Oh yes, oh yes- it’s Green Corn time! I don’t know what I was thinking- thinking I could do a ten hour hike the day after two night’s of stomp dancing….. Well, I made it through the whole night! If you don’t know what it is it’s kind of had to explain…. Imagine a “revival” full of “true believers”. Now, instead of dancing picture people singing and dancing around a campfire with the same fervor. It’s not just any ole dance, either. A stomp dance is just what it sounds like- you STOMP! The idea is to let the earth feel you dance by stomping as hard as you can. It is a form of prayer. Our culture bids us dance!

 It’s hard on everyone, but especially on the guys who carry a few extra pounds (like I used to). It’s also hard on the women who dance with 10 pounds of turtle shell rattles on each leg. Plus- you have to do this while singing. All the men should sing the “response” to the leader’s song (call and response). The songs are very moving. I even remembered to sing them (most of the time- when I wasn’t trying to catch my breath!).

Last night was an easy night- we only did it for three hours (ten minutes of hard dancing followed by a 5-10 minute break). They let us off early last night because we started at 6am today (well, not me- I won’t go up till 9am). Anyway, I didn’t think I would be able to but I took a minute to dash off this note. Something a little incongruous about blogging then stomp dancing….

I’ll keep you posted.