Hello everyone, below please find a circle update. If someone's circle is not listed please send me the info.
Joachim
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"SYMPOSIA JAMMIN"; Hoboken, NJ
Date: Monday, January 10, 2005 & every Monday thereafter
( No circle on Jan 3 )
Time: 8:00pm-9:00pm
Description: DRUM CIRCLE
Symposia Book Store, 510 Washington Street (btwn. 5th and 6th Streets),
Hoboken (phone: 201 963-0909) CORNEL RUSU
suggested donation $3.00
this is an unstructured and unfacilitated circle - - " we be jammin'"
the circle is open to all, however we recommend you bring a percussion
instrument We meet every monday night from 8:00 to 9:45
parking meters are in effect untill 9:00. the sidestreets in hoboken
are designated :
"resident only"-green signs with white letters - NO PARKING
or
"non-resident"-white signs w/ green letters: parking is allowed
DIRECTIONS:
FROM NORTHERN/WESTERN NEW JERSEY, take New Jersey Turnpike to Route 3 to 495 (approach to Lincoln Tunnel); get in right lane, and take last exit before tunnel ("Hoboken/Weehawken"); after exiting, get in right lane,go to end,then turn right onto Boulevard East (you'll be heading south);continue on Boulevard East (PAST Lincoln Tunnel) to 14th St.; turn left onto 14th, go three blocks, turn right onto Washington St.; symposia is between 5 th and 6th streets.
FROM SOUTHERN/WESTERN NEW JERSEY, take Routes 1&9 or Route 78 towards Holland Tunnel; make your first left onto Jersey Ave.; proceed under train trestle, and turn right onto Newark Ave (which runs into Observer Highway); turn left onto Washington St.; go six blocks,
FROM NEW YORK, JERSEY CITY, OR BAYONNE, take PATH or NJ Transit Light Rail to Hoboken Terminal; take a Washington St. bus from terminal, or walk (about seven blocks) to Washington and 5th.
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FINDING YOUR RHYTHM; A DRUMMING/RHYTHM CIRCLE-WYCKOFF, NJ
Date: Friday, January 14, 2005
Time: 7:30pm-9:00pm
Description: HIGH MT. ZEN CENTER 393 CRESCENT AVE, WYCKOFF
FACILITATOR: RENEE FAGAN
Please join us for a fun evening of tapping into your own rhythm and self, while creating music and community. Please bring drums, bells, shakers, to compliment the groove -if you don't have your own, we have instruments here too. This is an ongoing circle usually meeting the 2nd Friday of the month.
For further information call Renee at 201-891-9100 or check out www.highzen.com
DONATION: $10 FOR THE SPACE
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CHATHAM DRUM CIRCLE & SACRED CIRCLE OF SOUND; CHATHAM, NJ
Date: Sunday, January 16, 2005
Time: 4:00pm-6:30pm
Description: On-going monthly drum and sacred sound circle open to all.
Everyone is welcome whether you make music, dance, or just listen.
Our circles are held year-round indoors in a beautiful space. In addition to our drums and percussion, we will also be working with quartz crystal singing bowls,. tone chimes, voice, toning and intuitive chant.
Friends (Quaker) Meeting House
158 Southern Blvd.
Chatham Township, New Jersey
For diections on how to get there go to:
http://www.newexpression.com/drumming/map.html
Suggested Donation: $ 5.00
Contact information:
Joachim
njtouch@...
973 743-0653
This drum circle is held every 3rd Sunday of the month except during the month of July and August. ( No drum circle during these 2 month)
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Drum Circle at the Westfield Area YMCA
Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Time: 7:00pm
Description: The Westfield Area Y is again offering a facilitated Drum Circle which will gather on the last Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday: Jan 18th, Feb 22nd and March 29th.
The circle is for teens and adults who want to create harmony and experience community is a joyful way.
The fee is $5.00 per person.
Please call or email Linda or Mary Ann for room location and other details.
Come make a joyful sound!
Linda - 908-966-9341;
lchristopher@...
Mary Ann - 908-96609344;
mmccormick@...
