Newsletter

–UPCOMING EVENTS–

Hello Dear Ones,

This September has us carrying everything out of our beloved music studio and moving it around to dig a trench for some radon mitigation. We hope that it is cleansing and allows for new creative pathways to open, because it’s feeling rather disruptive right now.

We hope that whatever it is that is shaking up your world right now is ultimately opening up new creative pathways and a deeper connection to your own heart.

September 16, 23 & 30 Arlyn will offer 3 morning dance practices 9am-10am with pre-recorded music at the Hearth, then we will gather again on October 2nd for a live-music Movement as Medicine, details below.

Additionally, both David and Arlyn will be playing music in some different groups at the Mountain Harvest Festival at the end of the month, details below.

Blessings,
Arlyn & David

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Pre-Recorded Music – Movement As Medicine – An Hour Long Practice

Friday September 16, 9-10am

Friday September 23, 9-10am

Friday September 30, 9-10am

At the Hearth 138 Grand Ave, Paonia
Facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice inspired by Gabrielle Roth’s 5 Rhythms. Offered in the gift model.

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Live Music – Movement As Medicine – An Experiential Dance Practice

Sunday, October 2 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm, at the Hearth 138 Grand Ave, Paonia
Facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice. Accompanied by Responsive Live Music with David Alderdice, Daniel B, and Beth Quist. This practice is geared for adults, childcare available on site. Suggested donation $10-$30.

–Upcoming Live Music–

September 23 – 25 – Mountain Harvest Festival

Friday, 9/23, 4pm – Festival of Courage Play – NFSIS school at the Gazebo stage Paonia Town Park

Saturday, 9/24, 2pm – Mama Lingua – sensuous female vocals, guitar, violin, cello and percussion – Gazebo stage Paonia Town Park

Saturday, 9/24, 4pm – Greg Schochet & Little America (swing) with David Alderdice on drums – Grand Ave Stage

Saturday, 9/24, 8pm – NFV Parade and Community Band – Grand Ave

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“As you notice your ability to act on your own behalf in the present moment, the terrible helplessness and self-abandonment common to all trauma slowly yields to a sense of personal empowerment. In time, accessing your power through present-moment awareness can become your automatic reaction to negative situations. As you grow more practiced in noticing your triggers, offering yourself kindness and remembering that the power to heal your life is always available in the present moment, the situations that once set you off lose their explosive potential.” – Martha Beck

Hello!

We hope you are doing well. Things here are full, working with the abundance of nature as our fruit trees begin to share their bounty and our cukes and zukes begin to produce food.

We are excited to be bringing you three events this week – David is playing at Pickin’ in the Park at 6pm on Thursday with Ben Benetele – we have a Friday morning 9am movement practice with pre-recorded music – and a Sunday 11am Movement as Medicine with our spectacular live band. Full details below.

With school starting and some schedule changes in other areas of our lives, we needed to scale back a touch, so we’ve postponed the Women’s Drumming class on August 21st and the Rhythm Playshop on August 26th. Please let us know if you were looking forward to these events, it helps us plan for the future.

New – if you would like to get one reminder text (the day before) for either the Movement as Medicine Sunday with live music events or the Women’s Drumming events, please text 970- 294 – 9393 or reply to this email with your phone number, indicate which list, and Arlyn can add you.

Blessings,
Arlyn & David

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Movement As Medicine – An Hour Long Practice with Pre-recorded Music

Friday, August 19 | 9:00 am – 10:00 am, at the Hearth 138 Grand Ave, Paonia
Facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice inspired by Gabrielle Roth’s 5 Rhythms. Offered in the gift model.

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Movement As Medicine – An Experiential Dance Practice with Live Music

Sunday, August 21 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm, at the Hearth 138 Grand Ave, Paonia
Facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice Accompanied by Responsive Live Music with David Alderdice, Daniel B, and Chloe Watkins. This practice is geared for adults, childcare available on site. Suggested donation $10-$30.

