[Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions] 3rd Sunday Session Invitation - Slow - February 16 - at The Buttery

[Rob Stevenson]

Never mind I figured it out -- the bakery doesn't always know about the session ( I had asked about it once before and they didn't seem to aware of it).

But it was good fun.

R

> On Feb 16, 2014, at 3:08 PM, Rob Stevenson <voxrob at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Does this session continue to occur at 2 pm to 4 pm?  The folks at the Buttery seem to think it happens in the morning.
> 
> Rob
> 
>> On Feb 13, 2014, at 9:59 AM, Tané Tachyon <tachyon at tachyonlabs.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Fáilte (welcome) to this month's 3rd Sunday Session. 3rd Sunday of the
>> month, 2 - 4 p.m., February 16, 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) Going around in a circle, everyone has a turn to choose a tune and
>> the tempo.
>> 2) 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.
>> 3) A single tune is played 3 times. In a set, each tune is played
>> twice.
>> 4) 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
>> 5) 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!
>> 6) All types of instruments are welcome and appreciated, but
>> acoustic only, please!
>> 
>> 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.
>> -- 
>> Tané Tachyon = tachyon at tachyonlabs.com = http://tachyonlabs.com/
>> 
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