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Conference 2009
Ray, one of our dedicated hotel staff, came in early one morning
with grief and tiredness written all over his beautiful, but
usually cheerful and smiling face. We discovered he had lost his
niece the evening before to Lupus. He had come to work that
morning because he “wanted to make sure we were taken care
of.” This was the level of service we received.
Another highlight of the entertainment that produced a lot of
laughs was Sherlock Holmes with her big magnifying glass
looking for missing chakras. As different groups preformed
songs or skits for which they requested audience participation,
we seemed to be getting up and down from the table with each
mouthful of food. It certainly proved to be an energetic event!!
During post conference, Steven, the “Head Fred of food,” arrived
at the registration desk where Mary, Franny, Perry and I
were sitting - carrying a plate covered with a white linen napkin.
Underneath were four forks and the most delicious and decadent
piece of chocolate cake we had ever eaten. Needless to
say it did not last long.
As we rode the elevator to our rooms one evening, a woman
told us a story about people getting stuck in the elevator that
day. “They were trapped in the elevator for 20 minutes. Two
Buddhist monks in the elevator (who had a vendor table at our
conference) prayed and then waived their chakra wand around
and the door opened.” She looked at us and said, “It’s true.
It happened.”
The Canadian group lead the audience in the action packed
song from our Healing Touch Canada conference -- Energy
Rocks -- written by Ron Hutton of Newfoundland (to the tune of
One participant told me that she had not attended a conference
that was as relaxing and comfortable.
Another comment we received was “As I was checking out of
the hotel, the staff member helping me kept talking about how
much the hotel staff had liked the HTP members. She said that
they were casual, but even with that they were polite, considerate,
and patient. If their rooms weren’t ready when they got to
the hotel, it was no big deal. They just checked their bags and
went on about their way. For someone to have said this, I would
guess that the HT members made a VERY good impression.”
It took all of us, the staffs of HTP, the Institute of Spiritual
Healing and Aromatherapy (ISHA), and Healing Touch for
Animals (HTA), the hotel staff, and each participant to make this
conference what it was – a blessed time of sharing with everyone
involved.
Banquet Frivolity
by Betty Petersen, RN, DSCN, HTCP/I
The many talents of our Healing Touch Community were
revealed as they provided entertainment during the Banquet.
One of the pleasant surprises was a very powerful opera performance
by Maureen McCracken.
Above: (from top - left to right) Maureen McCracken giving a powerful
opera performance; Lexi Rudenick, daughter of Joyce Rudenick, gave
a wonderful performance; Sherlock Holmes and his group of missing
chakras, and the “Canadians” leading the audience in Energy Rocks.
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