December 9: NRFC Holiday Frybread Party
Bring yourselves and bring your flutes!
And don’t forget to bring a holiday-inspired dessert or other dish to go with the frybread. Mardi says her frybread is the best (her own authentic NDN recipe, don’t ya know). We are going to learn how it’s done.
The rumor is that we are going to have a recording session at Mardi’s. We may even end up with a holiday CD!
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What: Neuse River Flute Circle “Holiday Frybred Bash”
When: December 9, 11 a.m.- early afternoon
Where: Mardi’s house (Thanks again, Mardi!)
Wandering souls may call 919-308-6073 (John K) for directional assistance & the usual moral support.
Flutefully yours,
John Kincheloe
October Flute Circle Meeting!
Join us as we explore the music and history of the Native American flute. All are welcome – flute players, flute makers, and those who just like the music. Our gatherings are very informal. If you are among those who have been looking for other flute players, or if you simply want to learn about this incredible instrument, join us at our next meeting. Note the location for this meeting! We are outside at a beautiful location.
When: Saturday, October 21 at 10:30 a.m.
Where: Meredith College Lake, at the Gazebo
3800 Hillsborough Street
(Rain location: inside Johnson Hall)
For directions or more information call John at 919-308-6073
September NRFC Meeting!
Here are the details on our next Circle gathering:
When: Saturday, September 16th at 10:30 a.m.- noonish plus (as usual)
Where: The Picnic Shelter in Lockridge in Chapel Hill. Circle member Erica Alexander has reserved this for us. Thanks, Erica!
Here are directions:
-From Raleigh take I-40 to exit 266.
-At end of this exit ramp, take a right at the light. This is Hwy 86.
-Take a right at the next light (immediately after your turn onto 86) onto Whitfield Rd.
-Go one mile on Whitfield.
-Turn left onto Turkey Farm Rd
-Go one mile on Turkey Farm Rd; cross one-lane bridge; follow curve
till it straightens (less than 1/4 mile).
-Take a right onto Lockridge Rd (a gravel road). It is the only right hand turn after the bridge.
(If you get to Mt. Sinai Rd, you’ve gone too far.)
-Upon turning onto Lockridge Rd, you will see a yellow farmhouse on your left and playground (and Picnic Shelter!) on your right.
-Park along gravel road on grass.
(If you want to use mapquest, use the address of the yellow farmhouse: 5518 Turkey Farm Rd, Durham)
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It’s going to be fun to have a gathering outside. Here is how Erica describes the place:
“The picnic shelter is in a nice setting, surrounded by trees. Flutes sound beautiful there. There is also a playground (climbing structure and sandbox and tire swing, rustic and hand built) if anyone wants to bring kids.”
Further enticements from Erica: “I will bring OJ, muffins, hot water for tea, milk and sugar for coffee, plates, napkins, cups, etc. I have a coffee maker which I will bring. Can someone bring some ground coffee? Since I am not a coffee drinker, I find it is usually best for coffee savvy people to be in charge of picking out coffee.”
“If anyone has questions, feel free to email me.
Thanks!”
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Erica would know better, but I’d guess this is about a 40 minute Saturday morning drive from Meredith College. Carpoolers could leave from Meredith at quarter to 10…anybody for that? If so, start emailing!
Food, music, great place to hear flutes — what more can we want? Have I got a crazy flute to show everybody! Jen, are you back from way out west?
See you there!
John Kincheloe
Aug. 5 Flute Circle Meeting!
A reminder of our meeting at Mardi’s place this Saturday, starting at 10:30 a.m. At the meeting (thanks to Jon Norris) we will get to see the DVD of Mary Youngblood’s recent flute workshop. Listening to this master performer will be a great way to expand the ways we play the Native American flute. I should also say that at our meeting there will be an opportunity to contribute to Nammy and Grammy award winner Mary Youngblood for allowing this workshop to be taped. We’ll pass the hat around.
Jon has agreed to walk us through some of the exercises Mary did at the workshop. No pressure, though! We will keep it all low keyed, as usual. All of this should be fun & should help us play and perform better.
What: Neuse River Flute Circle gathering
When: August 5, 10:30 a.m.- around noonish
Where: Mardi’s house (Thanks, Mardi!)
Wandering souls may call 919-306-4783 (John K) for directional assistance & the usual moral support.
Flutefully yours,
John Kincheloe
Mary Youngblood Workshop Soon!
Sam Grenade has just sent us this message regarding a workshop with the great NA flute player, Mary Youngblood. Members of the Carolinas Flute Circle are putting this together. The location is not set yet, but it will be in the Charlotte area:
“Ok Gang heres the scoop.
