Our branch Christmas party began at 3pm on Christmas day. Each HT group did a dance from a different area in the Philippines. They were fun and it was rather amazing to see just how creative they were. Our group was assigned to do a dance from "Region 1 and 2", which unfortunately, to us meant nothing! But our group came up with a DVD of dances and we found one, and one of the sisters had almost exact replicas of the costumes.
We didn't do the dance, oh no, we were the music! We had one of the finest sets of metal bowl and spoon drums available. And we were able to copy the beat from the DVD. All in all, the dance was very good! We had to admit that Terry and Gails "Tenecialling" dance, done without the benefit of real bamboo poles was probably the most original dance, and who but Terry could trip on an imaginary bamboo pole?
We had some wild games and then ate. The sisters outdid themselves this year. We had ham, chicken, potato salad, green salad, and apples and banana bread for dessert. It was VERY good. No cold mashed potatoes this year.
We took a group photo of the whole branch, and it only took 4 people to get Dew up off the floor!
Home Teaching group after dance practice
Group picture of Island 2nd Branch
Sister Luz dancing with water on head and candles in hand
Terry and Gale Oakes doing Philippino dance
Philippine wedding dance
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