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Drum Circle at Gaia's Gate New Age Spiritual Center, Millstone, NJ
Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Description: Drum Circle at Gaia's Gate New Age Spiritual Center, Millstone, NJ
Monthly drum circle -- 3rd Wednesday of the month.
7pm to 9pm
Gaia's Gate New Age Spiritual Center
33 North River St.
Millstone, NJ 08844
(908) 281-9222
Drum, clap, dance & chant! Beginner to expereinced drummers welcome. Instruments are available to borrow!! Feel the rythym, feel the beat, get lost in the music!!
All are welcome to come, drum, dance, sing or just Be!
$5 donation.
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MELODIC RHYTHMS -- a Native American Flute Circle; Morris Plains, NJ
Date: Sunday, January 23, 2005
Time: 3:00pm
Description: MELODIC RHYTHMS -- a Native American Flute Circle
Morris Plains, NJ
Date: Sunday, January 23, 2005
Time: 3PM
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Description:
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One of the keys to tasteful improvising within a drum circle is to be able to hear and imagine simple melodies within the drumbeats surrounding you. What happens when we reverse this process, and listen for rhythms within simple melodies?
Come and help explore. We will apply easy drum circle techniques to create a playful flute choir, which is sensitive & faithful to the underlying beat!
What to Expect:
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Native American flutes with their beautiful yet simple scales are extremely accessible to beginners; so newbies welcome! If you've got flutes, bring them, but plenty will be available. A blend of flute circle and drum circle enthusiasts will attend -- bring your experience and curiosity. We will use light timbre rhythmic accompaniment as a base: the heartbeat. But emphasis will be upon the flutes: the breathing lungs.
Part of the session will be devoted towards playing within a simple Southern U.S. blues call and response structure. We will also use pattern games to build up listening and playing together, as well as warm-ups exhaling long tones. Another exercise will involve simulation of early morning forest bird calls. As usual within flute circles, there will be plenty of time for show-and-tell about various flutes and an informal sharing of techniques, songs, fingering, and other sorts of de-mystification. (Or is it re-mystification?)
Contact:
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Rob Stolzenberger, 973-644-0699
Email: stolzy@...
Please get in touch for directions before coming, as size will need to be limited to 10 or so.
I can email mapquest link or give verbal directions for you.
Fee: You may be forced to consume absurdly anti-nutritious snacks!
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RICHARD REITER'S SPIRITUAL DRUMMING; Montclair, NJ
Date: Sunday, January 23, 2005
Time: 3:00pm-5:00pm
Description: RICHARD REITER SAYS
COME SHARE OUR UNITY AND JOY
AS WE CONTINUE OUR FIFTH YEAR OF
"SPIRITUAL DRUMMING"!!
ALL SUNDAYS
Start at 3:00 p.m., end at 5:00 p.m
JANUARY 23
FEBRUARY 6
MARCH 6
APRIL 10
WHERE: First Congregational Church (sponsored by Outpost in the Burbs);
40 South Fullerton Ave., Montclair, NJ
CONTACT INFO: www.outpostintheburbs.org 973 744-6560
(Reiteršs home phone is 973 857-2557; Web site: www.RichardReiter.com)
COST: $5 (includes refreshments!!)
NOTE: The Outpost policy is that enrollment is limited to adults and mature teenagers.
No musical training is necessary!
We supply drums, but you are encouraged to bring your own drums and
percussion instruments.
Come explore drumming and percussion in a meditative atmosphere of fun, openness and spirituality. When drumming, everyone in the group can communicate at the same time by listening and responding sensitively, generating a joyous feeling of unity and power. This is our fifth year, and we really have fun!!
DIRECTIONS: Garden State Pkway exit 151 (Watchung Ave.); take Watchung Ave. west towards Bloomfield/Montclair (not towards Nutley); go about one mile, go under the railroad trestle and make immediate left (south) onto Park St.; go about 1 mile and turn left (east) at light onto Bloomfield Ave; make next right (south) at light onto South Fullerton Ave; make second right onto Plymouth (just past First Congregrational Church--big building); immediately (just past the church) turn right into the small parking lot behind the church; go up the outside stairs to the 2nd floor.
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