Spirit-Rhythm: A Drum and Dance Quest July 2, 2009

Spirit-Rhythm: A Drum and Dance Quest

DISCOUNT ADMISSION OPTIONS:
No meals 63 dollars
Sign up with four or more with meals 73 dollars

July 3, 4, 5, 2009, Newhart’s Lodge will be transformed into a very special Spiritual
and Magickal kingdom. A mythic place were drumming and dancing and community
burst into bloom, where the potential, possibilities, and opportunities of our community through our drumming and dancing will be advanced and unleashed. From Friday July 3, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. to Sunday July 5, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. drumming, dancing and magickal/spiritual workshops will bloom all throughout the land. Spirit-Rhythm’s intention from beginning to end, is all about improving our drumming and dancing talent’s, and learning how to magickally and spiritually empower ourselves, our drum, dance and our community. Growing in our skills and understanding of drumming and dance, as well as the power we raise through spiritual and magickal perspectives, we will take to another level our talent, abilities and understanding of drumming and dance. Polishing our “personal best,” and perfecting our gift’s and skills to use drumming and dance to create and enhance community, raise group will, and send this energy out into the world to influence meaningful transformation, as well as bringing people together and spreading the love. Focused spiritually on our drumming, dancing, and community the sky is the limit. Potential is infinite and the love never-ending. So come with your drums and your dancing feet. Come with your desires and uniqueness as we create and celebrate a wondrously varied and divinely eclectic magickal community dedicated to drumming and dancing and open to divine inspiration. Please plan to arrive on Friday July 3 and to stay the whole weekend. We are building a spiritual energy together and a sense of community, so once you arrive you are here for the entire Quest. So please plan to stay the weekend so we can put all our efforts into this! Please know that the use of Alcohol is restricted to your campsite. No walking around with glasses, bottles, cans or exotic beverages in bags. The Dome is smoke free. If you smoke please do not litter with your smoke butts. Knock off the coal, stomp on the coal and put the extinguished butt in your pocket. We are trying to have as green a footprint as possible and as small a foot print as possible. Please use the recycle cans, throw away the least you can, and pack out as much as possible. Being green takes the whole community united as one! One Heart Community Drummers. If you have a heartbeat you have a rhythm. One Heart Community Drummers bringing people together one burst of laughter, one rhythm, One Heart beat at a time!

Workshop Providers:
---Imakhu, the Renegade Wise Woman, is a career visual/performing/literary artist who openly lives her life as a Nubian witch out of the Broom Closet. Her uplifting Nu African pagan music blends eclectic and traditional folk, Goth, and soulful rock. Her vocals, storytelling, drumming, and folk guitar playing reflect her African and Native American roots. Imakhu is also known to the world for her metaphysical podcast, NUBIA GODDESS RISING (also found on iTunes), and as author of COWRIE BLESSINGS BOOK: NU AFRAKAN WORDS OF WISDOM. www.imakhu.com Sacred Belly dance Imakhu shares the metaphysical Women's mysteries of the ancient art of Sacred Belly dance. Metaphysics, ritual, and dance techniques taught history, as well as meaning of behind belly dance garb. No experience needed - Yes, men may dance too! Wear comfortable clothes that show body line and water. Drummers and Toners are invited to lend support and learn accompaniment.
----Heather Rossner, drumming workshops, teaching the Rhythm Kopolongo. Heather a grad student and teacher at Ithaca College have gone to West Africa every year for the last five years. Bringing back great rhythms and cultural insights creating a great drumming experience.
~ Rev. Gretchen Schork, OCL, AL, MOL ~ will have spiritual and magickal workshops designed to give some spiritual and magickal insights and techniques for creating a magickal and spiritual focus and energy, understanding ritual and to use your drumming and dancing in a way to raise and create a group or community will, is a Minister, Mystic and Magician of the Ordo Corona Luci. She is a prolific writer and has authored very many books. She was student to the Djisovi Simenu for 16 years, has worked Runes for over two decades, and used Qabalah in ritual for 25 years. In 2005 she attained a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership, and is currently publishing a study program that includes Theology, Thaumaturgy and Theurgy. She is a member of Sigma Beta Delta, the international honor society for business, management and administration. The Scribe’s Year Templates and Commentaries have been published by SIA Press.
-----Jaeka Chase, will teach the dance Funga, a dance of welcoming. Jaeka has over 14 years experience with African Dance, brings a love and exuberance to her classes, enjoy the work and beauty of spiritual motion and the feeling of community and love the dance creates!
----Norman Fleck, in this lecture, we will explore the historical and symbolic aspects of the Stele of Revealing and the known history of Ankh-af-na-Khonsu. We will also examine the history of its discovery at the Museum in Egypt and its importance and place in Thelemic theory and practice. Norman is a social worker by profession, has been involved in the OTO since 1986ev, taking Minerval and I* in June of that year at Pyramid Camp in Buffalo. He served as Master of Pyramid Lodge from 1990 to 1992ev and is presently Master of Obelisk Chapter. Br NO has had a longtime interest in ancient Khem and traveled to Egypt in 1979ev as part of his spiritual journey. He will be giving us insights into practical spiritual and magickal techniques.
----Steve Caulkins , a student and teacher of African Drumming and other styles as well improvisational techniques for 15 years Steve will teach Funga, Kactalambe, and also improvisational techniques along with some syncopated rhythms.
-----JeremyCrytzer Learn rhythms from Guinea and Mali, West Africa, on djembe and doun douns with Jeremy Crytzer. Jeremy has studied West African drumming for over 21 years with many master teachers including Karamba Dioubate, Abdoul Doumbia, Yaya Diallo, Mamady Keita, Mbemba Bangoura, and others. He has performed all over the country and facilitated workshops with many of the African masters with whom he studied and played. He has been teaching drum classes since 1999, previously in Tucson, Arizona, and is considered a patient and encouraging but rigorous teacher by his students
----James Pan Tor will lead us and give two Mayan Fire Ritual workshops.

