I spent this last weekend at the Christian Union's (CU) House Party. A House Party is really just a retreat. Agape was asked to cook for the weekend. We did a lot of cooking. There were about 130ish students at the weekend. They were broken into 3 kitchens and there were three cooks per kitchen.
This was a great opportunity for us to get to know people better. I had hoped I would get to know students better, but I didn't have very many opportunities to do that. I did get to know some of the workers from the CU better.
Part of Agape's role is to support the other Christian Organizations in Edinburgh. When we are asked to do something like this we really like to help as much as we can. Even though I didn't get to know very many students, I did see a lot of them and had some good conversations. They will probably remember us since we supplied their bellies with yummy food and it will give us opportunities for future conversations.
Like most other weekends when you are cooking one meal ends and it is time to prepare for the next. I had hoped I would be able to catch a session or two during the weekend, but I wasn't able to catch any. I was however able to go to the Ceilidh.
Like I had written about before a Ceilidh is a traditional Scottish dance. The ones where students are involved are very fun and fast paced. It is something that is really hard to explain. The best words I can come up with are a "Barn Dance of Crack". I say that because there are certain moves and many times you and your partner will join with other partners and dance.
The Strip the Willow is a favorite and here is how it is performed:
Strip the Willow
So basically you and your partner link arms and dance around the center and then you dance with the person on your side of the line and then your partner and then the next person. For this dance just about everybody participates, so there are generally 2-3 lines with like 20 couples. It is exhausting, and by the time you are at the end you are out of breath.
So you get to dance the entire way down and while you are waiting for your turn down you dance with each couple when they get to you. It really is a blast. You can't call it a good Ceilidh unless you leave with a bruise :) There was one dance at this one where 2 couple form a basket and the 2 guys lift up the 2 girls and spin them around. I sat that one out, but it looked fun!
I am now oh so tired and it is only 8:00 ish, I could sleep aleady.
posted by Carrie @ 11:30 AM
1 Comments:
You and your dancing! You are the dancin' queen! When I come visit you better teach how to do that - it sounds like a blast!
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