Wednesday, November 10, 2010

The flute news - a rehash of news from my inbox…
Let's start with the bad news and get it over with... Funders, organizers and the facility that hosts our local, annual, Timber Flute Festival have decided that due to declining attendance they will need to discontinue the event. I think that everybody who has helped with this deserves a big round of thanks for all their work on what has been a great sharing of community across the spectrum of wooden flutes - making for a unique and great event. That will be sadly missed.
Dawn Avery (Mohawk) has a new CD coming out Our Fire working with STEVEN ALVAREZ - Percussion/ Vocals and LARRY MITCHELL - Guitars/ Bass/ Program Drums Her last project was Red Moon and it remains a favorite on my playlist!

Clint Goss has been hard at work overhauling his website and you can check out the new flute-opedia at www.flutopedia.com – thanks Clint!

Sometimes it seems like the Potomac and NOVA flute circles set the standard on organization - here is their revised calendar of events to check out:

Monthly Flute Circles (N Virginia at on the 1st Sunday; Potomac on the 3rd Saturday)

Mid-Winter Concert (February 2011)

Flute Spring Retreat Weekend (April 2011)

Potomac Native American Flute Festival (June 24-25, 2011) Note a change to the non-snow season as for years now it seems that questionable winter weather followed their festival!
Word is that the renewed flute fall in was a terrific success - here is the news on that
“Our Flute Fall-in at Camp Bethel near Roanoke over Halloween weekend was fantastic. It was quiet, except for the music and laughter. The food was good. The views fantastic. The opportunity to spend more quality time with folks that we might miss during the whirlwind of Festival was priceless.

Here's a link to one participant's
Facebook album of Fall-in photos.

Special thanks to Leonard McGann for facilitating, to his wife Kitty for the Friday night dinner (and to both for the Dixie Caverns experience) and to Stuart Hill for being the catalyst to resurrect the retreat events.

During dinner on the final night, a number of Fall-in participants said they'd be interested in attending a Flute Spring if we wanted to bring that back, too.

If you're interested in the Flute Spring -- a similar retreat opportunity most likely to be held at the same facility they used to be in southern New Jersey -- in April 2011” contact Northern Virginia Flute Circle to get involved.

Also of note: Carlos Nakai will perform during the Millennium Stage series at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC on Wednesday, November 17 at 6:00 pm. The performance is free.

There is a new flutemaker and seed of a growing festival/flute circle in Kentucky and they called to let us know that they’ll be looking at an fall annual festival - news to follow for 2011…

I'll be playing flute for the first time in awhile at the area Montessori school Nov 19 to introduce kids to the flute and didgeridoo. Always a fun morning, they dance like nobody's watching!

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