Special Events

Reneé Englander receives Volunteer of the Year Award for Ulster County!
	SPECIAL EVENTS 2010
July 24 - 25	Rosendale Street Festival! Birds perform 5 pm sunday at the Canal Family Stage. Parade at 5:45. Wear white. For more info go HERE
Sat. June 12	Rosendale Rocks the River! Ten of your favorite Bands.Admission is only $10. Noon until 10:pm Bands include Pitchfork Militia, Lara Hope and the Champtones, Rented Mule, The Jude Roberts Band, David Kraai and Amy Laber, Tractor Barbie, Grenadilla, The Sweet Clementines, Melinda DiMaio, Peter Morrison, and community drum ensemble, Birds of a Feather. Food will be available from Market Market and The Last Bite. Sound by Taconic Records and Sound. This year's event promises to be the best one yet !!!
First Saturdays July 17 August 7	Redwing Blackbird Theater presents: Cacophony Puppet Cabal! A series of Saturday puppet shows by and for the community. Good for all ages. Admission FREE. Donations accepted. All invited to participate in puppetry and music improvisation! Schedule: 4- 6 PM open rehearsals followed by 6 PM & 6:30 PM shows. Redwing Blackbird Theater, 413 Main Street, Rosendale, NY For more information please contact Amy Trompetter - 845 658 7651 amy.trompetter@gmail.com - redwingblackbirdtheater.com
Sat. May 8	A Middle Eastern Feast and Party to Benefit the Rosendale Theatre Collective for the purchase of same as a community-owned performing arts center. 6 pm to 9 pm at the Belltower, 398 Main Street, Rosendale A belly dancing workshop will take place at 4:30 pm. For more information about the Collective visit their website at rosendaletheatre.org
Sat. April 17	Phools Parade in New Paltz. dress as your wild self. drum or march with puppets. Meet at Drum Depot at noon, 413 Main St., Rosendale. Gather in New Paltz at 1pm. Parade at 2pm. For more info go HERE
Sat. March 20	Arts Society of Kingston Benefit The Way of the Magical Women. CALLING ALL DRUMMERS - Birds of a Feather performs at 6:30 pm. Click HERE for more details.
March 19 - 20	4th Annual Retreat for Women Hosted by Women's Music Circle Fre will be presenting there at 10 am on Sunday the 20th. Click HERE for schedule.
March 12	5th Annual Woodstock Goddess Festival (March 12, 13, 14) 3 day of Peace, Love, and the Goddess at the Colony Café in Woodstock. CALLING ALL DRUMMERS - Birds of a Feather performs from 7 to 8 pm. Wear white. To benefit Family of Woodstock
Sun. Jan. 17	19th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration 4 pm - 6 pm, Trinity Episcopal Church, 220 Prospect St., Torrington, CT Click HERE to see flyer. Click HERE for directions.
	SPECIAL EVENTS 2009
Sat. Oct. 17	Wise Woman Retreat for Women Drummers with Guest: Edwina Lee Tyler A unique opportunity to learn and drum with Edwina in an intimate setting. We will refine, define and create a powerful womens' drum circle. Where: West Shokan, NY (Scenic Catskill Mountains, 20 min.from Woodstock,NY) Questions? Call Whitefeather at 845-657-2943 or click HERE
Sun. Oct. 11	Odd Fellows presents Lips, Hipps, and Riffs Showtime is 7 pm at the Odd Fellows, Rte. 213, Olivebridge, NY 12461. Suggested donation $10. Performers will include Shivati, Twisted Tassels Tribal Dance Troupe, Elizabeith Muise, Greg Melnick, Mikhail Horowitz with Gilles Malkine, and Siobhan. Contact Elaine Ralston at 845-657-5115 for more information.
