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<div>Hello everyone. Are we getting together this Sunday? If a session is not scheduled, does anyone want to get together anyway? I don't think I can go all December without a session!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div>Therese</div><div><br></div>
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On Friday, December 8, 2017, 9:25:31 AM PST, Tané Tachyon <tachyon@tachyonlabs.com> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Fáilte (welcome) to this month's 2nd Sunday Session. 2nd Sunday of the<br></div><div dir="ltr">month, 2 - 4 p.m., December 10, at The Buttery bakery and cafe, at 702<br></div><div dir="ltr">Soquel Avenue close to downtown Santa Cruz. This is a slow session.<br></div><div dir="ltr">Bain sult as! (enjoy)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Etiquette guidelines:<br></div><div dir="ltr">1) Going around in a circle, everyone has a turn to choose a tune and<br></div><div dir="ltr"> the tempo.<br></div><div dir="ltr">2) Try to maintain the tempo set by the person who chose the tune.<br></div><div dir="ltr"> Conversely, if you choose a tune and tempo and find that the tempo<br></div><div dir="ltr"> gets sped up too much while playing, don't be shy about asking that<br></div><div dir="ltr"> it be immediately played again sticking to the slower tempo -- it's<br></div><div dir="ltr"> good practice for everyone.<br></div><div dir="ltr">3) A single tune is played 3 times. In a set, each tune is played<br></div><div dir="ltr"> twice.<br></div><div dir="ltr">4) If needed, bring your music stand and tuneset book. Here's a<br></div><div dir="ltr"> website with tips on playing by ear:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="http://www.slowplayers.org/SCTLS/learn.html" target="_blank">http://www.slowplayers.org/SCTLS/learn.html</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">5) Copies of the tuneset books generally used at slow session are<br></div><div dir="ltr"> sold for $15, and you can now download and print the 1006-tune<br></div><div dir="ltr"> "King Street Sessions Tunebook" for free at<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="http://www.pacholo.com/mike/" target="_blank">http://www.pacholo.com/mike/</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"> -- many thanks to Michael Long for putting the book together and<br></div><div dir="ltr"> now putting it online as well!<br></div><div dir="ltr">6) All types of instruments are welcome and appreciated, but<br></div><div dir="ltr"> acoustic only, please!<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Some months we've played out on The Buttery's patio -- you can see<br></div><div dir="ltr">two photos of this in Nick's blog entry<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://quantumtantra.blogspot.com/2008/07/santa-cruz-session-relocates.html" target="_blank">http://quantumtantra.blogspot.com/2008/07/santa-cruz-session-relocates.html</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">-- and other months we've been playing upstairs in an office, which<br></div><div dir="ltr">you can see in these two photos<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/tachyon/2956709828/" target="_blank">http://flickr.com/photos/tachyon/2956709828/</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/tachyon/2955870083/" target="_blank">http://flickr.com/photos/tachyon/2955870083/</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">Basically, if you don't see anyone on the patio, go up the stairs on<br></div><div dir="ltr">the left outside wall of the Buttery, and you'll find us in a room<br></div><div dir="ltr">down the hall on the left.<br></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div dir="ltr">Tané Tachyon = <a ymailto="mailto:tachyon@tachyonlabs.com" href="mailto:tachyon@tachyonlabs.com">tachyon@tachyonlabs.com</a> = <a href="http://tachyonlabs.com/" target="_blank">http://tachyonlabs.com/</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">---<br></div><div dir="ltr">This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus" target="_blank">https://www.avast.com/antivirus</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">Santa_Cruz_Celtic_Slow_Sessions mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/santa_cruz_celtic_slow_sessions" target="_blank">https://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/santa_cruz_celtic_slow_sessions</a></div></div>
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