News about Upcoming Batizados

Five instructors so far have committed to attending and helping out with our First Kids Capoeira Batizado scheduled for Saturday August 28. Our adult CDO Batizado is September 25 but I will not be attending the September 25th Batizado with this group that I normally train with. I want to explain what it is I will be doing in place of attending this event. Next blog I will explain what a Batizado is and why we are having one, however in this blog I would like to clarify where I will be on September 25.

As many of you know I am a Dance Therapist. I will be attending our 45th Annual Conference which is being held on the East Coast this year, from September 23 – 26, 2010. I would like to tell everyone what my course schedule looks like for that weekend. This will be a special weekend of learning and networking for me.

• Thursday September AM and PM
Fostering Global Well Being: Easing Recovery from War and Organized Violence through Dance Movement
• Friday September 24 AM
Dance/Movement/Word Therapy: Dance Activism for Human Rights and Social Change
• Friday September 24 PM
Embodied Learning: Increasing Pro-Social Skills and Decreasing Violence
• Friday September 24 FILM
“Movement (R)evolution: a story of an art form in four acts with discussion on the African modern dance movement and implications
• Saturday September 25 AM
Dance in the Urban Elementary School Setting: It Takes Two to Tango
• Saturday September 25 PM
Speaking with the Body: Helping Young Children Heal from Trauma and Abuse
• Sunday September 26 AM
Preventing and Responding to Challenging Behaviors of Children and Adolescents in Groups

It's Been Too Long Sorry!

It's been too long since I have blogged and it's time to get back to it and be more intentional. This blog is something I would like to wake up to or to report to before going to sleep. A stream of conciousness if you will about what is going on in "Mae's" world. Today I registered to attend the 45th Annual American Dance Therapy Conference which will be held at the Marriott New York at the Brooklyn Bridge. The dates are Sept. 23-26, 2010. In the morning I will list what I am taking as my courses and some of my hopes and dreams. But for now I must rest good night!

New Year New Location

Our new location for Kids Capoeira is 701 N. Lime St, St. Andrew United Church of Christ at the corner of Lime and New Streets in Lancaster PA. What an amazing spacious room we have with shiny wooden floors, beautiful white walls with dark wooden trim and a ceiling that goes up to heaven!! So nice to have a warm inviting space on these freezing windy days!! We even have an elevator!

Moving day was Friday January 1rst and it only took 8 capoeirstas and 3 hours to move Kids Capoeira into our new location!! All we have to do is mount the mirrors! But they look great where they are leaning! We held our first two classes on Sat. January 2nd and will be adding our "Me and My Grown Up" class Sat. January 9 at 9:30.