Here are a couple of upcoming events. I went through the Earthdance site an=
d was unable
to find anything about a local get-together closer than New York or Vermont=
. I signed up
for email and I'll post it if I get more information.

John

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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040902/lath044_1.html
Press Release
Source: Earthdance Foundation

On 9/18/04, Legendary Grateful Dead Drummer Mickey Hart to Break the Guinne=
ss Book
of World Records' Statistic for the Largest-Ever Drumming Circle
Thursday September 2, 10:00 am ET

Historic 'Drums of Peace' Event to Unite Over 3,500 Drummers at Earthdance =
2004

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Breaking records is second nature to=

Earthdance: The Global Festival For Peace which, since its planetary groove=
kicked off in
1997, has become the largest synchronized music & dance festival in the wor=
ld. This
year's 8th annual Earthdance on September 18 will unite over 200,000 people=
at events in
120 cities and 50 countries. And, at the Festival's 'Mother Ship' location =
at Black Oak
Ranch in Laytonville, CA, Grateful Dead drummer/world music master Mickey H=
art will help
Earthdance set another record with "Drums Of Peace," the largest drumming c=
ircle in
history.

This historic rhythmic convergence is part of Earthdance 2004's United Beat=
s Of Peace
Festival, September 17-19, a 3-day conscious music/culture event anchored b=
y the global
event on 9/18. With drum maker Remo donating 3,500 drums -- and far more at=
tendees
than that expected -- Hart is destined to lead a record-breaking beat sessi=
on to easily top
the current Guinness Book Of World Records drum circle statistic, 3,140. In=
addition to
those convened at Black Oak Ranch -- site of '60s icon Wavy Gravy and the H=
og Farm's
Pignic festival -- Drums Of Peace will link up via Internet to Earthdance h=
appenings
worldwide.

Drums Of Peace also marks a reunion, after almost a decade, of many of the =
stellar
percussionists from Hart's famed Planet Drum ensemble, including Airto More=
ira, Zakir
Hussain, the Santana Band's Karl Perazzo, and fellow Dead drummer Bill Kreu=
tzmann. Hart
is also renowned as a global ethnomusicologist and world music drummer. His=
'91 album
Planet Drum hit #1 on Billboard's World Music chart, and won the first-ever=
GRAMMY¨ for
Best World Music Album.

In addition to Drums Of Peace, United Beats Of Peace features a diverse ros=
ter of artists
including Ozomatli and Blackalicious and Michael Franti. Earthdance's allia=
nce with Black
Oak Ranch was forged with the help of Bob Barsotti, former longtime produce=
r for Bill
Graham Presents (and current Bill Graham Foundation Advisory Board member),=
with
hopes that a festival there will coincide annually with the Earthdance glob=
al event.

Earthdance Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The annual Ea=
rthdance
event is the primary funding source for Earthdance Foundation and the many =
charities it
supports. For more information, log on to www.earthdance.org, which registe=
red over
1,200,000 page views in 2003 alone.


Source: Earthdance Foundation

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http://www.littlestarfriends.com/drum_call_911.html

Call For Drums

Drumming circle with indigenous Absalooka of the Crow Nation

To Honor

Mother Earth & The Children Who Come After Us


Saturday, September 11, 2004
Rose Bowl AREA H - Pasadena, CA

Drumming begins @ 6 PM Ð Arrive Area H by 5:30 PM

Sponsored by Little Star

If you canÕt make it to the Rose Bowl, drum with us from wherever you are!

We do not know what may happen today, but let us act as though we were the =
Seven Stars
in the sky that live forever. Go with me as far as you can, and I will go =
with you
while there is breath in my body.
Chief Plenty Coups, Crow, 1848-1932


¥ PEACE NOW FOR THE CHILDREN WHO COME AFTER US ¥

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