[Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions] 2nd Sunday Session Invite - Moderate Speed - January 9

[Tane' Tachyon]

Céad míle fáilte (100 thousand welcomes)!
You're invited to the 2nd Sunday of the month Session, 7pm - 9pm on
January 9, 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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I had posted about the "Genuinely Slooow Sessiun" that meets on the
second Saturday of the month at Unity Temple from 11-noon, but was
just asked to post about it again -- Peter from slow session says
it's a nice session for learning tunes!

Their next session is this Saturday, January 8, and as described on
their page
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Genuinely_Slooow_Sessiun/

> Genuinely Slooow Session!
> 
> Here's your chance to attend a really and truely slow Celtic 
> Sessiun!
> 
> Held the second Saturday of every month from 11am - 12pm. Bring 
> your accoustic instrument (fiddle, bodhran, penny whistle, flute, 
> guitar, mandolin, spoons, etc...) and learn some tunes with us! 
> This is an honest to goodness session for beginners. More advanced 
> players are - of course - welcome too, but we really will be playing 
> SLOWLY!
> 
> Unity Temple
> 407 Broadway (cross street: Ocean)
> Santa Cruz, CA
> 
> Cost: Donation and/or help clean the church afterwards
> 
> For more information contact Ariel at fiddlegirl_sc at hotmail.com

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