[Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions] 2nd Sunday Session Invitation -Slow - December 10 - at The Buttery

[peterk at cruzio.com]

I'd be up for it.
Peter

>  Hello everyone.  Are we getting together this Sunday?  If a session is not
> scheduled, does anyone want to get together anyway?  I don't think I can go all
> December without a session!
> Cheers!Therese
>     On Friday, December 8, 2017, 9:25:31 AM PST, Tané Tachyon
> <tachyon at tachyonlabs.com> wrote:
>
>  Fáilte (welcome) to this month's 2nd Sunday Session. 2nd Sunday of the
> month, 2 - 4 p.m., December 10, 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
> Â  the tempo.
> 2) Try to maintain the tempo set by the person who chose the tune.
> Â  Conversely, if you choose a tune and tempo and find that the tempo
> Â  gets sped up too much while playing, don't be shy about asking that
> Â  it be immediately played again sticking to the slower tempo -- it's
> Â  good practice for everyone.
> 3) A single tune is played 3 times. In a set, each tune is played
> Â  twice.
> 4) If needed, bring your music stand and tuneset book. Here's a
> Â  website with tips on playing by ear:
> Â  http://www.slowplayers.org/SCTLS/learn.html
> 5) Copies of the tuneset books generally used at slow session are
> Â  sold for $15, and you can now download and print the 1006-tune
> Â  "King Street Sessions Tunebook" for free at
> Â  http://www.pacholo.com/mike/
> Â  -- many thanks to Michael Long for putting the book together and
> Â  now putting it online as well!
> 6) All types of instruments are welcome and appreciated, but
> Â  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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