I spoke to Mary and Saturday evening works best for her, so we are planning on it being July 22 at 7 pm. So now I need a firm commitment from all of you guys. Please email me and count yourselves. Once again, the date is July 22 at 7pm. The cost is $35, and mary is going to do a workshop on embellishment and improvisation, which we all know she is very good at…
So lets get a show of hands folks as to who is coming. And Jack, if you could copy this email to our Raleigh brothers and sisters, that would be great. ”
Contact Jack Thomas at jacthomas@ctc.net
Feel free to email the Neuse River Flute Circle folks to arrange carpooling, etc. I can help with that. kincheloej@meredith.edu
John Kincheloe
July 1 Flute Circle BBQ!
Greetings Fluters! Enjoying the rain & humidity? I am just back from 2 weeks in New Mexico and Arizona: no rain for three years, 6% humidity. Gives one a dry sense of humor. But enough about me…
We are having a cookout! Our excellent host, Mardi, says:
“Yes, the BBQ is still on. It’s going to be very hot that day so I’m planning on everyone preferring to be inside the house. It’s going to be ultra casual (or, NDN Normal).” Bring spouses, significant others, insignificant others, and kids, if you like. And bring those flutes!
We will start things off at 1 p.m. at Mardi’s great house/studio. This time will let us avoid the withering late afternoon heat.
Here’s the menu (start drooling now…):
Susan is making potato salad and deviled eggs. Mardi is cutting up watermelon, baking beans and providing soft drinks and ice tea. (Bring alternative drinks if you want to.) The primary meat we’ll be BBQ’ing is steaks. If kids are coming we can happily put hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill. We need desserts, veggies & dips. Bring anything else you’d like to have…just let Mardi know.
Wandering souls may call 919-306-4783 (John K) for directional assistance & moral support.
Mardi sez: “I can’t wait to see everyone. I’m hoping Jon brings the baby.”There is lot’s of new good stuff to talk about. See you there, Flutefully yours,John Kincheloe
July Gathering
The July Neuse River Flute Circle gathering will be on Saturday July 1 at Mardi’s house. We will have a potluck (we bring salads, desserts, drinks) and cookout at Mardi’s great house. You won’t want to miss this gathering. Bring your flutes to show and play. It will be a nice way to chill out with some good people. We will start mid-afternoon.
A map, an address, & details about the time on July 1st will follow.
REMINDER! JUNE 10 FLUTE MEETING!
Don’t forget that our meeting this month is at Jon Norris’ place. He is opening up his flutemaking workshop to us. Cool, yes? We’ll start at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday the 10th. The ones who aren’t playing with the baby (shout out to Jack Thomas Norris!) can look through Jon’s great flutes. Afer a while we’ll wander over to his workshop where we can assault Jon and David with questions about why the holes go where they go & how come my flute sounds “breathy.”
Here’s the address again:
Jon Norris
401 Springside Drive
Holly Springs, NC 27540
Home: 919-552-5247
Cell: 919-272-0219
It’s an easy drive to Jon’s house. Here are the Mapquest directions from Meredith College:
- Start out going WEST on Hillsborough St toward Royal St.
- Take the I-440/OUTER BELTLINE ramp toward APEX
- Merge onto US-1 S. and go 9.8 miles
- Take the NC-55 exit- EXIT 95- toward APEX / FUQUAY-VARINA.
- Turn LEFT at the top of the exit ramp onto E WILLIAMS ST / NC-55 S. 1.5 miles
- E WILLIAMS ST / NC-55 S becomes NC-55 BYPASS S. 4.4 miles
- Turn LEFT onto S MAIN ST / NC-55. 0.3 miles (the sign at the red light actually says Ralph Stevens Road)
- Turn RIGHT onto E MAPLE AVE. and go straight into Lakeside Subdivision 0.1 miles
- Turn RIGHT onto SPRINGSIDE DR. <0.1 miles
- End at 401 Springside Dr. (the corner of Maple and Springside)
I hope I see you there!
| John Kincheloe |
June Flute Circle Meeting
We had a great time playing Native American flutes in Duke Chapel on Sunday. For those of you who missed the chance, if you ever want a remarkable flute experience, take your flute into that grand space & play. It is amazing how the notes expand and hang in that Gothic canyon! Go there. You will redefine “soul music” for yourself.
People in the Chapel were so appreciative of the music we made. A gentleman who works there heaped praise on us and said he hoped we would come back. Bigtime thanks go out to Eddie Thomas for pulling this together for us.
For our June gathering Jon Norris is hosting our meeting at his house on Saturday the 10th. While we are there he will show us his workshop where he makes his Native American flutes. Have you ever wondered how those fabulous flutes are made? How they are tuned? How do you fix a flat flute? Here is your chance to learn more about how the flutes get born.
Here’s the address & contact info:
Jon Norris’ House
401 Springside Drive
Holly Springs, NC 27540
Home: 919-552-5247
Cell: 919-272-0219
Saturday, June 10th, 10:30 a.m.
We will also have a chance to play & talk flute stuff. We will try to send out a map to his place. We hope to see you all there!
So, how are things with you? Seen any good flutes lately? Heard any good CDs?