–Upcoming Live Music–

August 18th, Pickin’ in the Park –

David Alderdice with Ben Bentele, 6pm, Paonia Town Park

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August 25th, Pickin’ in the Park –

Arlyn Alderdice with Mama Lingua, 6pm, Paonia Town Park

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September 23 – 25 – Mountain Harvest Festival

Both Arlyn and David Alderdice will be performing with different groups throughout the festival weekend.

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Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it.
   ~Rumi

Hello,

It has been such a pleasure to see such a lit up group of people come to dance and drum with us this summer. It also feels like timely work to help middle schoolers connect with themselves and each other through wilderness adventures.

Thank you for your support of our offerings and we look forward to seeing you soon!

We have marimba ensemble classes on July 31st and we hope to see you there. We’re not sure when another one of these will be offered and if you or your child likes the sound of the marimba, we’d love to have you!

We also have a variety of offerings for August including another Movement as Medicine with live music and Women’s drumming class on Sunday, August 21st. Full details below.

thanks for being you,
Arlyn & David

–Upcoming Workshops–

Embodying Rhythm’s Summer Marimba Classes

Last Sunday in July = July 31st

with David & Arlyn Alderdice
ages 6-8 | 2-2:45, $10
ages 9-12 | 3-4:15, $15
ages 13 – adult | 5-6:30, $20
on Hanson Mesa just outside Hotchkiss some partial and full scholarships available, please inquire. Info, Registration & Directions 970-872-4238 or info@embodyingrhythm.com

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Movement As Medicine – An Hour Long Practice with Pre-recorded Music

Friday, August 19 | 9:00 am – 10:00 am, at the Hearth 138 Grand Ave, Paonia
Facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice inspired by Gabrielle Roth’s 5 Rhythms. Offered in the gift model.

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Movement As Medicine – An Experiential Dance Practice with Live Music

Sunday, August 21 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm, at the Hearth 138 Grand Ave, Paonia
Facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice Accompanied by Responsive Live Music with David Alderdice, Daniel B, and Chloe Watkins. This practice is geared for adults, childcare available on site. Suggested donation $10-$30.

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Women’s Hand Drumming with Arlyn Alderdice

Sunday, August 21 | 3:30 – 5:00 pm, at the Drum Room, Hotchkiss
A place where new drummers and experienced musicians can come together. Bring your own drum or use one of ours. We’ll explore modern applications of ancient grooves, we’ll listen deeply, we’ll play together.
Offered on a sliding scale: $10-$25. Info, Registration & Directions 970-872-4238 or info@embodyingrhythm.com

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Rhythm Playshop with David Alderdice and Arlyn Alderdice

Friday, August 26 | 9:00 am – 10:15 am, at the Hearth 138 Grand Ave, Paonia
During this fun and engaging rhythm experience, we will focus on embodying rhythms through rhythmic vocalizations, hand gestures and stepping cycles. We will be using the traditional South Indian rhythm practice of Solkattu to deepen our relationship with rhythm, music and life. This fun phrase-centered approach aids musicians and artists of all kinds to get the visceral sensations of many different rhythmic applications from the naturally occurring universal concepts and musical uses of internalizing pulse, subdivisions, syncopation, cross-rhythms, and poly-rhythms. Suggested donation $10-$20

–Upcoming Live Music–

July 31st, Cirque Eccentric –

David Alderdice with Jon Hickam, 7:30pm, 3750 rd, Hotchkiss

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August 18th, Pickin’ in the Park –

David Alderdice with Ben Bentele, 6pm, Paonia Town Park

–UPCOMING CAMPS–

TNC Wilderness Aware Camp –  with David Alderdice

August 1 -4 for boys and girls ages 7 -11  –  Offered through The Nature Connection

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Rhythm Playshop at Bluegrass & Beyond Camp in Crested Butte, CO

Friday, August 5th | 10:00am, with David and Arlyn Alderdice at the Crested Butte Arts Center as part of a week-long music camp.

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Author and activist Sarah Wilson shares some practices  —

– Go to your edge. Do what scares you and embrace discomfort daily. Use it to grow into your Big Life.
– Buy Less, Live More. Break the cycle of mindless consumption and get light with your life.
– Become a soul nerd. Embrace poetry, deep reading, art, and classical music to light up your intellect.
– Get ‘full-fat spiritual’. How to have an active practice – beyond the ‘lite’ ‘rainbows and unicorns’ – and use it to change the world.
– Hike. Just hike. Walking in nature reconnects us with ourselves, and with our true purpose.
– Practise wild activism. If you can get 3.5 per cent of a population to participate in sustained, non-violent protest, change happens. We create our better world.

