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

[jj]

i hope to purchase a tuneset book this sunday, even if i can't stay long 
due to grandchildren duties. hope to meet you there, this sunday. so 
excited!

all the best,

jj



On 10/5/16 2:47 PM, jj wrote:
> 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!
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> jj
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> 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.
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