Hello all dancers and lovers of the dance,

It’s getting close to our December Lava, and the troops are getting ready to gather. Thanks to everyone who has signed up for camp, and a big encouragement to everyone else… if you are thinking of coming get your registration in now so we can plan with our cook.

We have a few things up our sleeve and want to start running some ideas by everyone. We’ll be talking about all of this at camp, and really want your input. As a matter of fact… please send your ideas even if you can’t come to December Lava. We want to hear it all.

Local dancing

Starting with some great news. If you’ve been to camp lately you’ll know Anne Timpany from Idaho Falls. She is a Laughter Yoga teacher, runs a great coaching business, and is starting a dance circle in Idaho Falls.

I went down to Idaho Falls this weekend, got my Laughter Yoga certification (yea!!!) and did a first dance. It was an amazing group of people and we are hoping to see lots of them at Lava Hot Springs in a few weeks! They are all some very big smiling faces, and you are all going to love them!

Individual dance sessions

In order to help more local people come we have made a price of $10 a session for folks who can’t attend the whole weekend. The sessions don’t include food (that would be too crazy for our cook) but it should make it easy for new folks to come. So as we dance, we’ll keep an eye out for new faces and welcome them in.

On top of that – we’ve decided that it’s more fun to come with a friend… especially for first time dancers. So anyone who comes for a single session can bring a friend for free!

Cameras and filming

We have a few ideas to make taking photos easier and less disruptive. What we are going to try during the December Lava is set up a few dances on Saturday morning where photographing is welcome. That way it’ll be easy to get some great shots, share them where you will, and also make sure that no one gets photographed who doesn’t want to.

Really appreciate everyone’s input on this one.

Travel and weather

Now that we are getting so close to camp, I think it’s pretty easy to predict that travel weather appears to be mild. Here in Idaho we had a very mild Halloween, and don’t see any signs of crazy cold or storms coming through. So don’t be afraid to come to camp!

Extending Lava dates

People who live far away have indicated that it’s pretty tough to come this whole way for just a weekend. Canyonlands, after all, is more than just a short weekend.

We don’t want to actually extend the regular dance weekend, because that makes it tough on those who have things like jobs! But what we are thinking is to add something cool on either side of the weekend. The first thing that seems to make sense is to use the resource of Anne Timpany (she can give Laughter Yoga training certifications), and have an official Laughter Yoga training event either before or at the end of spring Lava!

What do you all think of that?

Enough for today

Okay, enough! Let us know your great ideas, and please sign up for camp. We want to hear from you personally!

Connie Zareen & Wayne :)