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MUSIC & ARTS
BRISTOL GUITAR SOCIETY
Second and fourth Thursday of the month, 7.30 - 10pm.
Tony Lewis
An opportunity to get to know other guitarists, to play with and for each other, to share ideas, enthusiasms and perhaps technical info. Anything basically to combat the potential loneliness of the long-distance guitarist!
0117 973 4070, tonyspad@hotmail.co.uk
DIDGERIDOO CIRCLE
Second Tuesday of the month. £4
Pete Appleton
Includes social afterwards. Didgeridoos provided – just turn up!
info@bristoldidge.co.uk, www.bristoldidge.co.uk
DRUMMING FOR FUN AND RELAXATION
Wednesday 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th September, 7:15pm – 8:45pm, £40 for 4 weeks.
Simon Carver
We will be learning basic sounds and techniques for African style hand drums and percussion. Playing simple and multi-part rhythm patterns and improvising together to create our own music. Learning about mindful drumming and using the drum as a tool for meditation and relaxation.
Simon Carver on simon@rhythmforlife.co.uk 0117 9255273
GUMBOOT DANCE CLASS
2 - 4pm last Saturday of every month, all ages welcome. £6 (£3 for children).
Cecilia Ndhlovu
Gumboot dance is a highly energetic work out class. This dance was formed as a means of communication by black miners from the South African Gold Mines many years ago and is now celebrated as a traditional dance all over the Southern part of Africa.
07545 118 593 Please bring a pair of wellies if you have one!
KEYS TO THE GOLDEN CITY PERFORMANCE A Musical Journey around the Cosmos
An evening of harp, song and journeys with Vicki Burke, interval music by Donagh Sanfey on Sitar
Friday 30th July at 7pm - 9pm doors open 6.30pm
£5/2.50 conc. (free to those attending the workshop below)
Vicki probes the links between our journey around the seasonal year, journeys in our life and our lifetime journey. Creating cycles within cycles she weaves them, with song, into the idea that our mind, body and soul, as a map of the cosmos, holds the key to a greater understanding of ourselves.
ffi: keystothegoldencity@yahoo.co.uk
KEYS TO THE GOLDEN CITY: retune, rebalance, reconnect and remember
Sat July 31st 9.30 (for 10am start) - 6pm and Sun August the 1st 10am - 6pm, £120
Vicki Burke
This 2 day workshop, using voice work, meditative journeying, artwork and games, takes us on a journey around the seasonal, astrological year and mirrors this to the human life span. Seeing that everything is a reflection of itself we can begin to heal our vibration which is the fabric of our being and so gain the keys to our golden city.
Ffi contact: Tel; 01761 452284 keystothegoldencity@yahoo.co.uk
MONTHLY FILM NIGHTS
Last Sunday of the month, £5 (concessions available).
The Pierian Centre runs a regular Film Night on the last Sunday of every month. It’s a chance to see provocative films you can’t see elsewhere, and to discuss them with people involved in the making of them or in the issues involved. For more information about upcoming films visit our special events page.
The Bar opens at 7pm, and the screening starts at 7.30pm.
MUSICIANS FORUM
Second Thursday of the month, 8pm – 10.30pm.
A call for enquiring musicians! A chance for instruments and players to meet, talk and try out new musical collaborations. A chance to make new musical friends and forge new musical forms.
The Pierian Centre, 0117 924 4512, info@pieriancentre.com
SING YOUR HEART OUT - CHANTING WITH TIM CHALICE
Last Tuesday of the month, 7 – 8.45pm, £5.
Chanting quiets the mind and opens the heart. Meditative and ecstatic chants including Sanskrit mantras are set to simple melodies, supported by Mike Ford on tablas. These ancient chants contain a transformative power, taking us deeper into our hearts and the ever-present Silence. No previous experience of singing or chanting necessary.
0117 902 1829, tim@plantingpeace.com, www.plantingpeace.com www.myspace.com/timchalice
VOICE MOVES
Every Tuesday 2pm - 5.30pm.
Caroline Gill
Practical, creative and transformational vocal coaching for singers and speakers. Caroline Gill has many years experience working in community, educational and corporate settings and is qualified in Voice Movement Therapy, Yoga and NLP.
FFI visit www.voicemoves.co.uk
