Dear Ones,
We are happy to say that the Nov. 15th Concert and Fundraiser were a huge success. Thank you for your support! The North Fork Valley Embodying Rhythm Marimba Project is up and running. In the spring we’ll have a bass, baritone, extended tenor, and lead soprano as part of our ensemble. Here is a youtube video snippet of one of the songs, Chemutengure from the evening: http://youtu.be/Xd6hw7kp8PQ
December brings some fun concerts and we hope you all have wonderful winter holidays and a Happy New Year!
We have marimba ensemble classes available for you starting in January at the Blue Sage– ages 9-13: Thursdays, 4:30-5:30pm; ages 14-17: Thursdays, 3:30-4:30pm; adult: Thursdays, 1:30-2:45pm. More information below.
Thanks for everyone participating in our gift-class series 2014. We’ll be offering new gift classes through The Learning Council in the coming year, stay tuned for details.
Much love,
Arlyn and David
www.embodyingrhythm.com
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The Twelve Months – Play by Marty Durlin at the Blue Sage
http://www.bluesage.org/events/12-months-musical-marty-durlin/
David will add melodies on marimba to this play.
The 12 Months is Marty Durlin’s original musical based on a Czechoslovakian folk tale. The after school arts program students will perform all the roles, provide musical accompaniment and create all the sets and costumes for the production.
Friday December 12th at 7:30pm
Saturday December 13th at 7:30pm
Sunday December 14th at 2pm.
Tickets are $7 and $5 for kids 13 and under. Free for parents of performers.
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Hotchkiss High School Winter concert
Monday, December 15, 2014 6:30 p.m. at the Hotchkiss High School
Enjoy a concert with the HHS band and choir including a medley of holiday tunes arranged by David Alderdice and played on marimba.
The high school art students will also be auctioning off some of their art work.
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David Alderdice with The Dark Night presented by Craig Childs
Fri, Dec. 19, Saturday, December 2014
7:30pm, doors open at 7pm
$20 pre-sale (Backcountry Bistro, Paonia; The Rose, Hotchkiss; The Paradise Theatre box office; and at Brown Paper Tickets), $25 at the door, $35 VIP
Craig Childs’ riveting spoken word and audiovisual extravaganza, DARK NIGHT, returns to Paonia’s Paradise Theatre for the fifth consecutive year on December 19th and 20th, the darkest nights of 2014. This year’s edition features new work and stories by Childs, based on recent travels and research, including a desert trip that ended at the 2014 Burning Man festival. The two-act show also features Pascal’s Ridiculous Wager, written and performed by Angus Stocking, producer of Confessions of a Heavy Thinker, with supporting video, choreography, acting, and music from Aaron Jerad, Russ Chapman, David Alderdice, Jordan Schevene, April Flowers, Smyth Boone, and other accomplished performers from the North Fork Valley and beyond.
For the first time, Dark Night will have a pre-show VIP party at 6:00pm, 1-hour before doors open, both Friday & Saturday nights. VIP’s will enjoy reserved front stage table seating, drinks made and poured by mixer extraordinaire Angus Stocking, and a booklet with journal entries and an unpublished journal/chapter excerpt from Craig Childs’ upcoming book.
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Winter/Spring Class Series At the Blue Sage 2015 with David Alderdice
Thursday 4:30 – 5:30 pm Ages 9-13 Jan 22 – May 14 at the Blue Sage (228 main) Paonia $135, a 15 week series (no class Feb 19 or April 9) $185 after Dec. 19th. Register by Jan 9.
Thursday 3:30 – 4:30 pm Ages 14-17 Jan 22 – May 14 at the Blue Sage (228 main) Paonia $135, a 15 week series (no class Feb 19 or April 9) $185 after Dec. 19th. Register by Jan 9.
Thursday 1:30 – 2:45 pm For Adults with David and Arlyn Alderdice Jan 22 – April 2 at the Blue Sage (228 main) Paonia $115, a 10 week series (no class Feb 19) – max class size: 9 players. Register by Jan 9.
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Soul, Heart, and Body One Morning by Rumi trans. Coleman Barks
There is a morning when presence comes
over your soul. You sing like a rooster
in your earth-colored shape. Your heart
hears and, no longer frantic, begins
to dance. At that moment, soul reaches
total emptiness. Your heart becomes Mary,
miraculously pregnant, and body, like a
two-day-old Jesus, says wisdom words. Now
the heart, which is the source of your
loving, turns to universal light, and the
body picks up the tempo and the elegance of
its motion. Where Shams-I Trabriz walks
the footprints become notations of music
and holes you fall through into space.