Community Activities

The Community of White Mountain celebrates the holidays together and hosts activities that allow folks to gather and share their time. After Christmas day has passed there are games and activities held in the community. These are held in the school gym. This year there were two nights of Alani games followed by the Dorcas Party and then one more night of Alani games.
The evenings begin at 7 pm and end about 11 pm. There are door prizes and also candies and small prizes for the winners of the games. The Dorcas Party is similar to the the Alani evening but the party is only for men and women 9th grade and older. No children. This evening is finished with the sharing of baked goods that people bring and a gift exchange (ladies bring a ladies gift and men the opposite which are numbered upon arrival and then numbers drawn at the end of the night). The evenings are wonderful and relaxing with a lot of laughter and visiting going on. The games are fun as you can see. Most of the games are done twice - once for 6th grade on down and then again for 7th grade on up!



















You need to hold the potato between your knees!





















The trash can game.... you interlock arms and try to pull the others into the can - you are out if you touch the can or let go!











































A balancing relay race !










The egg relay!



















Adult/child scooter relay - down to the end of the gym - switch positions and back again!















Door prizes for adults and children are done three times a night. Prizes are put on the floor and if your ticket is called you can choose the one you want!

Lining up to begin the egg toss. There were so many they started out going across the gym and then changed to lengthwise. The winner went the whole length of the gym before breaking their egg!

















































A favorite of both the participants and the crowd is the limbo...










































There are many other games as well: musical gifts, 7/11, Mary and Joseph (like Marco Polo), knockout, piggyback relay, toothpick relay, and blow the bean, etc....
The evenings are fun for all and a great way to spend an evening when it is cold and dark outside!