I'm so fortunate to be able to bring together such amazingly talented people in such a cool place. It's good to be me.

Charter Oak Cultural Center and
Gathering of the Tribal Moon present
Nomadic Summer Spirit in Hartford
June 23, 2007, 3 to 11 p.m.

Featuring an evening performance by Djinn, Brooklyn's own "East Coast Tribal" style music ranging from traditional Middle Eastern to an experimental blending of traditional instruments with electronics and beat boxing. Check them out at www.djinnnyc.com/

The evening also includes exotic  world music performances with dancing  and concludes with a tribal fusion music and dance djam guided by Djinn.

3:00 - 4:15 PURE (Public Urban Ritual Experiment) musician workshop
3:00 - 4:15 Jellyfish! squishy tribal dance workshop with Katie Bertsche
4:30 - 6:00 Intermediate dumbek workshop with Carmine Guida -- Embellishments, fills & soloing
4:30 - 6:00 PURE dancing workshop
6:30 - 7:00 Combined PURE dancers and drummers run-through
7:30 various dance/music performances featuring Nada Dum Ka, Sugati, Katie Bertsche, Milange Gitan, Joy Herbst and PURE
8:30 DJINN
10:00 The Djam That Came From the Deep! a tibal jam of deep sea magnitude - scuba-guided by DJINN

In efforts to help out fellow community members Alyssum and Jassamyn recover for their losses for ther tragic house fire (people.tribe.net/alyssum/blog), we are encouraging people to make donations to help them get back on their (dancing) feet.  Donations can be made at Nomadic Summer Spirit or directly at alyssumclimbs@hotmail.com.  There are also established wish lists at mygiftlist.com/giver_main.asp
mygiftlist.com/giver_main.asp

The evening performances are $15 general, $10 for workshop attendees, seniors, Charter Oak & Let*s Go Members, $5 for students.
Drum and Dance workshops are $15 - $25, sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds.

For tickets, directions, workshop registration and more information, contact:
Charter Oak Cultural Center
21 Charter Oak Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
860.249.1207
www.charteroakcenter.org

For updates and an open exchange of ideas for all facets of this event, check out our tribe on Tribe.net. tribes.tribe.net/nomadicsummerspirit
or updates on the various drum circles and tribal experience of Southern New England snedrumcircles.tribe.net
and NEtribaldance.tribe.net
Gathering of the Tribal Moon, a monthly tribal music and dance jam at Charter Oak Cultural Center, tribes.tribe.net/gathering...inhartford
and information on PURE, the Public Urban Ritual Experiment visit www.puredance.org
as well as information about Milange Gitan here conntribal.tribe.net