[Santa Cruz Celtic Slow Sessions] Redwood Music Camp October 17-19th

[jj]

i think october IS a good month. most of the other big camps are 
finished. but the discussion centered around people being ready to stay 
home for awhile, after being at Lark, valley of the Moon, Grass Valley, 
etc, etc.

for me, in mid-october, i always attend my church's annual silent 
retreat/meditation weekend.

there are so many events. it's really hard to choose. for a couple 
years, i was in two choral groups, and invariably their performances 
were on the same weekends! i had to drop out of one of them because of 
that - so sad!

if it weren't for my silent retreat, i would probably go to monte toyon. 
on year, you had the adult camp in june, i think it was, in ancient 
times (pre-pandemic) it was up at, i dunno, maybe camp harmon? some camp 
with lots of disability accomodations.   i remember i was able to go 
because, for once,  it didn't conflict with extended-family summer 
plans  i LOVED it. it was magical. and yet, i haven't been since... 
because of timing conflicts.

i'll be thinking of your camp, the program sounds fantastic...and 
wishing I could be in two places at once.

JJ


On 10/6/25 9:03 PM, Susan Willats via Santa_Cruz_Celtic_Slow_Sessions wrote:
> Thank you, jj! So nice to hear from you!
>
> This particular weekend was one of the few that was available to us 
> when we booked Monte Toyon after last year’s camp. At the time I 
> thought the big benefit for October would be not much competition – 
> but evidently not! I’d love to hear suggestions from folks about good 
> weekends/bad weekends in the fall to host our camp next year.
>
> Best,
> Susan
>
>> On Oct 6, 2025, at 2:51 PM, jj <pdinfo at cruzio.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks so much, Susan!
>>
>> so many of us are crazy busy with camps and programs this fall. i 
>> think most of us are aware of community music's camp coming up - we 
>> were talking about it yesterday at practice. i hope a few people are 
>> able to attend.
>>
>> miss having you drop in,
>>
>> you are doing a fantastic job with community music school.  a 
>> thousand thanks,
>>
>>
>> jj
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/6/25 2:06 PM, Susan Willats via Santa_Cruz_Celtic_Slow_Sessions 
>> wrote:
>>> Hi, Slow Session folks!
>>>
>>> Community Music School’s annual music camp for grownups is happening 
>>> in just a few weeks in Aptos – and *registration closes this 
>>> Friday*. We’ve got John Weed teaching Irish fiddle, Rebecca Lomnicky 
>>> teaching Scottish fiddle, and Ian Ly (a Santa Cruz native who won 
>>> the National Flatpicking Championship) teaching guitar. We also have 
>>> facilitated slow and fast sessions. We can even create a space 
>>> specifically for a Slow Session jam, where your songbook is welcome!
>>>
>>> Here’s a link to more information and registration 
>>> <https://www.communitymusicschool.org/redwood-music-camp>, but I’ll 
>>> attach the workshop schedule to give you a preview. I hope that you 
>>> can join us!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Susan
>>>
>>> *********
>>> Susan Willats
>>> Executive Director
>>> Community Music School of Santa Cruz
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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