Simchat Torah City Council Election Hakafot Liturgy 5780

The below liturgy was written and used by Rabbi David Basior for Simchat Torah 5780, the day most Seattle residents received their ballot in the mail. All 7 city council districts have open races in 2019 and the districts circle the city, just as we dance in 7 circles with the Torah on Simchat Torah. Using the style of an alphabetic acrostic (abecedarius) piyyut (liturgical poem), Kadima members were invited into the circle by city council district to dance with the torah while the rest of danced enthusiastically around them to the amazing music of Shpilkis!

District 1!
[A]ttention all you voters...Hatzlichah Na!
[B]allots are in the mail...Hoshiah Na!
[C]all your friends and family...Hatzlichah Na!
[D]on't delay participation...Hoshiah Na!

District 2!
[E]lect those who will not bow...Hatzlichah Na!
[F]ight for justice no matter who wins...Hoshiah Na!
[G]et out the vote in your neighborhood...Hatzlichah Na!
[H]old electeds accountable...Hoshiah Na!

District 3!
[I]nform yourself of the issues...Hatzlichah Na!
[J]ust don't vote and think we're done...Hoshiah Na!

District 4!
[K]ey us for true democracy...Hatzlichah Na!
[L]imit corporate spending...Hoshiah Na!
[M]agnify our voices...Hatzlichah Na!
[N]ot giving up or despairing...Hoshiah Na!

District 5!
[O]pen us to our neighbors...Hatzlichah Na!
[P]ut your money where your mouth is...Hoshiah Na!
[Q]uestion donor sources...Hatzlichah Na!
[R]un for city council yourself...Hoshiah Na!

District 6!
[S]triving for our dreams...Hatzlichah Na!
[T]ruth and justice to prevail...Hoshiah Na!
[U]ltimately, revela/ution...Hatzlichah Na!
[V]ictory for justice...Hoshiah Na!

District 7!
[W]hy not keep on dancing...Hatzlichah Na!
[X]ylophones not bombs...Hoshiah Na!
[Y]outh voices in the process...Hatzlichah Na!
[Z]ero non-participation...Hoshiah Na!

We then proceeded to unroll the entire Torah in the sanctuary and read from the end of Deutoronomy and beginning of Bereisheet!