Upcoming Events Get e-mails with event info by signing up for our e-group! ************************************************* Autumn Moon Festival & Pagan Pride Day INCLUDING Food Drive for Local Food Banks! Saturday, September 18, 2010, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Join fellow Pagans or respectful non-Pagans for a day of shopping, music, dance and drumming! The 9th Annual Autumn Moon Festival and Pagan Pride Day will be, as always, a fun time for all! ************************************************* Regularly Scheduled Dance Performances First Saturday of each month: The Whirling Doves 12 p.m.-2 p.m. Stop by for some great dancing performances and to hang out for a bit! ************************************************* Classes Belly Dance Beginner Level I with Julia Zay Thursdays from 4:30-6 Cost: $12 per class, Pay-in-advance special rates may be available. Balla Guerra with Creatrix Julia Zay Thursdays from 6:30 - 8:30 beginning March 11, 2010 Cost: $15 per class, Pay-in-advance special rates may be available. The Age of the Damsel in Distress has come to an end. Welcome to the Era of the Dame... The Level I Balla Guerra class is open to students who have some previous bellydance experience either through one of our bellydance courses or from another instructor. This class covers the foot work and body work of Balla Guerra to include all basic postures, steps, isolations and an introduction to combat combos. You will learn several social combat dances that you can take home and show your family and friends. This is a 12-week course and successful completion is the pre-requisite for Balla Guerra: Level Two. Students may repeat this course as many times as necessary or desired to develop solid muscle memory and perfect your sense of rhythm and timing. To read more about Balla Guerra, please visit the instructor's website. Trance Techniques Workshop Instructor: Julia Zay Wednesdays from 6 until 8 p.m. Ages 12 and up with an adult, $5 per class This class will include trance techniques of the Mediterranean past and present. You'll have the opportunity to learn rhythms, chants, dances and folklore from across the Mediterranean from the Classical era to the modern day. This year we'll be focusing heavily on frame drum techniques, prayer chants and evocative dances. We have extra drums for those who need to borrow and lyric sheets are provided for all chants. Please wear white if you can or at least a white shirt, no black clothes. Feel free to bring donations of fruit, flowers, incense, sweets, candles and coins for the trance altar. Throughout the year you'll have many crafting opportunities as we'll do drum decoration, trance gear decoration, henna, the occasional historical lecture and even story telling. The mood is relaxed and a bit bawdy at times but such is the nature of trance. We'll be working with chants in Latin, Greek, and many Romance dialects in addition to Turkish, Armenian, Hebrew and more. You'll cover quite the range of languages and cultures by the time we're done! Keep track of the class by visiting our site. Practical Magick Interested in finding your own path? Want an overview of basic magick? Then, this class is for you! Just some of the topics covered in this class: Shamanism ~ Tarot ~ Ethics ~ Norse Paths ~ Astrology ~ Goddesses and Gods ~ Pagan Festivals ~ Meditation ~ Candle Magick ~ Ritual Basics ~ and much, much more! Classes meet every Wednesday evening from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. Each class is $5. Taught by Janie Carpenter with various guest speakers Save time by bringing our events straight to your inbox...join our e-group for the most up-to-date info on our classes, workshops and events! |
