[RhythmAgogo] All Kinds of Stuff

[Neil Jones]

Welp, this is a bit of a long email. It's been a while!

*Gigs:* Our second gig, at the We > Tar Sands rally and march on Sat, July
4th, went pretty damned well, if you ask me! I'm sure you've all seen the
wonderful feedback from organizers and attendees alike that Carolyn has
shared by now. Let's keep it up! Anyone have a lead on a potential next gig?

*Rehearsals:* Last time, at Rhythm Agogo practice (read with TV announcer
voice), the intrepid percussionists learned a new tune called Crazy Monkey.
It's billed as "tricky" by RoR, the first such tune we've tried, and we
pretty much nailed it. So that's pretty exciting! Here is the link to the
music:
https://www.rhythms-of-resistance.org/spip.php?page=resources-tunes-big&id_rubrique=42&lang=en.


I won't be able to make it to the next few rehearsals, as my choir schedule
has become suddenly and temporarily very demanding. I hope some of you will
keep the momentum going!

*Facebook Fanpage:* Carolyn created a page for us:
https://www.facebook.com/RhythmAgogoYXE?fref=ts. Thanks Carolyn; you rock!
I suggest we develop and add more content ("about us," photos, videos)
before we start sharing or inviting widely. If anyone has any videos or
photos, you can upload them to our Dropbox account; if you don't know how
to do that, talk to me, or check my earlier email about it.

*New Members: *Marina and Jay joined us this week. Welcome, dudes! I'm
working on a few other friends who seem like likely joins at some point.
Anyone else know anyone who might be down? I say invite away! (I should
check: Anyone feel we should be keeping the membership closed at this
point?)

*Sambatoon Stuff: *Michelle confronted me at work today and we had a rather
stressful talk about a number of things. I doubt she will ever forgive me,
but maybe, just maybe, she will now leave us alone. One notable takeaway is
her insistence that Sambatoon is “about respect;” she says she looked at
the Rhythms of Resistance website, and was very upset by what she saw.
Apparently she equates opposition to systems of oppression with disrespect
toward human beings. Our philosophies, I’ve come to realize, are opposed
enough to make argument counterproductive at best.

The upshot of this is that it sounds like Sambatoon will never collaborate
with Rhythm Agogo in any way. She seems opposed enough to what we are about
that even cross-promotion, formal or informal, is probably out of the
question. She did say, however, that she has no problem with anyone being
involved in both Sambatoon and Rhythm Agogo. Hopefully that is true. For
those interested in participating in Sambatoon, heads up that she has some
new written policy that you have to read and sign in order to participate.

*Rhythms of Resistance:* On that note, who thinks we should join Rhythms of
Resistance, i.e. start calling ourselves a RoR band, ask them to link to
our Facebook page (/possible future website), and connect and collaborate
with other RoR ensembles? (Jana, are you still in touch with those folks in
Toronto?) Here is the website again if you want to examine it more closely,
which I highly encourage: https://www.rhythms-of-resistance.org/

*Location:* Turning the Tide may be possible, but it`s still too early to
tell. I think we could be looking at end of summer before it's known
whether we could become a permanent fixture there. Anyone else have any
leads?

*Fundraising:* I believe a meeting to brainstorm a fundraising strategy is
in the works. Stay tuned...

Thanks for reading/skimming, amigos!

Neil
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