* SUMMER SOLSTICE  *
A Call to All Nations


7th Annual 24 Hour Drumming Event For The Preservation of Unity and Peace.
June 23/24/2017
The Circle of Life’s Celebration 
Drummers Invite you to 
a Summer Solstice gathering
Where our circle of drums will hold a voice 
for a 24 hour celebration, in Gratitude 
and Intent, for Unity and Peace 
amongst all nations.

Come drum, come dance
Bring a voice.

Healers ~ Speakers ~ Storytellers
June 23/24 2017 
6448 Lake Rd, Sodus, NY 14551
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The Drum

        The embodiment of all that is, is within the hoop.           
 The skin is the embodiment of our own skin     
               The beat is that of our good Mother Earth                    
It is the beat of all of our ancestors.

The beat of our own hearts- 
our brothers and sisters. 

The 

embodiment of a voice.
Words and thoughts
 go out from us -
giving thanks 
in ceremony 

of a beat
For Unity 
and Peace.
come dance
the dance.
Drum from this drum.

Details

  • Like any of the drumming's that have been hosted here, you will want to bring a drum, rattle, ankle bells etc... Bring dish to pass for Saturday community meal. Bring a chair or blanket for the ground. You must provide your own drink-this is a NON ALCOHOLIC event.  You will want to bring along any food for your stay that can be kept in your cooler if you choose to camp. There are places for a tent. There is a cooking fire. And we will have a bathroom available outdoors.
  • Bring a story to share, a smile, an open heart, a friend and some laughter. Bring along a Mood intended for Unity and Peace.
  • The 24 hour drums will begin Friday June 23rd, afternoon / early evening. We will have opening ceremony of prayer and thanks for all of our relations. The opening ceremony will also include the honoring of the Summer Solstice - a time of life giving winds.
  • By beginning late Friday, this will leave us time and energy for a dish to pass / community feast on Saturday June 18.
  • This year we will be doing Sweat Lodge. Details, in terms of when and how many will be posted by the beginning of June/2017. 
  • To Respond as a Volunteer/Healer/Participant/fire tender for lodge: Call 315-483-0074.

Things to know about the event

  • For those of you who have attended past drumming, the dinner share will be like always. For those who will attend for the first time, dish to pass-meat or non meat. The eater will decide. Bring your liquid. (no alcohol) This dinner is informal and around the fire with much conversation, laughter and joy. Come one, come all. The food alone is to celebrate and in the past has gone all night long.
  • This drumming is not affiliated with any one race, nation or creed. There is no dogma here. We belief that we are the blood of one nation. The human being, blessed by the hand of the Creator, we have been given the gift of our lives. This gift, in accordance with the expression of consciousness, is ours to choose with how we may live. It is free will. It is the ability, in all of its becoming, to know what works in harmony according to how we direct that will.
  • As visionaries, we see the synthesis between healing our Earth and healing within, as a perfect equation for peace. If we didn't exist, neither would the world exist as we now know it.
  • The emphasis, my friends, is on potential. As long as we are here we are pure potential. To personify the potential of diversity we must move through the condition of separation in the context of race, color or creed. Perception is the key...It's how we relate to our world... It's a paradigm... a way of thinking.
  • I encourage you, all races.
    Join us with your courage too.
    The courage to hold a vision... One Peace/Solidarity amongst all people.
  • Although our intent is to keep this event open and free of charges for attendance, donations are greatly appreciated to cover the cost of the wood, toiletry and bathroom facility.
  • Please, ABSOLUTELY NO PETS ALLOWED.

Looking for Volunteers

  • Move wood to fire pit areas.
  • Help with set up.
  • Clearing camp area.
  • Help with directing car parking.
  • Looking for commitment from drummers to hold shifts around the fire where the drumming will take place. (There will be at least four drummers at all times.)
  • For those of you who hold drumming... Please coordinate this event. Give a call, bring your circle, watch it grow.
  • Fire tenders.
  • Looking for Massage Therapist, Reiki, energy workers etc... willing to donate their time and talents for attendees and volunteers. If you want to charge for a service, you may pay for the space. If you are a vendor and want to sell a product, you may pay for some space.
  • To Respond as a Volunteer/Healer/Participant: Call 315-483-0074