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

[pameladawn schipper]

Hi, Lucas. I would be one of the slow, occasional participants that you describe, and I thank you so much for your attention to this speed/attendance  issue. I first want to acknowledge how welcoming and accomodating the group has been when I have attended. I think these sessions are just fabulous! I would love to know which tunes you would include in a 10 set beginners' repetoire-- because there is so much material, it is overwhelming!- so a narrower focus would be great for me. Most of my problem is unfamiliarity with the tunes-- so even leading off, when I can set the pace makes me  nervous. It would help very much to hear them played deliberately slow, if the group will conceed to it. And of course I want to work up to your speed, too-- you're all a great inspiration!  
Many thanks,  and looking forward to playing with you all again soon,
Dawn




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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
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