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	YMCA Summary
		In North America, the YMCA is usually perceived to be primarily a community sports facility, however the YMCA utilizes a broad range of programs such as sports, personal fitness, child care, overnight camping, employment readiness programs, conference centers and educational activities as methods of promoting positive values.
		The YMCA movement was founded in London on June 6, 1844 by George Williams and a group of like-minded Evangelical Christians.
		The first YMCA in North America was opened in Montreal, Quebec by the congregation of Saint James Methodist Church on November 25, 1851, and the first in the United States opened on December 29, 1851 in Boston, Massachusetts.
	www.bookrags.com /YMCA (2174 words)

	YMCA (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The song has continued to remain popular despite (or later, because of) its status as a disco classic and gay anthem, even among listeners who are otherwise uninvolved in disco or gay culture.
		YMCA is number 7 on VH1's list of The 100 Greatest Dance Songs of the 20th Century.
		On August 13, 2006, the song was voted as the #1 Camp Classic to be on the New Zealand charts by New Zealand.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/YMCA_(song) (1778 words)

	History of the YMCA
		YMCAs became involved in camping in the 1860s, with the earliest reference being that of the Vermont Y's boy's missionary (who would now be the youth director) taking a group of boys to Lake Champlain for a summer encampment.
		YMCA and Scout leaders realized that Scouting in the United States needed to be a separate movement, but that it would benefit from YMCA nurturing, too.
		U.S. YMCAs serving Asians were first established in San Francisco to serve the large Chinese population there in 1875, although the YMCA in Portland, Ore., had opened a mission school and engaged a Chinese man to distribute religious tracts five years earlier.
	www.ymca.net /about_the_ymca/history_of_the_ymca.html (10203 words)

	YMCA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The YMCA (or Young Men's Christian Association) is a Christian organization seeking to provide support for young people and their activities.
		The YMCA movement was founded in London, England in 1844 by George Williams, and states its goals as "seeking to build a human community of justice with love, peace and reconciliation".
		The first YMCA in the United States opened in Boston, Massachusetts on December 29, 1851.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/y/ym/ymca.html (134 words)

	YMCA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The YMCA is organized as a federation of local associations and national YMCA movements.
		In North America, the YMCA is usually perceived to be primarily a community sports facility; however the North American YMCA utilizes a broad range of programs such as sports, personal fitness, child care, overnight camping, employment readiness programs, conference centers and educational activities as methods of promoting positive values.
		The YMCA was a body of Christians meeting outside the official church structure and brought together Christians of different denominations and confessions, making it a pioneer of ecumenism.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/YMCA (2800 words)

	BBC News \| ENTERTAINMENT \| Village People back at the YMCA
		The YMCA said the idea for the collaboration was the result of a happy coincidence, as the release date for the remixed single also marks the start of YMCA week.
		National secretary for YMCA England Eddie Thomas said: "Things have come a long way from when the YMCA song was first released 21 years ago.
		YMCA - which normally sees audiences and party-goers singing along and shaping the letters of the title with their arms - remains a big dance-floor favourite.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/515578.stm (426 words)

	Village People and the YMCA Song - History of Father's Day
		The group rode the disco wave in the late 1970s with several big hits, including the YMCA song, which was released in 1978 and reached number two on the pop charts.
		At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Charles Barkley led crowds at the Georgia Dome in several dances to the YMCA song.
		At one point, the crowd got so excited that the YMCA song was played with the volume turned down during the chorus so the crowd could sing out the letters as they made the shapes with their hands.
	www.kyianaymcas.org /html/historypage2.html (1273 words)

	The YMCA of Santa Clara Valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Staying in a YMCA room has been mentioned in song and literature, and the list of people who stayed at Y residences includes Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy’s restaurants, country music star Charlie Rich, and fl revolutionary Malcolm X. The YMCA invented basketball, volleyball and raquetball, and pioneered camping, physical fitness and swimming lessons.
		The Y is right there on the firing line." Of course, the Village People's "YMCA" song popularized not only discos in the 1970s, but remains the unofficial theme song for the organization.
		The YMCA is the nation's largest not-for-profit provider of child care, and is larger than any for-profit company in the United States.
	www.scvymca.org /metro/html/ymcastory_funfacts.html (362 words)

	OnMilwaukee.com Milwaukee Buzz: It's fun to smash the Y-M-C-A!
		To give the song its proper send-off, the event's emcee will ask the audience for a moment of silence, proceed with a countdown and then cue the drop, putting a real end to the symbolic, if not crazy, connection between the YMCA and the familiar song.
		Dubbed the YMCA New Song Challenge, the top six finalists will perform live on television and viewers will able to vote for their favorite song at the end of the week.
		The song challenge auditions are November 2 at the John C. Cudahy YMCA at 9050 N. 91 St. (Swan Road) just north of Brown Deer Road.
	www.onmilwaukee.com /buzz/articles/smashymca.html (673 words)