Rituals:
Opening The Way:
We will experience three rituals at Spirit-Rhythm. An opening ritual, a main ritual and a closing ritual.

The opening ritual is designed “To Open The Way.” It is designed to provide us the ability to come together, recognize community, and appreciate and respect each other as members of our community. We are invoking in ourselves a strong feeling of love for one another and ourselves as well as our shared community.
The main ritual. “I am the Way.” We take it a step further and become and are the community by giving form to function. We evoke community, by acting and being and creating in our shared reality the essence of community and exemplifying this by how we act, treat and love each other. Building in to our community and experiencing through action the very best that we feel a community is and how we demonstrate that by action!
Closing Ritual. “Saving the Way” The closing ritual is a banishing or grounding ritual. We ground all the energies we have created, invoked and evoked, putting them to rest so like a safe, storehouse or well we can draw from our experience so we can maintain all the positive energy and love we have created for any of our needs.“

Camping Information:
Camping is included in the registration fee. Car camping is available in designated areas. Please bring your own gear. All types of camping are limited to designated areas. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. There will be no individual fires but there will be a community fire at the dome. Four meals are provided, however participants are encouraged to bring their own snacks if desired.
Drug/Alcohol Policy: ! Please know that the use of Alcohol is restricted to your campsite. No walking around with glasses, bottles, cans or exotic beverages in bags. The Dome is smoke free. We ask that alcohol use be kept to a minimum throughout the event. One Heart Community Drumming does not condone the use of illicit substances.
Cancellation Policy: Requests made on or after June 1, 2009 but prior to June 14, 2009 will receive a $45 refund. No refunds after June 14, 2009.
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Please enclose a check for $93 made out to any of the following: Meghan Fouracre, Steve Calkins, or Joe Lorincz. Be sure to include “Spirit Rhythm Registration” in the memo line. You can also pay via Paypal for a $3 fee by sending an email to [email protected]

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Cut here and mail top portion with payment to: One Heart Community Drumming, c/o Meghan Fouracre, 118 West King Rd #1, Ithaca, NY 14850

DIRECTION: TO NEWHART’S LODGE: go to www.oneheartcommunitydrumming.org for google map to event
Take Route 79 WEST from Ithaca, NY. You will travel about 8 miles, passing a flashing yellow light, in Enfield NY. (*There is a gas station at this intersection, known as Valley Corners. This will be your last opportunity to stock up for the weekend. Valley Corners provides a wide variety of food and drink, and many other festival needs, such as insect repellent, batteries, toiletries, etc.*) Look for Black Oak Road on the LEFT, which will be your third road after the flashing yellow light. Take the left turn at Black Oak, continue driving until you see Griffin Road on your LEFT. Go left on Griffin Rd, check in/will call/front gate will be on your LEFT. All festival traffic must stop at front gate, please have tickets/I.D. ready to make your entry to Spirit-Rhythm trouble free.

Official Website: http://www.oneheartcommunitydrumming.org