Sat. Oct. 10	Rosendale Drum Fest 10 am to 6 pm - Town of Rosendale, NY Join us for a day of drumming and dancing, FREE! Click HERE for schedule. For more info contact Fre Atlast at 845-658-4136 The Drum Depot, 413 Main St., Rosendale, NY Sponsored by The Elders Drum Project, Inc. and the Dutchess County Arts Council
Sat. Oct. 10	Internationally renowned Italian Percussionist Alessandra Belloni presents: 'DAUGHTERS OF CYBELE' Women Drummers for World Peace featuring Southern Italian ritual drumming and chants in honor of the Black Madonna and the women healing trance dance Pizzica Tarantata. 8:00 pm at Rosendale Cafe, 434 Main St., Rosendale, NY TICKETS $10.00 (845) 658-9048 http://www.rosendalecafe.com
Sat. Oct. 3	Walkway Over the Hudson Project - A State Park for Everyone Members of 55 Hudson Valley Towns will be there "flying" proudly the flags for their Libraries, Fire Departments, Schools, Theater groups, Art Associations, Hikers Clubs, Temples, Churches, Galleries, Music Groups, Rescue Squads, Children's groups... everyone will be there !!! Click HERE for more info Rosendale Banner making contact: Amy 845-658-7651 or Fre 845-658-4136 Woodstock Banner making contact: Mercedes Cecilia 845-679-9258
Sat. Sept. 19	A CALL TO PEACE 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at the World Peace Sanctuary, Benton Road, Wassaic, New York THIS IS A FREE EVENT. RAIN OR SHINE. Drummers wear white. and arrive at 10 am. For more information, directions, please visit our website at: www.worldpeace.org or call 845-877-6093
Starting Thurs. Sept. 10	Ancient Callings Studio and Sanctuary is proud to present Beginner 2 classes Let's come together in DANCE. We will be learning tribal dance movement with emphasis placed on technique and form using drills, cues and total body awareness. Classes are $15 ea. Starting date Sept. 9 from 7 - 8:30 For more information call Perizod at 845-657-7276. webite: ancientcallings.com
Aug.21 - Aug.24	12th Annual Women's Drum Happen'n in the Catskill Mountains. We are returning to our beautiful lakefront location at the Circle Lodge in Hopewell Junction, New York. For more info... Drum Central Download registration form here
Sunday July 18 - 19	Rosendale Street Festival! on Main Street in Rosendale, NY Click HERE to see photos of the event!
Sat. June 20	The Global Medicine Show Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, NY Challenge our worldview, breakdown old assumptions and inspire positive action through the healing power of music, stories, and ceremony. Experience the power of thinking globally and acting locally. Drumming circle led by Fre Atlast. Music from Uncle Rock, Ilfra Halley and others. World Peace Ceremony by Victoria Christgau.
Sat. June 13	2nd Annual ROSENDALE ROCKS THE RIVER 375 Main Street, Rosendale, NY • Tickets are $10. It’s outdoors, very adult & kid-friendly. The music starts at 12 noon and will go till 11 pm. To learn more — you can e-mail Ron Parenti directly at: ronparenti13@gmail.com
Sun. June 7	Gay Pride March in New Paltz Calling all drummers and volunteers for puppet procession. This year we will have some of Amy Trompetter's unique puppets parading with the drummers and hoopers and dancers. Call Fre at 845-658-4136 for more info.
Mon. June 1	Amma at the Bearsville Theater Once again Amma blessed us with her presence in Woodstock.
Sat. May 30	Alessandra Belloni and Daughters of Cybele play at the Rosendale Cafe at 8:00pm Women Drummers for World Peace featuring Southern Italian ritual drumming and chants in honor of the Black Madonna and the women healing trance dance Pizzica Tarantata. $10
Friday May 1	SISTAH POWER! WE PLAY DRUMS VI SISTERHOOD is presented in an evening of sharing, reflection, dance and drumming by the Big Sistahs of Vassar College and the Little Sistahs of Girl Scouts. 6:30 pm — 8:00 pm VASSAR COLLEGE, 2nd Floor New Students’ Building, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY
Saturday April 25	Calling all Drummers and Dancers! Clinton Ave. United Methodist Church Earth Day Street Fair Assemble at the corner of Clinton and Center Street, Kingston NY at 10:45 am. We will play for 1 hour at this location, drumming and dancing our gratitude for the earth.
April 17 & 18	3rd Annual Women's Music Circle Retreat for Women featuring emma’s revolution (Pat Humphries & Sandy O) & Fre Atlast 37 South Main St., Voorheesville, NY sponsored by oldsongs.org
Sunday March 22	Sacred Sounds Series at the Mothership Fre Atlast and Birds of a Feather Community Drum Ensemble Spring Celebration. Performance and Drum Circle. 6 pm. Bring your drums! Woodstock Mothership, 6 Hillcrest Ave, Woodstock, NY paul@woodstockmothership.com or elders@eldersdrumproject.org
Sunday, Feb. 22	Concert - Aleah Long En Full Circle 3:00 PM - Newburgh Free Library Auditorium, 124 Grand Street, Newburgh NY Description: Singer-songwriter Aleah Long of Newburgh offers New Age soul/trance-dance music inspired by a blending of ancient kemetic & Amazonian experiences.
Sunday, Jan. 18	18th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Birthday Commemoration Doors open at 3:30pm, Trinity Episcopal Church, Torrington, CT With: Victoria Christgau, Fre Atlast, Caru Thompson and the Peace is Possible Chorus For more information see flyer
	PAST EVENTS 2008
Sat. Dec. 6	Frozendale Festival. Click here for more info. Family drum circle at the Drum Depot 3 - 4 pm. (413 Main St.) High Meadow School Chorus sings at the lighting of the Rosendale Library at 5 pm. Howard Zinn Puppet Performances throughout the day at the Blackbird Theatre, 413 Main St.
