Hey gang,

Its been a week and sorry for the late update The Weekend up in
Wantage NJ at Tai Chi Park was an amazing time had by all! We were
blessed with beautiful weather, Misquitos were a non issue! We were
expecting the worst and packed our bug spray but it was not necessary
I was happy to learn. I was stressing the week leading up to our trip
up when I learned that our Liondance team were expected to lead the
procession of guests to the memorial alter of Master Jou TsungHwa. We
never performed while moving before so I had to construct some sort of
Cart for the drum. I made several trips to Home Depot before I was
done but was successful in my design! Still it was quite challenging
trying to keep up with the the drum over the rough terrain and not
miss a beat! I got hung up on shrubbery quite a few times. The main
thing was that our tail dancer Shannon got hung up in traffic on the
way to the location and due to time constraints, we were forced to
commence without him! My stress levels were off the charts! It all
worked out however when Dr John Lee, whom I can't thank enough, came
to our rescue and jumped in under the Tail buying us time until
Shannon arrrived to take over and finish the dance to an appreciative
audience. Another highlight occurred on Sunday when I was asked to
perform in the group demonstration with the rest of the presenters and
masters in an unrehearesed mock battle of mixed Chinese weaponry which
I wielded the only 3 sectioned staff. Very catching and unique due to
its design of metal rods. It was an instant hit. Footage of the demo
has been posted on YOUTUBE.com. The link can be found on the side bar
under LINKS! Titled TaiChi park group demo08!

Cheers!

Mel

--- In tristatewushukungfu@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Pease"
<ericpease1@...> wrote:
>
> Wow, this sounds like a great venue. I hope you're all doing great.
> Hey, what ever happened to the chevy??
>
>
> On 7/7/08, Mel <tonji152@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hey gang, I know this is very short notice but if you're free this
> > upcoming weekend of the 12th and 13th and looking to get away for a
> > great TaiChi martial arts related weekend I got just the thing! The
> > Team will be performing the opening ceremonies and leading the
> > procession to Master Jou Tsung Hwa's memorial alter at the famous 23
> > acre Tai Chi Park way up in Wantage NJ on the NY State border. There
> > will be martial arts demos and workshops of all types throughout the
> > weekend. I myself will be teaching two of them. one will be on Basic
> > Broadswrd and the other will be Introductiion to Liondance. Both will
> > be held on Sunday. For a list of the entire schedule of events and
> > more info about attending please go to www.joutsunghwa-taichipark.org
> > or call Dr Chris Viggiano 908.852.4829, The address of the location is
> > 818 Rt 23 Wantage Nj 07461
> > near the Sussex county NJ airport.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Mel
> >
> >
> >
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> --
> Eric Pease
>