Holy smoke. Lookit that - I'm a moderator. <P>Shucks, how could such a thing occur? And who the heck am I anyway? <P>Well, to start with I was Prisanh on this board until yesterday, just to clear up any confusion. Beyond the name change stuff, I'm still the same gal. <P>But who is that, you may ask? Ah - I'll have a little bio up as soon as one exists to post, but until then, here are Five Things About Priscilla:<P>1. I live in Alaska.<P>2. Dancing is the greatest thing to ever happen to me. Through it I understand<BR>other things and through other things I understand dance. Simple.<P>3. Am Currently hooked on beef pho, the fantastic soup made at the Vietnamese restaurant down the road.<P>4. I could talk about dance all day long. Sometimes, when I'm lucky, I get to.<P>5. Learning is hard but makes me happy. Teaching is even harder, but when it works, I'm ecstatic.<P>Not an exhaustive list, but hey - if I could be totally summed up in five (or so) sentences, what fun would I be?<P>Any questions, feel free to zip me a message.<P>Alright, Criticaldancers - post! post! post!

excellent intro, priscilla! saved me writing you a welcome message! i love it when people do things for themselves! <P><BIG><B>"WELCOME!"</B></BIG>

Prisanh--welcome!! Where in Alaska do you live--I was in Ketchikan teaching and dancing for 1 yr...I'm back in Seattle now...what kind of dancing do you do!! I know I've asked you this before, but hey--humor me!! Loved your description/bio of yourself: very unique and descriptive!! Welcome again!!

Howdy, howdy, howdy! Thanks for the welcome Grace, pleased to be able to save you a task or two. And glad you liked my post, trina - I slaved and sweated all night long over it! <P>I live in Anchorage, which is not the capitol, but has a lot of the the state's capital. It's a beautiful place to live, though it helps if you can ignore most of what is built here. For more information on my birthplace and city of residence, see: <A HREF="http://www.ci.anchorage.ak.us/" TARGET=_blank>http://www.ci.anchorage.ak.us/</A> <P>Insofar as dance goes, most of my dancing and choreography is modern and jazz. I refer readers to my comments (as Prisanh)in this Jazz Dance thread for what that means to me - and what it doesn't - <A HREF="http://www.criticaldance.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000041.html." TARGET=_blank>http://www.criticaldance.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000041.html.</A> As for descriptions of my drift in modern dance, that's harder - I don't have a post to link to here. But I do remember blathering a lot about myself here - <A HREF="http://www.criticaldance.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000035.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.criticaldance.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000035.html</A> - and maybe that can help until I get some reasonable facsimile of a bio up. <P>

so if anchorage isn't the state capitol, what is?<P>btw, i have this great 360 degree panoramic alaskan webcam bookmarked in my computer. check it out:<P> <A HREF="http://www.360alaska.com/index_sound.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.360alaska.com/index_sound.htm</A> <P>tell us where are the best places to go, you two!<P><p>[This message has been edited by grace (edited August 15, 2000).]

Welcome Priscilla! I've certainly enjoyed your posts. I guess now the cd bunch will have to arrange a trip up there for some delicious salmon. After the trip to Indonesia and Australia and Japan and of course, my place for the barbecue etc!

Wow, and if there were to ever be a day for everyone to jump into their magical transporters and appear in Anchorage, this'd be the best day - it's a wonderful day! Perhaps some of you in more temperate climes don't get the wonder of it all, but when the sun shines here, it's just too good. <P>Now, if only I could get out of going to work...<P>btw - Juneau is the capitol. I've lived there too, as well as my father's hometown of Kotzebue, 30 miles above the Arctic Circle. This is such a gigantic area of land, that all of these places are really, really different from one another. There's a lot of variety up here - geographically AND people-wise.

BTW, Priscilla's bio is at<BR> <A HREF="http://www.criticaldance.com/whoweare/phensley.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.criticaldance.com/whoweare/phensley.html</A> <P>It's a work in progress...<P>While there, check out the bios of the rest of the people behind criticaldance.com.

hi, priscilla - fairbanks and anchorage were the only names i could think of - i wouldn't have come up with juneau!<P>re your bio: nice photo, nice intro - well said!

Thanks, Grace!