	YMCA-Garner-Programs-Youth-School Programs
		Students will be picked up at their school by a YMCA bus and taken to the YMCA of Garner for MSAS.
		Walk into our afterschool program, and you can hear cheers and songs during assembly, a "thought for the day," balls bouncing in the gym, laughter on the playground, friends talking, and kids quietly doing their homework.
		Walk into our after school program, and you can hear cheers and songs during assembly, a "thought for the day," balls bouncing in the gym, laughter on the playground, friends talking, and kids quietly doing their homework.
	www.ymcatriangle.org /Garner/Programs/Youth/School_Programs.aspx (526 words)

	[KFCC] YMCA Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Composed by numerous people such as Korean aristocrats, a pair of twins, a politician son, a few simple workers, a mute, a servant, a Japanese pitcher and of course Hochang, the YMCA team will reveal to be an excellent team and will never loose a game of their very first season.
		YMCA is a rather simple comedy-drama using the very common subject of a sport team.
		YMCA still has great moments and is a well-made movie, you can easily forget the story flaws during the viewing but it is far from being the best Song Gang Ho comedy.
	www.kfccinema.com /reviews/comedy/ymca/ymca.html (1252 words)

	Ymca Hotel
		The YMCA mission is often stated as, "To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind, and body for all." Each local YMCA oversees its own finances and governance.
		The first YMCA in North America opened in Montreal, Quebec on November 25, 1851, and the first in the United States on December 29, 1851 Today, YMCAs are present in 119 countries.
		YMCA Youth and Government is a program the YMCA oversees in the United States to educate high school students about the principles of democratic government.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/236/ymca-hotel.html (1758 words)

	Welcome to YMCA Trivandrum Web Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		YMCA is a community service organization that promotes positive values through programs which inspire, informs and motivate young people through various activities that build their body, mind and spirit and thereby building them as a total person.
		The YMCA Trivandrum, the second oldest YMCA in India was founded in 1873 by Miss.Mary Bourne of the Church of England, Zenana mission.
		In 1894 it was affiliated to the Association of YMCAs of India, Burma and Ceylon (old name of Sri Lanka) which was the predecessor of National Council of YMCAs of India.
	www.ymcatvm.org (185 words)

	Y Arts Chorus: Still Riding High
		They rehearsed for the big opening number to be performed with four other Y groups that night in "The YMCA 150 Kids" and featuring Boothbay dancers, and also for their own spotlight concert to take place early the next morning.
		The "YMCA's 150 Years" was a production combining narration by an actor portraying American Y founder Thomas Sullivan, intermingled with a video collage of world events during the last 150 years, and the song and dance numbers by the YMCA kids from Boothbay, New York, Indianapolis, Seattle, and New Orleans.
		None of the boys knew the song before this and may have thought their assigned routine and costumes "dorky," but once they came onstage and heard the response, their faces lit up and they enjoyed themselves, hamming it up and swaggering like cowboys.
	boothbayregister.maine.com /2001-07-12/ymca_chorus.html (2498 words)

	glbtq >> social sciences >> YMCA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), founded in London in 1844 and brought to the United States in 1851, began as an effort to protect vulnerable men from the dangers of the city.
		The middle-class Protestant founders of the YMCA sought to provide a buffer between young men away from home for the first time and the dangers of the city.
		It is this image of the YMCA as a sexual paradise that became immortalized in song by the gay-themed disco group The Village People in 1978.
	www.glbtq.com /social-sciences/ymca.html (912 words)

	The Village People
		At first, YMCA officials were alarmed by the song.
		If they allowed one person or one group to violate their rights, that would make YMCA public domain, and there'd be YMCA toothbrushes, t-shirts, towels...everything.
		Then, when YMCA became a hit, there was a legal decision that those letters are the property of The Young Men's Christian Association.
	www.classicbands.com /village.html (913 words)

	"YMCA"
		YMCA is a trademark, and a trademark must be protected.
		If they allowed one person or one group to violate their rights, that would make YMCA public domain, and there'd be YMCA toothpaste, YMCA T-shirts, YMCA towels, everything.
		Then, when 'YMCA' became a big hit, there was a legal decision that those letters are the property of the Young Men's Christian Association.
	www.superseventies.com /1979_5singles.html (789 words)

	YMCA
		YMCA Dance Team participants should sign up on a separate form, which is available at the Member Services Desk.
		Level 03310 classes are for ages 2 and 3, level 03112 are for ages 3 and 4, level 03104 are for 4 to 6 and level 03314 are for ages 7 to 14.
		For the Winter 2007 session, cost to YMCA members is $50 for those who sign up before the 5th of the month and $55 after that date.
	www.ymcaroanoke.org /main/programs.php?ProgramID=3 (2872 words)

