[Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions] 3rd Sunday Session Invitation - Slow - April 18 - at The Buttery

[Tane' Tachyon]

Fáilte (welcome) to this month's 3rd Sunday Session. 3rd Sunday of
the month, 2 - 4 p.m. on April 18, 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 email message:

Community Music School of Santa Cruz presents
FAMILY MUSIC DAY
A Family Concert and Music Resource Fair
Sunday, April 25
2:00-4:00 p.m.
Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz
FREE Admission!
Refreshments available for purchase.

Community Music School of Santa Cruz invites all local families and
music lovers to Family Music Day on Sunday afternoon, April 25, from
2:00-4:00pm at the Pacific Cultural Center (1307 Seabright Ave.,
Santa Cruz). Admission is FREE! Enjoy great live music and snacks,
visit the instrument “petting zoo,” check out Santa Cruz Public
Library music books, and learn about local music programs for kids
and teens at a variety of display tables.

Performance Schedule

First hour (2:00-3:00pm)
Sing-along with Joya Winwood of Mothersong
Little Mozarts 4 Fun
Music fun for everyone with Lizz Anderson of MusicalMe

Second hour (3:00-4:00pm)
Mice in the Mug Celtic Teen Band
Be Natural Music/Real Rock Band
Abbott Family/ToneWay Music Project

For more information, please see http://www.communitymusicschool.org/
or contact Janet at 831-429-1691 or fasola at cruzio.com.

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