[Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions] 3rd Sunday Session Invitation - Slow - August 17 - NEW LOCATION - The Buttery

[Tane' Tachyon]

Last month's big news was that the slow session has now moved to The
Buttery bakery and cafe, at 702 Soquel Avenue close to downtown Santa
Cruz. Check out Nick's "Santa Cruz Session Relocates" blog entry,
which in addition to being a short introduction to what the slow
session is like, also features two pictures from last month's session
at The Buttery:
http://quantumtantra.blogspot.com/2008/07/santa-cruz-session-relocates.html

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Fáilte (welcome) to this month's 3rd Sunday Session. 3rd Sunday of
the month, 2 - 4 p.m. on August 17, at The Buttery, in 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 Buttery is a bakery and cafe, there are
   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 Buttery's patio is a more sheltered location in terms of sun and
wind than the Windmill was, but you may still want to bring
clothespins/clips to make tunebooks behave in breezes.
-- 
Tane' Tachyon = tachyon at tachyonlabs.com = http://www.tachyonlabs.com/