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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Becca Cannon and nod along when Miniwanca staff tried to teach the camp's philosophy. The mumbo-jumbo about balancing the mental, physical, social and religious aspects of myself, living a "four fold life," only got between me and lanyard bracelet making. But recently, I've reconsidered. More than ever, I think I could use some mumbo and a pinch of jumbo to be somebody I like better...
...want to join CityStep. Don't get me wrong; no one has ever mistaken me for a red-headed Ginger Rogers or anything. My friends loudly snicker whenever I set foot on a dance floor, and that's my friends. But watching my roommate last spring step ecstatically with her kids got me itching to jump right in, both left feet first...
...same time, it's equally unlikely that one of my stepping friends will ever become a Golden Gloves Champion. Still, for the past three semesters, she has made pledge after pledge to join the Harvard Boxing Club. We walk past the office in the MAC on the stairway landing, and her eyes light up with a familiar yet eerie gleam of devilish interest. A few moments later, she's punching her way up the steps to our room in Leverett, holding her arms up in victory Rocky Balboa-style as she reaches our door...
...moment does not make a lifetime, or even a career--a fact of which I'm sure even the most laid-back Harvardian is aware. I doubt I'll ever get to say, "See that Golden Gloves Champion'that's my roommate!" I also doubt that I'll ever go to Metropolitan to see my other friend dance. But as long as I get to laugh at them while they try out their punches and pliés, and we all get to collectively learn a line dance in the living room, I'll be content...
...Trinity Church Boston (Copley Square, Boston; Sunday services at 11 a.m.). At Trinity, church-time really isn't all about praying. It's about the acoustics. Drop in on the organ recitals every Friday at 12:15 p.m. Music has been an important part of Trinity Church Boston ever since its 9th rector, Phillip Brooks, wrote the song "O little town of Bethlehem." Sunday services feature inspiring choral singing. Show up early for a seat. At the Emmanuel Episcopal Church (15 Newbury St.: T: Arlington; 10 a.m.) every Sunday service features a full Bach cantata...