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World T’ai Chi and Qigong Day Hosted by Water Tiger Gallery 2011 |
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2011 |
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World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Shorefront Park, Patchogue NY (April 30, 2011): People at the end of the morning were treated to a demonstration of a T’ai Chi Fan Form led by Sifu Joseph Laracuenta (C), Taijiboxing of East Meadow. |
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World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Shorefront Park, Patchogue NY (April 30, 2011): Shifu Teresa White (L), Long Island Tai Chi and Internal Arts of Babylon, participated in many of the morning’s workshops and played form with one of her students as the event drew to a close at noon. |
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World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Shorefront Park, Patchogue NY (April 30, 2011): William Hilton (C), Village of Patchogue Trustee, with Maria Hendrickson (L), Director of Parks & Recreation, looking on, presented Event Coordinator Laoshi Laurince McElroy (R), of Water Tiger School of T’ai Chi Ch’uan in Patchogue, with a Proclamation from the Honorable Paul V. Pontieri, Jr., Mayor of Patchogue, and the Village Board of Trustees. |
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World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Shorefront Park, Patchogue NY (April 30, 2011): It started as an overcast and breezy morning with a few brave & bundled souls, but the numbers grew to over 70 under sunshine as the morning unfolded. |
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World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Shorefront Park, Patchogue NY (April 30, 2011): In this shot of the annual facilitators’ demonstration, you can just about make out all eight of the event’s facilitators from seven different programs across the breadth and length of Long Island. They are (L to R) Spencer Gee, Spencer Gee Wellness Corporation of Old Westbury; Bill Donnelly, Green Cloud Kung Fu of Holbrook; Elan Abneri, Zhang Style Tai Chi of Centereach; Nancy Fiano, Dojo of the Dancing Dragon of Lindenhurst; Bob Klein & Jean Goulet (just barely visible), Long Island School of T’ai-Chi-Ch’uan of Sound Beach; Laurince McElroy, Water Tiger School of T’ai Chi Ch’uan of Patchogue; and Judith Budd-Walsh, Harmonious Movement of Port Jefferson Station. |
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World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Shorefront Park, Patchogue NY (April 30, 2011): Spencer Gee (C), Spencer Gee Wellness Corporation of Old Westbury, gets people moving and sweating in the cool morning air with his T’ai Chi Workout, which is a perennial favorite. |
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World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Shorefront Park, Patchogue NY (April 30, 2011): |
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World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Shorefront Park, Patchogue NY (April 30, 2011): Starting at the feet and working up, Elan Abneri (in vest), Zhang Style Tai Chi of Centereach, leads his workshop on alignment, balance, and rooting by being a practice dummy. |
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World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Shorefront Park, Patchogue NY (April 30, 2011): Chen-style Silk Reeling Exercises was the focus of this workshop by Nancy Fiano (R), Dojo of the Dancing Dragon of Lindenhurst. |
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World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Shorefront Park, Patchogue NY (April 30, 2011): From Holbrook’s Green Cloud Kung Fu, Bill Donnelly (R) leads his group through various exercise to help with solo development. |
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World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Shorefront Park, Patchogue NY (April 30, 2011): Laoshi Laurince McElroy (C in gray t-shirt), Water Tiger School of T’ai Chi Ch’uan of Patchogue, gives people a low-intensity taste of his usually high-intensity workout, T’ai Chi Martial Aerobics. |
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World T’ai Chi & Qigong Day; Shorefront Park, Patchogue NY (April 30, 2011): There were many aspects to the workshop of Judith Budd-Walsh (C facing), Harmonious Movement of Port Jefferson Station. They included stationary exercises as well as practice in her lineage's Long Form. |
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