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I know there are lots of talented and creative women on my f-list, so this is a heads-up to all of you about a great event coming up in Central Indiana.
Sally Childs-Helton (who many of you know, but who is not on LJ) puts on a wonderful women's drumming event twice a year at Oakwood Retreat Center at Rainbow Farms, out from Muncie, IN. The one coming up in October is the 10th Anniversary of the fall event, so it's turning into A Big Deal, with more classes, more instructors, and just generally more variety. Normally, these events top out at about 30 students, but this one is being run more as a festival and will be open to up to 100 students. There will be drumming, obviously, but what's not obvious from the event's name is that it's grown over the years and now it encompasses movement, chant and arts as well as the drumming. This fall, there will be djembe, dun dun and taiko classes, yoga, poi spinning, West African dance, creative movement, scarf or mandala dyeing, flame tree pod painting (some of you have seen or asked about my bean pod rattle that I use in filk circles... it's the plain unpainted version :-) ), shekere making and more. Then there will be Oakwood's fabulous food, quiet time in the World Garden, and hay rides or a candlelight labyrinth (weather permitting).
The details (and lots of pictures from previous events) are on the WomenDrum site. Check it out, and consider joining us in October!
Sally Childs-Helton (who many of you know, but who is not on LJ) puts on a wonderful women's drumming event twice a year at Oakwood Retreat Center at Rainbow Farms, out from Muncie, IN. The one coming up in October is the 10th Anniversary of the fall event, so it's turning into A Big Deal, with more classes, more instructors, and just generally more variety. Normally, these events top out at about 30 students, but this one is being run more as a festival and will be open to up to 100 students. There will be drumming, obviously, but what's not obvious from the event's name is that it's grown over the years and now it encompasses movement, chant and arts as well as the drumming. This fall, there will be djembe, dun dun and taiko classes, yoga, poi spinning, West African dance, creative movement, scarf or mandala dyeing, flame tree pod painting (some of you have seen or asked about my bean pod rattle that I use in filk circles... it's the plain unpainted version :-) ), shekere making and more. Then there will be Oakwood's fabulous food, quiet time in the World Garden, and hay rides or a candlelight labyrinth (weather permitting).
The details (and lots of pictures from previous events) are on the WomenDrum site. Check it out, and consider joining us in October!
