Corn Harvest Dance
October 22nd-24th, 2010 - calendar
Led by Margarita DiVita & Robbie Warren, Dance Chiefs
The guidance to chief a Corn Harvest Dance was given to me at my fourth Web of Life Dance. A vision was shown to me of war arrows being shot into the sky. As the arrows neared the apex, they turned into corn arrows and fell into the Earth as planted corn.
So that her vision could expand and evolve, last year Candy received the guidance to pass the service of Dance Chief on to Robbie Warren, Munay Spirit Center in Charlotte, NC and Margarita DiVita, Center For Peace in Seymour, TN. In honor of the vision, the three of us will serve as Dance Chiefs as we dance the 7th Corn Harvest Dance in 8 years. We invite you to join us with an open heart and mind as we dance in JOY the Harvest of our Gifts of Abundance.
The energy of this Dance deals with celebrating the harvesting of all that we have planted over the past year in our lives, as well as transforming negative energy into positive energy. It is also a Dance of intention for those things you want to harvest next year.
This Dance is different from most others in that the drummers, fire singers, fire keepers, moon mother, and chief are all in the arbor and all dance with the dancers. Everyone fasts. This dance is also different than many other dances because of its participatory nature. Different rounds honor different aspects of our reluctance to receive abundance and love, allow us to explore various heart-strangling and heart-opening exercises, and give dancers an opportunity to celebrate our thanksgiving for our continued abundance. This Dance holds powerful transformational ability for breaking old patterns and experiencing joy.
The cost of the Dance is often a big consideration. Although we never charge for ceremony, there are costs of producing a Dance as well as on-going expenses for running the Center for Peace. For this Dance, I was given guidance to provide a basket in the center of the dance arbor. When the Dance starts, each dancer (including support workers/dancers) will be given an opportunity to go to the basket. You may place your “harvest” of money, gifts or I.O.U.s for money, services, or goods in the basket. The energy of the gift is part of your Dance and your harvest for the next year. At the end of the Dance you will be given another opportunity to go to the basket. At this time you may plant additional “seeds” of money or gifts in the basket or you may remove or exchange anything you placed at the beginning. This is an opportunity to see what your mind does with monetary goods and gifts and allows you to set your own price based on your financial situation. This will enable any person to Dance without money being the deciding factor. (Normally the fee for a Dance of this duration would be $350)
This unique dance arbor is a square within a circle within a square with four directional fires that aids in bringing star energy into the dance.
“We will give thanks for the harvests in our lives.
We will celebrate our successes.
We will remember our blessings.
We will dance in the harvest moonlight amid the
autumn palette of the mountains
in an ancient corn field,
remembering the Harvests.”“People who dance the Corn Dance are harvesters of beauty for all life.”
~ Joseph Rael, Beautiful Painted Arrow
If you are called, please come dance the Corn Harvest with us. There is no age limit (but please call the chief to discuss the presence of children under 12) and there is no physical limit. Only your mind can stop you from showing up to dance.
If you have any questions, please call Margarita DiVita at 865-475-3799