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SUMMARY:Kirtan with Dave Stringer: November 9th
DESCRIPTION:Getting to \"Know\" STRINGER: Dave Stringer has been widel
 y profiled all over the world as one of the most innovative artists of
  the new Kirtan movement. Stringer’s sound marries the transcendent 
 mysticism of traditional Indian instruments with the exuberant, groove
 -oriented sound of American gospel and funk. He is regarded as one of 
 the most gifted and innovative artists of the new American Kirtan move
 ment. He is an engaging speaker with an unorthodox perspective, a wry 
 sense of humor and has a special ability for making the Sanskrit chant
 s come alive, inspiring people to sing and making Kirtan accessible to
  all.  Check out Dave's Flight School to learn more about http://www.y
 outube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tpPCfMCePkc  Buy tickets fo
 r NOVEMBER 9th: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/277858 or at th
 e Bellingham Food Coops for $20, $25 @ the door and $15 with current s
 tudent ID.\n\nPurchase Your Tickets Here\n\nMore about Kirtan:\n\"Kirt
 an is a folk musical form that arose from the devotional Bhakti yoga m
 ovement of 15th century India. The primary musical feature of kirtan i
 s the use of call and response, a figure that also deeply informs West
 ern bluegrass, gospel music and jazz. The form is simple: a lead group
  calls out the melodies and the mantras. The crowd responds, clapping 
 and dancing as the rhythms build and accelerate. The intention of Kirt
 an is consciousness-transformative, directing the singers to vanish in
 to the song as drops merge into the ocean. Sanskrit is the mother tong
 ue of many modern languages, and a kind of periodic table of elemental
  sound meaning. The mantras are primarily recitations of names given t
 o the divine. But perhaps the true understanding of the mantras can be
  found in the sense of unity, well-being and timelessness that they el
 icit. The mantras quiet the mind, and the music frees the heart. Ecsta
 sy is both the process and the product. The Bhaktis wrote ecstatic lov
 e poems, and went around singing all the time. They saw the expression
  and form of the divine in every direction they looked. Their message 
 was simple: Cultivate joy. See the divine in one another.\" ~source un
 known\n\nFor more information visit https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com
 /events/kirtan-with-dave-stringer-november-9th
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CATEGORIES:international, "artist/folk-gospel-jazz", "music/kirtan"
LOCATION:Presence Studio
WEBSITE:http://goo.gl/maps/4zncB
URL:http://goo.gl/maps/4zncB
CONTACT:
ORGANIZER;CN="Jenni Clara":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/
 JCSpicer
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 ara":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/JCSpicer
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Heather
  K":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/HeatherK
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