[RhythmAgogo] All Kinds of Stuff

[Fred Reibin]

Sooo good playing with you all at Ness!  We've been talking fundraising a
bit here and there.  Is anyone interested in getting together one evening a
putting some intention behind it?  I'm out west for a few weeks coming up,
but maybe the week of August 17th?

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 11:30 PM, Neil Jones <neil.edward.jones at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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