DrumnDance

In San Diego, it was an annual event that every Christmas Eve we would have an open house and invite any and all involved with the dance studio etcetera. People were invited to come to our house. Basically, the idea was to invite everyone who had migrated to Southern CA and had no family with which to celebrate Christmas. We became a family. We did that for 17 years and loved every minute of it. Then, we moved to Eastern TN. There was no need for this event as everyone had family locally. This worked well till this last Christmas-2019. This was the year we had sickness and there was no real celebrating. Health was getting better but no one had the energy to plan, cook or celebrate. So many people just wanted to relax. In January 2019 we had invited a couple we consider close friends with a friend we had met through them and their son. The date happened to be "The 12th Night of Christmas which fell on Jan 6th. The Feast of the Epiphany. No one here celebrates 12th Nig

What a beautiful name for an absolutely fabulous place. As I was perusing my emails back in the week before Christmas, I came across an advertisement for a FREE concert. This sparked my interest. I had no idea what to expect. We decided to go as we live in an area where the arts and culture are next to nothing. The Rose Center is located in Morristown, TN about 15 miles from where we live. The function was called "Java Jive". We got there at about 6:30. Found our way to the theater which is actually a dual- purpose room. It was set up banquet style. A beautiful room that was decorated for Christmas. At 7pm sharp the musicians entered the room. We were in for a treat. The show was called "Christmas With the Collective" The leader of the group was Antonio Gomez. There was an excellent guitarist, drummer, and a female singer. They were a jazz group. Now, Jazz is not my favorite thing but they were so good and so professional that we enjoyed the whole thing. I