard to make it easy for you to figure out what to check and pay for. I know every year we say that, and each president has worked so hard to do good, but maybe this time we really have!!!
OK everyone – one more issue before camp. We’re getting down to the wire - hope to see most of you there to dance your heart out! TA
Check out this video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0RtRTx7NMA&eurl It'll amuse you.
