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First Beginner’s Weekend of 2016 in Edinburgh
The weekend of 16-17 January saw three Beginner Weekends, all at the same time, at three different Centres around Great Britain. In Edinburgh, 18 completely new students enrolled as members, and joined with 28 current members (some of whom were still fairly new) for a weekend of Taoist Tai Chi practice. In their matching […]
First Beginner’s Weekend of 2016 in Newport
The weekend of January 16 and 17 saw three beginner weekend events, all at the same time, at three different centres around Great Britain. The Western Region Centre hosted its second beginner weekend and welcomed 40 keen tai chiers (9 of whom had never tried Taoist Tai Chi before) to the event. People travelled from […]
Haida Gwaii Participants Demonstrate Taoist Tai Chi® arts at Queen Charlotte Parade
Participants in Haida Gwaii support the annual Hospital Day in the village of Queen Charlotte. This fundraising effort is one of the largest public events held on our small, remote island located off the north coast of British Columbia. For several years we have had a lot of fun joining the Hospital Day parade along […]
Menu du Banquet du Nouvel An chinois
Il ne reste que trois semaines avant le Banquet du Nouvel An chinois et l’équipe de la cuisine est déjà au boulot aujourd’hui au Centre régional pour commencer la préparation des plats. Il reste encore quelques billets si vous n’avez toujours pas le vôtre vous pouvez vous adresser à votre instructeur. Voici le menu, mais […]
Invitation: Chinese New Year Banquet and 2-Day National Program in Calgary, February 5, 6, 7
Chinese New Year Banquet Participants, their families and friends are invited to join us for a banquet to celebrate Chinese New Year 2016. Doors open at 5:30 pm. Guests will enjoy a Chinese Lion Dance, Chinese music, a shadow puppet show, door prizes, demonstrations of Taoist Arts, a silent auction and cash bar. Tickets $45. […]
Meilleurs voeux des participants de l’Estrie
Nos meilleurs vœux de bonheur et de prospérité pour la nouvelle année de la part des participants de la section de l’Estrie, dans la Région de l’Est, au Canada. Sur les 100 portions cuisinées, 20 ont été envoyées aux repas bienfaisants, 66 ont été servies. Les surplus des biscuits – préparés par les participants ont […]
First Senior Trip at the International Center Florida
The International Center Florida held its first Senior Trip to the Duncan McClellan Glass Gallery and Hot Shop on January 6, 2016. The Duncan McClellan Gallery, located in St. Petersberg Florida, features rotating exhibitions showcasing nationally and internationally recognized glass artists. With 3,000 square feet of gallery spaces and 5,000 square feet of outdoor courtyards, the […]
The Red Dragon Finds a New Home
Inspired by the Dunedin Center’s dragon bike rack, James Mallory, working on Fenway’s construction, built a Rocking Dragon from wood reused from the Fenway and donated it to the Branch. This was raffled as a fundraiser at Tai Chi Week in November and won by Steve Shaya of Dunedin. He shipped it to Santa who […]
Christmas Eve in Wrocław branch
At a warm December evening, a week before the Christmas Eve, the door of our society house in Wroclaw were still been open towards the influx of following members. That is just tradition of common celebrate of Christmas at our beautiful centre, which at such moments gives to us special warmth. Everybody has taken the […]
A Masquerade Ball in Sarasota, FL
The 8:00 am class took responsibility to plan a holiday party at the Sarasota, FL branch. Afraid it would be difficult to lure people out of their comfortable homes during the holiday break, the class decided to do something different. With Branch Council support, and a bit of skepticism – the idea was put into […]
Oliebollen en appelflappen
It is a tradition in the Netherlands to eat „oliebollen and appelflappen“ on New Year’s Eve. People prepare them at home or buy them in special shops. Why not make them in our own centre in Helmond? So we did. A team of volunteers made hundreds of them. The quality was praised by those who […]
Fun and fundraise with snowmen
It started with a good idea. We bought a lot of white socks, started knitting and collected some other things. We then invited the participants of the Haarlem location to come on Thursday afternoons to make a family of snowmen. We had a lot of fun making them while Christmas music was playing […]
Atlantic Region Holiday Season Program
Participants from across the Atlantic Region assembled at the regional centre in Halifax on December 5, the weekend scheduled for the holiday season program. We practiced and learned together Taoist Tai Chi® arts throughout the day. In the evening the participants were joined by their guests to enjoy a wonderful ten-course banquet. Our dynamic emcee […]
Seasonal Celebrations at the European Centre
On Friday evening at the European Centre in Colchester the weekend’s activities began with chanting the “Ten Thousand Bhuddas” sutra for the Autumn Moon Festival. This was followed on Saturday morning with over a hundred participants taking part in our last intensive of the year. Everyone joined in with the karaoke dan-yus singing “Jingle Bells” […]
Christmas High Tea in Newport, South Wales
The Western Region Centre in Newport, South Wales, held a Christmas party with an unusual twist this year. A High Tea was organised with finger sandwiches of ham, egg and cucumber followed every possible type of cake, including mini eclairs, lemon drizzle cake, Christmas Cake, mince pies and lots of mini chocolate cakes along with […]
Newfoundland Holiday Silent Auction and Cake Walk
December 5, 2015, 47 participants and guests of the Newfoundland Branch hosted our annual Silent Auction and Cake Walk fundraiser. After the regular continuing Ssession, we enjoyed soup together, all the while bidding on the multitude of silent auction items. Sprinkled throughout the event were ‘cake walks,’ where people paraded in a circle to the […]
Holiday Potluck in Windsor
After a morning of practicing Taoist Tai Chi® arts 130 Windsor branch participants and families shared a potluck lunch and holiday season celebration. Music supplied by Windsor Banjos provided a festive background for lively conversation, dancing, and children’s crafts, as we waited for the much anticipated visit by Santa Claus. The annual food drive for […]
One Happy Island
After attending the the Lok Hup workshop at the Fenway, I travelled, via Miami, to the Caribbean island of Aruba for the First Anniversary of the centre there. Irena the President and other members told me about how they had raised funds for the new building over the last 17 years. They all seemed so […]
Christmas Cookie Fundraiser
During the week of Dec 7, 2015 the Ottawa Branch held their third annual Christmas Cookie Bake Fundraiser. The Cookie Bake has been a great success growing from 125 dozen orders for cookies the first year to 275 dozen orders the second and this year we had a huge demand for cookies with orders for […]
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