[Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions] 2nd Sunday Session Invite - Moderate Speed - January 10

[Tane' Tachyon]

Céad míle fáilte (100 thousand welcomes)!
You're invited to the 2nd Sunday of the month Session, 7pm - 9pm on
January 10, Britannia Arms Pub, 8017 Soquel Dr., Aptos. This is a
slow/moderate/intermediate-speed session.

Etiquette guidelines:
1) Session starts promptly.
2) Going around in a circle, everyone has a turn to choose a tune and
   the tempo. Tunes are generally played at moderate speed, but players
   are willing to slow down if needed.
3) A single tune is played 3 times. In a set, each tune is played twice.
4) Talking beyond short chats or helpful comments please carry on out
   of the circle or after the session.
5) This is a place of business. Please purchase something, if only a
   coke. Come early and have some of the pub's tasty food.
6) In general, sheet music is not used at sessions (other than the 1st
   and 3rd-Sunday Slow Sessions). This is the session you can use to
   wean yourself. Here's a website with tips on playing by ear:
   http://www.slowplayers.org/SCTLS/learn.html
   Of course, use your tuneset book if needed.

Directions from Santa Cruz: South on Hwy 1, take State Park exit,
turn left at light. At Soquel Dr., turn right. Go about a half mile.
Go under a bridge. Pub's immediately on the left. Parking is best
just past the pub on the left in general village parking.

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Passing on some email messages:

> FALL/WINTER CONCERT SERIES at the UGLY MUG CAFE, 4640 Soquel Dr., CA 95073. 
> 831 477 1341. 
> Doors open at 7pm, show 7.30pm to 9.30pm. $10 cover, no reservations.
> 
> Deby Benton-Grosjean
> Celtic Fiddler
> Wednesday, January 13th.
> 
> Celtic fiddler, Deby Benton-Grosjean, is a faculty member of Alasdair 
> Fraser's Fiddle Camps, the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society in 
> Vancouver, and several other such ventures, as well as teaching locally 
> (Fiddle by Ear workshops) and hosting sessions for the Monterey Bay 
> Contingent of the SF Scottish Fiddlers. She has two beautiful CDs of 
> traditional music from Scotland, Ireland and beyond, working with longtime 
> collaborators William Coulter, Barry and Shelley Phillips, and several 
> others, and is known as an exceptional live performer, having won several 
> championships and trophies, and covering a wide range of Celtic styles. 

and

> IRISH LANGUAGE CLASSES BEGIN IN CAPITOLA 1/12
> 
> Whether you want to get in touch with your roots, or just learn more 
> about Ireland’s beautiful and living ancestral language, this 
> beginning-level class is for you!  We’ll explore the basics of the 
> Irish language through fun, conversationally based lessons, games 
> and songs.  No previous experience required.
> 
> Classes are provided through the City of Capitola Recreation 
> Department, and will take place at New Brighton Middle School on 
> Tuesday evenings, beginning January 12, from 7:30 p.m. until 9:00 
> p.m.  The cost for the six-week course is $104 for non-Capitola 
> residents ($92 for residents), plus a $5 materials fee.  Senior 
> citizens (62+) may qualify for a 10% discount.
> 
> For more information, contact Audrey Nickel at 831-335-4879 or 
> Audrey_Nickel at yahoo.com.  To register, visit the Capitola Recreation 
> Department webpage at www.capitolarecreation.com or call 
> 831-475-6115.

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