Dear One,
Hello, I hope that you are well.
David and I were just out doing some backpacking and hiking in the wilderness. It is beautiful up in the high country right now and I recommend a trip. Especially if you tie it in with seeing some live music. . . I find the wilderness to be so cleansing, even just being out for an afternoon makes a big difference for my well-being. It also helps me to be more at peace with my garden to see how plants come and go in the wild – I feel that simply witnessing nature is an important part of life. The presence found in nature is such a great teacher of being okay with the way things are and going with the flow.
Our friends Blaine and Sarah have arrived from Maryland and rehearsal for Pretty Gritty sounds great! We’re excited for their Colorado tour. The schedule is below. This is fun, soulful, danceable music! Here are two videos so you can get a taste of them. . .Hey You Highway
lots of love,
Arlyn and David
www.devadancing.com and www.embodyingrhythm.com
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Pretty Gritty visits Colorado! check out their website: www.prettygrittymusic.com
with David Alderdice on drums playing their hearts out for you. . .
Wed. July 4th – Paonia Town Park – Cherry Days. 12pm-2pm
Wed. July 4th – Louie’s Loft in Paonia – 8pm-11pm
Thurs. July 5th – interview aired worldwide on KVNF.org 3:30-4pm (mtn. time)
Friday, July 6th – Steve’s Guitar’s in Carbondale – 8pm $10
Saturday, July 7th – at Cavalcade in Fruita 201 E Aspen St., 8pm $12 www.cavalcadefruita.com
Tuesday, July 10th – at Eddie McStiff’s in Moab, UT www.eddiemcstiffs.com
Wed. July 11th – Revolution Brewery in Paonia. 5:30-8:30pm
Thursday, July 12 – Ridgeway town Park – Pickin’ in the Park 6-6:40 pm opening for Shinyribs
Thursday, July 12 – Sherbino Theater in Ridgeway 10pm
Friday, July 13 – live radio interview. listen worldwide at www.kbut.org 2:45pm (mtn. time)
Friday, July 13 – Rumors in Crested Butte (next door to Townie Books) 4-6pm
Friday, July 13 – Kochevar’s in Crested Butte 10:30pm
Saturday, July 14 – Gunnison Farmer’s Market 10:30am – 1:30pm
Saturday, July 14 – Delicious Orchards in Paonia – 4-7pm
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Write On! Poetry Anthology Reading with Arlyn Deva reading 2 original pieces and other local authors. 7pm at the Blue Sage in Paonia, Thursday July 5th.
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David with Sticky Mulligan
Saturday, July 7th – at Cherry Days 4-5pm
Wed. July 18th – in Glenwood Springs at the summer of music concert series in the park. 6pm
Thursday July 19th – @ Main in Montrose in Montrose CO. 6-8:30pm
Friday July 20th – @ Cups Tavern in Ridgway CO. 8-11pm. Tix $5.
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David plays with the Sea Stars
Sunday, July 8th – Paonia Town Park – Cherry Days. noon
Saturday, July 21 – Ridgeway, CO – Sherbino Theater doors at 8pm, music at 9. $10
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Celebrate the Beat – Children’s dance performance. Friday afternoon, July 20. Paonia. www.ctbeat.org with David on drums.
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“Where Everything Is Music” by Jelaluddin Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks Don’t worry about saving these songs! And if one of our instruments breaks, it doesn’t matter. We have fallen into the place where everything is music. The strumming and the flute notes rise into the atmosphere, and even if the whole world’s harp should burn up, there will still be hidden instruments playing. So the candle flickers and goes out. We have a piece of flint, and a spark. This singing art is sea foam. The graceful movements come from a pearl somewhere on the ocean floor. Poems reach up like spindrift and the edge of driftwood along the beach, wanting! They derive from a slow and powerful root that we can’t see. Stop the words now. Open the window in the center of your chest, and let the spirits fly in and out.