Hello Friends,

We hope you are well and enjoying your summer so far.

These are the longest days of the year, we remember yearning for them in the dark of winter, even as they melt us a little now that they are here.

See you soon,
Arlyn & David

–Upcoming Events–

Embodying Rhythm’s Summer Marimba Classes

Last Sunday in June = June 26th

with David & Arlyn Alderdice
ages 6-8 | 2 – 2:45, $10
ages 9-12 | 3 – 4:15, $15
ages 13 – adult | 5 – 6:30, $20

on Hanson Mesa just outside Hotchkiss some partial and full scholarships available, please inquire. Info, Registration & Directions 970-872-4238 or info@embodyingrhythm.com

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Kid’s Summercamp – Skill Toys, Music & Games Camp with David Alderdice

June 27 -30^th afternoons for students going into 2nd through 6th grades. At the Paonia Town Park. Offered by Arts For All.
Just afternoons with David or kids can do a full day summercamp with Circus Arts in the morning. Info on full camp.
Registration:artsforallnf@gmail.com

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Women’s Hand Drumming with Arlyn Alderdice

Sunday, July 10 | 3:30p – 5 pm, on Hanson Mesa just outside Hotchkiss.
A safe space for musical exploration and learning – no prior experience needed. A place where new drummers and experienced musicians can come together. Bring your own drum or use one of ours. We’ll explore modern applications of ancient grooves, we’ll listen deeply, we’ll play together. Offered on a sliding scale: $10-$25. Info, Registration & Directions 970-872-4238 or info@embodyingrhythm.com

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Movement As Medicine – An Experiential Dance Practice

Sunday, July 17 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm, at the Hearth 138 Grand Ave, Paonia
Facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice Accompanied by Responsive Live Music with David Alderdice, Daniel B, and Chloe Watkins. This practice is geared for adults, childcare available on site. Suggested donation $15-$30.

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TNC Boots to Roots Youth Boys Backpacking with David Alderdice

July 18 -21 for boys ages 11-14

Offered through The Nature Connection. https://thenatureconnection.net/summer-programs/#gotr

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Embodying Rhythm’s Summer Marimba Classes

Last Sunday in July = July 31st

with David & Arlyn Alderdice
ages 6-8 | 2-2:45, $10
ages 9-12 | 3-4:15, $15
ages 13 – adult | 5-6:30, $20
on Hanson Mesa just outside Hotchkiss some partial and full scholarships available, please inquire. Info, Registration & Directions 970-872-4238 or info@embodyingrhythm.com

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TNC Wilderness Aware Camp – Intro to Backpacking with David Alderdice

August 1 -4 for boys and girls ages 7 -11

Offered through The Nature Connection

Become familiar with the flora and fauna of the Western Slope and a find your rhythm with camping. Wilderness Aware explores the foundations of backpacking through four days of camp and a one night backpacking trip on a beginner-friendly loop into the wilderness with a new discovery of nature. https://thenatureconnection.net/summer-programs/#gotr

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Rhythm Playshop at Bluegrass & Beyond Camp in Crested Butte, CO

Camp runs August 1-6

Rhythm playshop on Friday, August 5th. David & Arlyn will be teaching a participatory rhythmic body experience playshop that is geared toward finding different fun and useful ways of feeling music. This overall camp is led by Stephanie Mientka with both her and Dylan Fixmer as teachers for the daily classes. more information at: https://crestedbuttemusicfestival.org/calendar-plugin/bluegrass-and-beyond-camp/

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More dancing and other fun classes in August 2022, details will be ready soon.

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“Don’t you know yet? It is your light that lights the world.” – Rumi

Hello Dear Ones,

We hope you are well.

We have a lot of fun offerings this summer – backpacking trips and summercamps for kids, marimba classes for kids and adults, women’s drumming, and more.

