[Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions] 1st Sunday Session Invitation - Slow - April 4 at Deli-licious

[Celia Brown]

Honestly, the Buttery cookies do entice me!


On Apr 3, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Lucas Cantin wrote:

> Janet,
>
> Some people have definitely left.  It would be nice to have  
> something to entice them to stay.
>
> --- On Fri, 4/2/10, Janet Platin <janetplatin at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> From: Janet Platin <janetplatin at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions] 1st Sunday Session  
> Invitation - Slow - April 4 at Deli-licious
> To: "Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions announcement list"  
> <santa_cruz_celtic_slow_sessions at lists.sonic.net>
> Date: Friday, April 2, 2010, 11:15 AM
>
> Hi Lucas,
> I have some questions/observations about the slowest session . It  
> seems like the people who show up most dependably are people who  
> have been coming a long time and want another opportunity to play.  
> Have we lost the slow people, because not enough tunes are slow or  
> is it just the usual ebb and flow of session attendence?
> The session rules say that the person choosing the tune sets the  
> speed. Do we follow that rule in this particular slow session? Do  
> we mean that every tune needs to be played at a speed that meets  
> the ability of the slowest player or that if you are a slow player,  
> you can set a very slow speed and know that that is acceptable in  
> this group?
> It does seem like a good idea to start with the waltzes and the  
> airs, but that not what we usually play. How about having a set  
> list of 10 jigs and reels that everyone should know and will  
> definitely be played each slow session. That would give slower  
> players a head start. They could practice the big 10 and maybe the  
> new slow would be a speed everyone would feel comfortable with.
> If you were to combine the start of watzes and airs and with the 10  
> and then let the rest of the session be whatever a session usually  
> is, you would have something that would meet the needs of both groups.
> On the other hand, that means a lot more structure than we are used  
> to having.
> Just some thoughts.
> Janet Platin
>
>
> From: Lucas Cantin <lucascantin at yahoo.com>
> To: Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions announcement list  
> <santa_cruz_celtic_slow_sessions at lists.sonic.net>
> Sent: Thu, April 1, 2010 3:12:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions] 1st Sunday Session  
> Invitation - Slow - April 4 at Deli-licious
>
> Hey Tane',
>
> I checked and  they will be open for Easter Sunday.
>
>  I also wanted to put a question out there.  It seems that we have  
> lost a lot of our beginners.  I had an idea of having a set list  
> for a half an hour before the normal session of slow only tunes.   
> Waltzes and Airs.  This would help everyone.  What do people think  
> about this??  The idea would be to have the half hour set list play  
> from 12:30 to 1p.  Our group seems to avoid playing anything slow.   
> This jam was created for the players who weren't comfortable with  
> the normal tempo.
>
> As before, people can always request to play the song called for at  
> a slower speed.
>
> This seems to be a difficult problem.
>
> --- On Thu, 4/1/10, Tane' Tachyon <tachyon at tachyonlabs.com> wrote:
>
> From: Tane' Tachyon <tachyon at tachyonlabs.com>
> Subject: [Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions] 1st Sunday Session  
> Invitation - Slow - April 4 at Deli-licious
> To: "Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions email list"  
> <santa_cruz_celtic_slow_sessions at lists.sonic.net>
> Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 12:49 PM
>
> The next first-Sunday-of-the-month slow session will be this Sunday,
> April 4, from 1-3pm, at Deli-licious, 21505 E. Cliff Drive, in the
> East Cliff Village Shopping Center. April 4 is Easter Sunday, but I
> did call Deli-licious and confirm that they will be open.
>
> When I went to this session it was really nice -- everyone was having
> a great time, fine food from the deli, people walking in and
> applauding, and so on. Click below to see a picture of what the
> session looked like from the front door of Deli-licious:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/tachyon/3691468503/sizes/l/
>
> 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!
>
> For a news bulletin, at last month's 1st-Sunday session someone heard
> the music and hired the group for a paid St. Patrick's Day gig.
> -- Tane' Tachyon = tachyon at tachyonlabs.com = http:// 
> www.tachyonlabs.com/
> Click below to sponsor me in the May 8 "Human Race" Walkathon  
> fundraiser
> benefitting AFE and many other Santa Cruz non-profit organizations!
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