People and Cultures Night

Thursday evening, 27 August, the cultural hall at the Locust Lane chapel was filled with "treasure chests" from BYU's Museum of Peoples and Cultures. Sister Woodard and Brooke brought tubs filled with artifacts from Native American peoples and from peoples of the Pacific Isles. We were given descriptions of the objects and then we guessed which object matched the description. Tables at each end of the hall were spread with many interesting artifacts. Our color groups rotated from one table to the other as we studied the array of wonderful treasures. At the end of the guessing games and explanations there were a few minutes left to learn how to do a small part of the hula dance.  It was a fun and educational evening.

 Leg transplant? Brother Burns is a tease! 

 Sister Woodard got us started with some geography

 Then we headed to the cultural hall

 Native American artifacts on a Pendleton blanket

 More good artifacts on the south table

 All ready to start the guessing game

 One table at this end, one at the other end

 Touching helps to understand

 Indian corn

 A duck decoy

 Sister Woodard explains the cradle board

 A tiny leather loin cloth for men: not much there

 Brooke made sure Brother Santiago got to touch the pottery

 You look fabulous in that beaded vest

 Dude!

 Okay, everybody switch tables

 Polynesian artifacts...

 On both tables

 Serena helped Brooke

 Four-shilling note from Tonga

 Brother Welsh knew some interesting things about the white breadfruit leaves

 SNAP friends wearing leis...

 And, of course, posing

 The fan really helps to keep you cool

 Good buddies

 Someone couldn't even wait for the picture to take off his lei

 Sister and Brother Chambers and friend

 A super-quick hula lesson

 Yup, that's it

Good instruction up front

Thanks to Sister Woodard and Brooke for their great planning and presenting, and to everyone who came and enjoyed.

Street Dance

Thursday evening, 20 August, as the sun dropped behind the Locust Lane chapel, our SNAP friends met outside for a lively street dance. We blocked off part of the parking lot and had a ready-made outdoor dance venue! Brother Bean, who is always so good to help us, was our DJ once again.

 SNAP friends

 Almost ready to begin

 No cars through here, please

 Let the dance madness begin

 These women have the moves

 I know, right?

 Peace out

 King of the dance floor

 That's one fantastic spinner

Some people were just born to dance

 Everyone enjoys our dances...

 Even if they don't always dance

 Clearly, these guys were not going to sit it out

 But you can still dance from the sidelines

 Do you think Brother Santiago is telling a good story?

 These are the controls

 And this is the controller, Brother Bean, with an admirer 

A lovely evening for an outdoor dance

Do you have a question, or is that a dance move?

That's a lot of joy!

It just wouldn't be SNAP without the Chicken Dance

Sister Norris joined right in

Swing your partner

I think Brother Welsh learned his chicken-dance moves in Tahiti 

Yeah, like this

This is so much fun

Barbara Ann; ba ba, ba-Barbara Ann

Even Brother Bean joined in

This was Emily's first time at SNAP as a youth leader

Sisters Woodard and Geurts had the refreshments under control

The sun has faded and...

It's time to go home

Many thanks to Brother Bean and all who helped and participated. It was another fun evening.