Last night a friend Terry and I went to the drum circle downtown at Crystal Fantasy, it was fun, there weren't as many people, maybe 15 or so, but that way it seemed a bit less intimidating and the wall of sound wasn't as high. After a while we shrank the circle so we were nearer together and that felt good.
There was also the spunkiest little girl, I dont' think she was more than 5 or so, and she was picking up the drums and just playing away, she was fearless, and also had a great sense of rhythm. So darling to watch, and she also played the tambourine, and a small percussion egg that Scott has.
It seemed as if there were more women than last time. Again we played for a solid 2 hours, does the spirit good to pound away on the drum. I also took a high ceramic flute that I played, but only did one piece. Seemed pretty good, but kind of high, a small D flute.
There was also quite a creative young woman with a hula hoop, and in all that cacophony she danced with her hula hoop, just outside the drum circle, it was very interesting. Another young woman arrived at the end of the evening with her pit bull, he seemed friendly enough, seems that all comers are welcomed there. You just come in the door, grab some kind of instrument and start drumming with the others. Some even just observe and enjoy the sounds.
The art on the walls is so attractive, it makes it a very pretty performing space if you have to be indoors. There are some lovely interesting items for sale in the store, I was admiring a djembe drum that Scott has, and he has some percussion things, some rainsticks, thunder makers, tambourines, and a few other neat music items. The metaphysical area of things in the store doesn't pull me so much, but it's interesting to look at, and some of those things are very pretty as well.
After that we went to Desert Hot Springs, to the first spa up high on Palm Drive. They hold karaoke evenings, Thursday to Sunday each week, and Terry likes to sing there. We met her friends Donna and Dave, who also sing. Til 11 children are allowed in the bar which seemed weird to me, as there is food from the restaurant for sale, then they have to leave, and it's adults only.
The DJ is Scotty, he is very friendly, and all the people singing seemed to really enjoy themselves, he creates a safe atmosphere where again everybody is welcome, and applauded, too. Good bad and even ugly can all get in on the fun, and there is no charge, though we left a wee tip for the DJ.
Fun night, but now this morning it is hitting me that we need to move our stuff and get organized for the move to the new house, and maybe for renters in our current unit. Yoicks.
And it is getting very warm outside too, which fogs up my thinking a bit and makes me think of migrating like the birds toward the north. Thank heaven for air conditioning, our new unit has a swamp cooler on the roof, which we will have to find out about.
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