Point2 Education takes a trip back to the groovy 70's
While Riana was busy bowling in the 60's, I was grooving to disco and rock hits of the 70's at a scrapbooking event that I co-organized with a friend of mine. We hold five events per year, with this year's themes including various decades.
To fit with the theme, we hung disco balls, had a beaded curtain in the kitchen door, a small strobe light, a rotating disco light, and authentic 70's clothes on the wall. We even wore some outfits that my Mom used to wear! In preparing for the event, I came to realization that my family possesses far too much disco items to be considered normal...that is, except me...although from my pic with the glitter headband, you may think otherwise!
I taught a class in the morning regarding adding bling to cards and scrapbook pages, as the later part of the 70's was all about the sparkle and shimmer of rhinestones, disco balls, and glitter! By the end of the day, everyone was sparkled up from working on their projects - that glitter sticks to everything.
We also did a salad bar for lunch, as they were uber-popular in the 70's, as well as an authentic buffet for supper that included fruit in jello, pistachio marshmallow salad, kebabs, chocolate fondue, carrot cake, and a host of other dishes. No meatloaf, though...except on my iPod!
The music of the 70's was pretty groovy: ABBA, April Wine, Steppenwolf, Deep Purple, Donna Summer, Elvis, The Beatles, The Stampeders, Clapton...the list goes on and on. It is interesting to really focus on that decade's musical hits and hear striking similarities to a lot of the bands who are currently on the music charts. Everything old really is new again!
We all had a great time, not only in being able to scrapbook, but also to look back at the 70's in a restrospective we did, as well as enjoy the Spring weather.
The next event in May has an 80's theme where we'll be focusing on colour theory. Gnarly! Looking forward to pulling out the neon and legwarmers for that one!
Tanya Spilchak
Point2 Education Coordinator