[Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions] 2nd Sunday Session Invitation - Slow - October 9 - at The Buttery

[jj]

thank you! will try to make it, but the young grandchildren are visiting 
this coming weekend. not sure it will work out. please keep me on your 
list!

jj



On 10/5/16 12:10 PM, Tané Tachyon wrote:
> Fáilte (welcome) to this month's 2nd Sunday Session. 2nd Sunday of the
> month, 2 - 4 p.m., October 9, 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.