[MR] another class at Bright Hills Birthday

[Denise McMahon]

This weekend Bright Hills will be celebrating it's Birthday up in  
Manchester, MD. Folks who are planning to attend have another class to  
contemplate attending!

I will be offering my "Prayer Beads: a hands on history" class and  
thanks to our University Chancellor, you'll be able to get University  
Credit for it.  The class will begin at 1PM in the main hall- just  
come and find our little corner and join us!

Here's the blurb from the recent University Catalog:

Prayer Beads: a hands on history

An approach to learning about period prayer beads that will allow you  
to make a version of your own while also learning about the basics.   
Bead kits will be available. We'll talk about how praying on beads got  
started and how prayer beads evolved. We'll be making tenners,  
chaplets, a short mala, a tesbih or a full 53 bead rosary. I'll even  
show you how to tie the knots between the beads if you'd like- for  
that you should bring a pointy tweezer to facilitate knot tying.  
Questions will be answered to the best of my ability. Examples will be  
available for "look and touch".  A handout will cover the highlights  
on prayer bead usage through the centuries as well as basic  
instructions for making various prayer bead configurations.

I have bead kits available from $4 to $2 depending on the item folks  
would want to make.

Remember, this class will start promptly at 1 PM since the Bardic Bear  
Pit will commence at 2 PM.

Drive safely, wherever it is you may be going this weekend!

Countess Rowan


"To the illuminated mind the whole world burns and sparkles with  
light."    Emerson