For those in Guelph, here's a nice little event out on a farm with a bunch of friends from the OM Festival.
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Shoo Rabbit Crew Presents...
FREAKIN' ON FIFE
~ A summer solstice phenomenon ~
Saturday June 16th, 2007
7081 Fife Road, Guelph
7pm till ???
~ With musical guests ~
Mentalfloss - consistently inconsistent (www.mentalfloss.ca)
Mike Lambert -tripped out techno, dubbed out house (Sumkidz, Dickard & Bobert)
Jonah K. - dark drum n' bass (Sumkidz)
Spazzmonk - jungle/breaks (IBS, Sumkidz)
Violet - dubby niceness (Purrpelle, Sumkidz)
Katikata - funkhouse
Karma - roots n' dancehall
Pype - live
+ other special guests
~ Join us for a night of dancing under stars in the beauty of rural
Guelph! Go for a walk in the bush, carouse in the kitchen, zone out by
the bonfire, dance in the grass, trip out in the fields inhabited by
zillions of crickets and frogs! Surrounded by 80 acres of soya and
wheat fields the only addition to perfection is your precious
presence! ~
WHAT TO BRING:
- A tent
- sleeping bag/blanket
- some vegetables/fruit to donate to the kitchen
- waterproof shoes
- snacks
- bugspray
- sunscreen
- treats to share
- BYO Vibe : enhancements to your attitude may be available but come prepared
** Lots of room for fire dancers to play so bring your poi/staff
Smokers: please bring a tin or film canister to dispose of your butts.
Also, bring a bathing suit if it's hot on Sunday and we take a drive
to a local watering hole!
**NO COVER but a small $ donation (sugg $5-$10) to cover costs of
sound and donations to artists is appreciated and encouraged**
**PARTY INFO: 519.821.6505**
PLEASE RSVP!
DID YOU KNOW?? The fife is a simple instrument usually consisting of a
tube with 6 finger holes,and diatonically tuned. It is made of wood,
usually grenadilla or rosewood & sometimes bamboo.
African-American fife and drum music can be traced back to the Civil war.
But in the hands of slaves, the stiff, formalized music used to direct
military movements was transformed by the same African syncopations and
poly-rhythms that eventually gave birth to jazz and blues. In a time when
drumming by slaves was forbidden, the fife and drum was an acceptable
outlet. Many dancers "salute" the drums with pelvic movements not unlike
traditional dances from Africa, Haiti and the West Indies. Otha Turner was
one of the best known African American fife players, he passed away in
2003 at the age of 94.
Go here to find a link to Turner's "Shimmy She Wobble"
http://www.othaturner.com/mp3/ShimmySheWobble.mp3
MAP QUEST LINKUP:
http://tinyurl.com/3bowjp
Directions from Toronto/Guelph
Hwy 401 West towards Guelph
Exit Hwy 6 North (Exit 295)
Exit at Wellington Street (Wellington, Cambridge, Acton)
NB: DO NOT EXIT AT THE FIRST WELLINGTON EXIT! WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE
SIGN SAYING "WELLINGTON, CAMBRIDGE ACTON"
Take a Left at Wellington (west - Provincial Route 7, Prov Route 24)
Go 3 Lights on Wellington Street (you will pass a 24 Hr Tim Hortons &
Gas Station at Imperial Road)
Take a Right at Fife Road (NB: STREET IS NOT WELL MARKED) - Fife is
one street past Imperial Road
Go until 7081 Fife Road (Approx 3 miles on your left)