David-Dorian Ross
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David-Dorian Ross
Full Circle Media Group
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TAI CHI MEETS TWITTER FOR 24 HOURS
Newport Beach, CA, February 26, 2010
On April 24, 2010, Tai Chi players around the world will celebrate the 12th annual World Tai Chi Qigong Day. This year, however, the celebration will be broadcast live on the internet and shared via social networks like Facebook and Twitter. The webcast is being produced by 8-time US Tai Chi champion David-Dorian Ross, founder of Tai Chi Connect, a social networking site for Tai Chi. According to Ross, “This will be the first time in history that people around the world will be able to watch so much Tai Chi all in one place.”
Officially title “24 Hours of World Peace,” the webcast will give the general public the chance to see how T’ai Chi is practiced in many different countries and cultures. The webcast, which can be viewed at www.drtaichi.com, will be hosted live by Ross, who will not only provide commentary, but will also answer questions via real-time chat at www.drtaichi.com plus posts on Facebook and Twitter. “This event will spread way beyond the Tai Chi community,” says Ross. “As viewers post their comments on Facebook and Twitter, other people will tune in just out of curiosity. T’ai Chi is extraordinarily beautiful to watch, and it has a universally appealing philosophy – harmony of the body, mind and Spirit.” Ross projects that by the end of the 24-hour webcast more than two million people will have watched the program.
World Tai Chi Qigong Day (WTCQD) was founded in 1998 by Bill Douglas, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to T’ai Chi and Qigong. It’s mission, according to Douglas, is to share the benefits of T’ai Chi with millions of people around the world. Since it began, WTCQD has grown to include events in more than 60 countries on every continent and in all 50 states of the United States. More than one million people have joined in these events. World Tai Chi Qigong Day has also been officially recognized by the National Institutes of Health, the World Health Organization and many local governments around the world. Even Rand McNally has listed it as a holiday in its calendars.
World Tai Chi Qigong Day is designed to run as a 24-hour event. Local hosts begin their celebrations precisely at 10 am in their own time zone. One hour later in the next time zone, another series of celebrations will begin. The first event of the day will take place in New Zealand, and then 24-hours later the final celebrations will take place in Hawaii. WTCQD events typically include group demonstrations, free classes and performances by T’ai Chi masters.
In the past, only a few lucky persons would be able to see these performances. But this year, when Tai Chi meets Twitter, the whole world can watch.
WHAT: “24 Hours of World Peace” – live streaming webcast of World T’ai Chi Qigong Day
WHEN: 10 am, Saturday, April 24 2010 – New Zealand time GMT +12. (In the US, 12 noon of Friday April 23.) Continuing in every time zone for 24 hours.
WHERE: On the web at www.drtaichi.com
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