[Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions] 3rd Sunday Session Invitation - Slow - December 16 - Windmill Coffee Spot

[Tane' Tachyon]

Fáilte (welcome) to this month's 3rd Sunday Session. 3rd Sunday of
the month, 2 - 4 p.m. on December 16, at the Windmill Coffee Spot,
Santa Cruz. This is a slow session. Bain sult as! (enjoy)

Etiquette guidelines:
1) Session starts promptly so we don't lag into the whole day.
2) Please save the socializing for the break so we have lots of
   playing time.
3) 3:15 - 3:30 break:  As the Windmill Coffee Spot is a coffee shop,
   there will be drinks and treats there for purchase.
4) Going around in a circle, everyone has a turn to choose a tune and
   the tempo.
5) Try to maintain the tempo set by the person who chose the tune.
   Conversely, if you choose a tune and tempo and find that the tempo
   gets sped up too much while playing, don't be shy about asking that
   it be immediately played again sticking to the slower tempo -- it's
   good practice for everyone.
6) A single tune is played 3 times. In a set, each tune is played
   twice.
7) If needed, bring your music stand and tuneset book. Here's a
   website with tips on playing by ear:
   http://www.slowplayers.org/SCTLS/learn.html
8) Copies of the tuneset books generally used at slow session are
   sold for $15. And if anyone wants a copy of the big (over 1000
   tunes) "King Street Sessions" tunebook some people bring to the
   sessions, you can get one from Michael D. Long (the compiler and
   editor of both tunebooks) at mikelong at cruzio.com

The address of the Windmill Coffee Spot is 2-1231 East Cliff Drive.
I guess one easy way to get there would be to go down 17th Ave.
toward the ocean, then turn right on East Cliff, and in a few blocks
you should see the Windmill on your right.

The manager of the Windmill Coffee Spot has requested that we somehow
try not to use up all the parking, or be willing to move, if asked.
Carpooling encouraged!

When I checked a weather report, Sunday was looking to be sunny, so
the usual advice about clothespins/clips to make tunebooks behave in
breezes, and possibly sunscreen, would apply. But even if it turns
out to be rainy, or if the temperature is cold enough to make
people's fingers stiff, the coffee shop is large enough that there
would be room to play inside.

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I got an update from Alec on David Brewer's weekly Celtic Music
Nights as mentioned earlier. He says, "David's Tuesday night sessions
have been small, but a lot of fun. [...] the usual program has been
for David (and others) to give a concert from 7 to 8PM, and then we
jam from 8 to 9:30."

Again, David Brewer's Celtic Music Nights are held at 7pm every
Tuesday at St. Andrew Church, 9850 Monroe Avenue, Aptos, and are free
and open to all ages and levels of interest. I haven't been able to
go due to a time conflict with a piano class, but am hoping to be
able to check it out next Tuesday.
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Tane' Tachyon = tachyon at tachyonlabs.com = http://www.tachyonlabs.com/