[Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions] 2nd Sunday Session Invitation - Slow - TODAY December 11 - at The Buttery

[jj]

thanks so much for this notice . alas, i got the email too late to attend.

but be of good cheer: i *shall* be there, with rosined bow, one of these 
sundays!


blessings,

jj


On 12/11/16 12:36 PM, Tané Tachyon wrote:
> Sorry this is such unbelievably late notice -- more holiday-related
> confusion on my part. :-(
>
> Fáilte (welcome) to this month's 2nd Sunday Session. 2nd Sunday of the
> month, 2 - 4 p.m., December 11, 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.