We hope to see you.

blessings,
Arlyn & David

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Movement As Medicine – An Experiential Dance Practice

Sunday, June 5 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm, at the Hearth 138 Grand Ave, Paonia
Facilitated by Arlyn Alderdice Accompanied by Responsive Live Music with David Alderdice, Daniel B, and Chloe Watkins. This practice is geared for adults. Suggested donation $10-$25.

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Kid’s Summercamp – Celebrate the Beat with Emma Stedman & David Alderdice

June 6 – June 10 Paonia Town Park. FREE!
Registration: 970-270-3331
Dancers entering 1st or 2nd grade from 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Dancers entering the 3rd-5th grade from 1:00 pm-3:00 pm

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Women’s Hand Drumming Class with Arlyn Alderdice

Sunday, June 12 | 3-4:30pm on Hanson Mesa just outside Hotchkiss. Offered on a sliding scale: $10-$25.

A safe space for musical exploration and learning – no prior experience needed. A place where new drummers and experienced musicians can come together. Bring your own drum or use one of ours. We’ll explore modern applications of ancient grooves, we’ll listen deeply, we’ll play together.

Info, Registration & Directions 970-872-4238 or info@embodyingrhythm.com

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TNC Boots to Roots Youth Boys Backpacking with David Alderdice

June 20 – 23 for 11 – 14 year old boys.

Offered through The Nature Connection. https://thenatureconnection.net/summer-programs/#gotr

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Embodying Rhythm’s Summer Marimba Classes

Last Sunday in June = June 26th

with David & Arlyn Alderdice
ages 6-8 | 2-2:45, $10
ages 9-12 | 3-4:15, $15
ages 13 – adult | 5-6:30, $20

on Hanson Mesa just outside Hotchkiss some partial and full scholarships available, please inquire. Info, Registration & Directions 970-872-4238 or info@embodyingrhythm.com

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Kid’s Summercamp – Skill Toys, Music & Games Camp with David Alderdice

June 27 -30^th afternoons for students going into 2nd through 6th grades. At the Paonia Town Park.
Just afternoons with David or kids can do a full day summercamp with Circus Arts in the morning. Info on full camp.
Skill Toys, Music and Games Camp with David Alderdice offered by Arts For All.
If you like being outside and playing games, this would be a fun camp for you. And if you have interest in any of the following hobbies like, Kendama, Rubik’s Cube, Marimba Music, Yard Games, Hackysack, Percussion, Slackline, Backgammon, Knot tying, and more. Registration:artsforallnf@gmail.com

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TNC Boots to Roots Youth Boys Backpacking with David Alderdice

July 18 -21 for boys ages 11-14

Offered through The Nature Connection. https://thenatureconnection.net/summer-programs/#gotr

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Embodying Rhythm’s Summer Marimba Classes

Last Sunday in July = July 31st

with David & Arlyn Alderdice
ages 6-8 | 2-2:45, $10
ages 9-12 | 3-4:15, $15
ages 13 – adult | 5-6:30, $20
on Hanson Mesa just outside Hotchkiss some partial and full scholarships available, please inquire. Info, Registration & Directions 970-872-4238 or info@embodyingrhythm.com

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TNC Wilderness Aware Camp – Intro to Backpacking with David Alderdice

August 1 -4 for boys and girls ages 7 -11

Offered through The Nature Connection

Become familiar with the flora and fauna of the Western Slope and a find your rhythm with camping. Wilderness Aware explores the foundations of backpacking through four days of camp and a one night backpacking trip on a beginner-friendly loop into the wilderness with a new discovery of nature. https://thenatureconnection.net/summer-programs/#gotr

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Rhythm Playshop at Bluegrass & Beyond Camp in Crested Butte, CO

Camp runs August 1-6

Rhythm playshop on Friday, August 5th. David & Arlyn will be teaching a participatory rhythmic body experience playshop that is geared toward finding different fun and useful ways of feeling music. This overall camp is led by Stephanie Mientka with both her and Dylan Fixmer as teachers for the daily classes. more information at: https://crestedbuttemusicfestival.org/calendar-plugin/bluegrass-and-beyond-camp/

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“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” – Winnie the Pooh (AA Milne)