On Saturday, March 8 I had the privilege of participating in the celebration on International Women’s Day at the Algonquin Theatre. This community is blessed with some amazing women and many gathered to sing, dance and perform for an audience who braved the bad weather to attend.

Meg Jordan was the inspiration and the motivating force behind  Aphrodite  and Friends and everyone who was involved felt very blessed. We are very fortunate to live in a town with such a beautiful and well functioning theatre and a community who supports it.

I would like to express my thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate the day, including Christine Thornborrow of Sugarbeads who lent to the circle dancers some sparkle for their costumes and to Lorraine and Kim at Motivations  and Trinity Hall for the use of their space for our dance rehearsals.

Unfortunately not everyone had  the opportunity to celebrate the day. A group of women in the Middle-East had planned to simple walk down the street together in a sense of support and solidarity but they had to cancel their walk because of death threats.

We have a long way to go for the women of the world to all feel safe and secure during this international day of peace.

Ultimately when women and men walk together in the world  in harmony we will find world peace. My hope is that next year on March 8 those women will be able to walk safely down the street.

Peggy Peterson
Huntsville