SOUTHEAST FLORIDA DRUM/DANCE CIRCLE NEWSLETTER
Monday, 10 July 2006

Offered to you by the Southeast Florida Drum Circle Community
Michael Dean Goodman, Coordinator, 561-350-3930
SoutheastFloridaDrumCircleCommunity-owner@yahoogroups.com

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Dear Drummers and Dancers,

Thanks for all the great e-mails after last week's events surrounding the
Raleigh Hotel's communication debacle. Your appreciation and support for
this newsletter and the associated drum circle website are deeply appre-
ciated. Come on out tonight (full moon) and drum and dance together on
the beaches. Enjoy the confluence of all the elements - the beach under-
foot (earth/smell), the lapping waves (water/taste), the full moon above
(fire/sight), the sea breezes (air/touch), plus the beautiful sounds of
drummers listening to each other and to the dancers and jamming together
(space/sound). Celebrate! Enjoy!


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FULL MOON DRUM CIRCLES ON THE BEACH - TONIGHT!
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*** FULL MOON - MONDAY, JULY 10TH ***

*** PALM BEACH COUNTY ***

Full Moon Drum Circle - Lake Worth - Palm Beach County
On the beach, Lake Ave. at A1A, 1st lifeguard station north of the Ocean
Pier, Lake Worth FL, 8pm-midnight
Free (except for possible parking costs)
The beach closes at midnight. If it rains, or gets too windy, we move
under the big shelter in the park, just across the parking lot from the
beach.

Directions:
* From I-95:
- Southbound
1. Exit 10th Ave. east
2. Turn right (south) on Dixie Hwy (US1) or Federal Hwy.
3. Turn left (east) on Lake Ave.
See 4-9 below
- Northbound
1. Exit 6th Ave. east
2. Turn left (north) on Dixie Hwy (US1) or Federal Hwy.
3. Turn right (east) on Lake Ave.
See 4-9 below
* From the Florida Turnpike:
1. Exit Lake Worth Rd. east
2. Eventually it turns into Lake Ave.
3. See 4-9 below
* In every case:
4. Cross the Intercoastal Waterway going east
5. Cross A1A
6. Enter the park and bear right (the road makes a large circle)
7. Go all the way around the back, and just past the pier
8. Park by the 1st lifeguard station just north of the pier
9. Parking costs $1/hr. till midnight - pay at the central meter
and put the receipt on your dashboard


*** BROWARD COUNTY ***

Full Moon Drum Circle - Ft. Lauderdale - Broward County
On the beach, South Ft. Lauderdale Beach Park, Ft. Lauderdale FL, 8pm or
moonrise (whichever is earlier) till 1am (although recently the police
have been shutting them down around 12:30am)
Free (except for possible parking costs)
Info: Debe Fisher 954-292-1581, Debe24@...,
http://www.hometown.aol.com/debe24/myhomepage/profile.html; Sophia
<sophialinus@...>, 954-984-4183
Established 1995. There's a 15-minute Pagan full moon ritual at 10pm.

Directions:
1. On A1A just north of the 17th St. Causeway, or 1.5 miles south of Las
Olas Blvd.
2. Park in the municipal lot (enter off A1A), toward the south end, $4
fee, closes 1am (you'll be ticketed after that).
3. Drum circle is on the beach just off the parking lot, near the volley-
ball courts, across from Bahia Mar, about a block north of the Yankee
Clipper Hotel complex.


*** MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ***

Full Moon Drum Circle - Miami Beach - Miami-Dade County
On the beach in 3 different locations, each just east of Collins Ave.
(A1A), on the beach, Miami Beach FL
1) 85th St. east of A1A
2) 75th St. east of A1A
3) 22nd St. east of A1A
These are loosely organized and tend to start around 8pm on weeknights and
9:30pm on weekends - and may last well past midnight. 85th St. on the full
moon night was the unfied location for a while, but it was dispersed a couple
of times by the police due to rowdiness (alcohol/drug use?), so some drummers
broke away and started drumming on the full moon eve (the night before), and
they even tried a couple of different (less notorious) locations at 75th St.
or 22nd St. instead. Now, on both the full moon night and the full moon eve,
you may find drummers/dancers at any or all of these three locations. The
situation is in flux.
Free (except for possible parking costs).
Info: Mark R. Richards <bloodthump@...> tries to keep the info flowing.


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VISIT OUR CALENDAR OF DRUM/DANCE CIRCLES
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NEWS FLASH!!! - THE CALENDAR (AND MANY OTHER FEATURES ON OUR WEBSITE) IS
NOW ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A YAHOO GROUPS MEMBER!

If you've tried to use it in the past, but couldn't get in, that problem
is now fixed. Please try it again.

Check out all the opportunities to drum/dance in our SE Florida area!
There are at least 5 drum circles every week - plus 3 that occur every
other week, plus 9 that are monthly, plus 7 every month around the full
moon, plus special events! Or about 46 opportunities to drum each month!

http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/SoutheastFloridaDrumCircleCommunity/calendar/

Search by clicking on any day - you'll see all the drumming/dancing
circles anywhere in the whole Southeast Florida area on that day!
Click on an event - see the details (where, when, directions...)

Now there's no excuse not to go drumming/dancing and enjoy the bliss.


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CHECK OUT THE FILES SECTION!
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www.groups.yahoo.com/group/SoutheastFloridaDrumCircleCommunity/files/

You'll find useful drumming and dancing resources -

a. DANCING - LESSONS & CLASSES
b. DANCING - PERFORMANCES
c. DANCING - RESOURCES & LINKS (for belly dancers)

d. DRUM CIRCLES - ETIQUETTE
e. DRUM CIRCLES - LISTED BY DAY OF THE WEEK (Dancers warmly welcome!)

f. DRUMMING - CARE OF YOUR DRUM
g. DRUMMING - HOW TO PLAY A DRUM
h. DRUMMING - INSPIRATIONAL
i. DRUMMING - LESSONS & CLASSES
j. DRUMMING - PERFORMANCES - REGULAR (WEEKLY)
k. DRUMMING - RESOURCES & LINKS


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Namaste,

Michael
Southeast Florida Drum Circle Community, Coordinator
southeastfloridadrumcirclecommunity-owner@yahoogroups.com
561-350-3930





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