	YMCA Baseball Team Movie Review by Anthony Leong from MediaCircus.net
		The introduction of baseball and the formation of the first team, the YMCA Baseball Team, occurred as Korea increasingly fell under the political influence of Japan, which had been aggressively expanding its empire since the late 1800s.
		Unfortunately, Ho-chang must keep his new pastime secret from his scholar father (Shin Gu, who appeared opposite Song in "The Foul King"), who would rather see his son become a serious scholar, a vocation for which Ho-chang is woefully ill equipped to handle.
		Strip away the history lesson and what you have is one of those films where a loveable goofball and a rag-tag group of would-be players work hard, fail miserably, and then end up winning the season at the bottom of the ninth.
	www.mediacircus.net /ymca.html (959 words)

	Born To Hand Jive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		And that's what a true live show is - an upbeat song that can get cast members and guests part of the fun.
		All the ingredients are there - a famous dance song, interactivity with the guests (including a limbo part and a group participation part), and an easy routine for cast members.
		In all this is a cool song choice - despite a couple kinks it's the best choice I have seen since "YMCA" and all the wonderful dance songs in 2002.
	rock_afire.tripod.com /jasper/ceclive/2004_handjive.html (521 words)

	Song-Lyrics-Library: Village People-Ymca lyrics
		Classic and popular song lyrics organized and browsable by artist and title.
		All lyrics are provided for informational and educational purposes only, mostly for my wife who's a librarian who's sick of getting hammered with pop-ups at work when someone asks her to look for a song lyric.
		Song lyrics are subject to all U.S. copyright laws and remain property of their respective owners.
	www.song-lyrics-library.com /village_people/village-people-ymca-song-lyrics.html (469 words)

	Sonic Warfare - The Most Frightening MP3s from Across the Globe
		The song is accompanied by a hilarious animated sequence with dancing school supplies and such.
		It has never been revealed exactly who was involved with the project, but Björn Skifs ("Hooked on a Feeling") admitted to it in an interview and the involvement of ABBA seems likely as they were close to Michael and Ted.
		Technically, all of these songs and some of the accompanying videos are copyrighted to their respective creators.
	interbutt.com /sonicwarfare (5814 words)

	YMCA - Theatre
		When the Cambridge Family YMCA's 185-seat, lovely Victorian theatre officially opened in 1897, a critical mission of the YMCA was clearly achieved.
		In 2001, the Cambridge Family YMCA Theatre, which was named after Oliver Durrell, the YMCA's first President, had not been active for over thirty years.
		The YMCA board and staff knew that a full-scale theatre arts program would add an exciting new level and dimension to existing programs.
	www.cambymca.org /theatre.html (389 words)

	Just Adventure+ Forum - The Song DOESN'T Remain the Same (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		These songs are no longer available, so after much searching, I found someone who knew someone who's brother's cousin twice-removed had some of the songs.
		I was a fan of the YMCA song when I was young...
		I do know the song "Wild Boys", for I too was a Duranie (they were actually my first concert when I was 12...I was in love with Nick Rhodes, the femme-looking keyboard player with the flaming red hair).
	www.justadventure.com /cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1049680181 (1421 words)

	Pasco: After two years, YMCA arrives in Dade City
		The effort to lure a YMCA annex began in earnest with the loss of the Pasco Twin Theatre in 1999.
		The movie theater's closing was seen as another loss for the city's young people and sparked a renewed interest in youth activities that has since led to the creation of the city's Recreation Advisory Committee and talk of building a public skateboard park.
		As Black, Mangione, YMCA board member Bill Rinaldo and Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA Chairman Robert Gilbertson spoke, they all credited the hard work volunteers, YMCA staffers, city employees and donors contributed to make the branch a reality.
	www.sptimes.com /News/110401/news_pf/Pasco/After_two_years__YMCA.shtml (480 words)

	Answers of the Quiz
		Volleyball was invented by the YMCA in 1895...
		Basketball was invented by the YMCA in 1892...
		YMCA stands for 'Young Men's Christian Association' but you do not have to be young, male or Christian to be involved!
	indigo.ie /~ymcaroi/answer.htm (208 words)

	Listen to "YMCA" now
		"YMCA" is track number 16 on ESPN Presents Jock Jams, Vol.
		Then, all these DJ gems are brought home by Gary Glitter's old fave, "Rock And Roll Part 2" (aka "The Hey Song").
		At NextRadio we have hundreds of thousands of songs for you to download to your MP3 player.
	music.nextradiosolutions.com /t254453/YMCA.html (227 words)

	YMCA Adventure Guides: Songs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Songs have been around for probably as long as there have been people to sing them.
		Given their significant status in our culture’s traditions, songs have a definite place in a YMCA Adventure Guide program.
		Included here is an example of a song sung in many YMCA Adventure Guide Programs.
	www.ymca.net /adventure_guides/ag_songs.html (113 words)

	YMCA Romford home page
		There is so much going on at the YMCA that this website is still missing a few bits and pieces.
		Then look no further, Romford YMCA is an amazing place where the sense of belonging and community abounds.
		Romford YMCA website is the only site you need for details of activities which will seriously change your life for the better.
	www.romfordymca.org (307 words)

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