[Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions] 3rd Sunday Session Invitation - Slow - August 16 - at The Buttery

[Tane' Tachyon]

Fáilte (welcome) to this month's 3rd Sunday Session. 3rd Sunday of
the month, 2 - 4 p.m. on August 16, at The Buttery bakery and cafe,
at 702 Soquel Avenue close to downtown 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. In fact, Janet (Buttery
   owner and concertina player) has been setting out amazing trays of
   cookies.
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 you can now download and print the 1006-tune
   "King Street Sessions Tunebook" for free at
   http://www.pacholo.com/mike/
   -- many thanks to Michael Long for putting the book together and
   now putting it online as well!

Some months we've played out on The Buttery's patio -- you can see
two photos of this in Nick's blog entry
http://quantumtantra.blogspot.com/2008/07/santa-cruz-session-relocates.html
-- and other months we've been playing upstairs in an office, which
you can see in these two photos
http://flickr.com/photos/tachyon/2956709828/
http://flickr.com/photos/tachyon/2955870083/
Basically, if you don't see anyone on the patio, go up the stairs on
the left outside wall of the Buttery, and you'll find us in a room
down the hall on the left.

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Passing on an event from http://www.folkplanet.com/cce/ceili.html

> Sat. August 22, 2009
> Irish Céilí ("KAY-lee")
> An evening of set dancing with master dance instructor, Michael Murphy
> 6:30 - 7:00 PM - lessons
> 7:00 - 10:00 PM - set & céilí dancing
> Upper Room, First Congregational Church, 900 High Street, Santa Cruz
> Admission: $10
> Live Irish Music!
>     
> The month of August brings the feast of Lughnasadh, a celebration of 
> the beginning of harvest season and a time of gratitude for earth’s 
> bounty. What better way to acknowledge that than with dancing!
> 
> Fast-paced, fun, and easy to learn, set dancing is probably the most 
> popular style of group dancing in Ireland. Come spin, slide and stomp 
> the night away! Exuberant live music provided!
> 
> We are thrilled to welcome back Michael Murphy, well-known Bay Area 
> set dance instructor, to teach and call the dances. Adults and teens 
> welcome!  No prior experience necessary.  Refreshments will be 
> available.
> 
> For more information, please email scceilis at gmail.com

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Tane' Tachyon = tachyon at tachyonlabs.com = http://www.tachyonlabs.com/