Sun. Nov. 23	Pickle Festival at Rosendale Community Center. 10 am - 5 pm. For more info contact picklefest.com.
Fri. Nov. 21	Ensemble Night! at the Drum Depot at 413 Main St., Rosendale. 7 - 8:30 pm. Mixing it up with drums and melodic instruments for fun. $5 donation. Contact Fre at 845-658-4136.
Thurs. Nov. 13	Obama Victory Dance Party Benefit for the Rosendale Food Pantry. Held at Rosendale Cafe, 8 pm. Bring a non-perishable food item for admission.
Sat. Nov. 8	Gathering of the GODDESS Two Workshops Goddess Initiation* and Bonfire Dance and Druming. A One Day Retreat of Reclamation, Alignment and Initiation. Perizad's number is 845-657-7276 • twistedtassels.com
Aug. 21 - 24	11th Annual Women's Drum Happen'n in the Catskill Mountains. For more info... Drum Central
Sat. June 14	Iabas Concert at Willow Kiln Park, Rosendale. 4 pm. Community drummers will perform with the band. Free event, made possible in part by a grant from Dutchess County Arts Council.
June 10	Amma at the Bearsville Theatre 6:30 pm. Drummers meet at 6 pm. Wear white.
June 1	New Paltz Gay Pride March Drummers meet at 1 pm at New Paltz Middle School. March starts at 2 pm.
March 14 - 15	The World Peace Prayer Society will host a 2-day Introduction to Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation with Fre Alast and Victoria Christgua at The World Peace Sanctuary, 26 Benton Road, Wassaic, NY • www.worldpeace.org
	SPECIAL EVENTS 2007
Sun. Nov. 4	EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS with Sirius Coyote 2 to 3:30 pm at the Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center, Litchfield, CT. Sirius Coyote helps us celebrate the "Day of the Dead." Phone: 860-567-3163 or 860-945-0056 • siriuscoyote.org
Sat. Oct. 20	"Bringing the Divine Inward, Dancing the Divine Outward" at Ancient Callings. This workshop focuses on breath, intent, fluidity of movement, connection of spirit through movement, and energy synergy within one's self as well as a troupe or tribe. Call Perizad at 845-657-7276 to register. website-twistedtassels.com
Oct. 5 - 14	WOMEN OF THE WORLD is performing in concert in Provincetown during Women's Week on Thurs. Oct. 11 at 5 pm at the UU Meeting House Theater, and on Sat. Oct. 13 at 7 pm as part of The Really Big Show. Go to womeninnkeepers.com for a full schedule of the weeks events.
Aug. 27 - Sept. 1	WOMEN OF THE WORLD is performing at UU Meeting House at 7 pm each night in PTown. WOW has performed across 5 continents with a variety of percussive instruments and expert vocalizations with Fré Atlast, Victoria Christgau, Kathleen Sartor, and Caru Thompson.
June 16 - 17	2007 Clearwater Music And Environmental Festival The Great Hudson River Revival. This two-day celebration features music, dance, storytelling, environmental education, sails on the history ship, Sloop Clearwater, and plenty of activities for kids. clearwaterfestival.org
June 3	Annual New Paltz Pride Parade Fré and Birds of a Feather will be marching.
May 29	Amma is welcomed to Woodstock by Fré and Birds of a Feather at the Bearsville Theater, 6:30 pm.
Saturday, May 26	Sirius Coyote Concert at the Wesleyan University Press 50th-Anniversary Reunion -1:00 pm Wesleyan University Press, 215 Long Lane, Middletown. For more info: 860-945-0056 or email info@siriuscoyote.org
May 18	Woodstock Goddess Festival at the Colony Café at 22 Rock City Rd. in Woodstood, NY. Fré and Birds of a Feather will perform at 7 pm. Doors open at 6. Proceeds to benefit the Ulster County Battered Women's Shelter.
Saturday March 3	Soaring Spirits! A Powerful Women's Conference 9am - 10pm. Princeton - Blairstown Center - Blairstown, NJ Presenters include: Alessandra Belloni, Ubaka Hill, Julia Haines, Fre Atlast, Jeanne Ayesha Lauenborg, Moe Jerant, Robin Renee, Yonnette Fleming(Reign), Tara Langella, Adhi Two Owls, Sharon Vaught, Suzanne Werfelman and more!! For more info go to: soul-speaks.com
	ELDERS DRUM EVENTS
Sunday April 30, 2006	Rosendale Peace Pole Festival Fré, Victoria, Birds of a Feather, and the High Meadow student drummers hold a World Peace Flag Ceremony and the planting of Rosendale's first Peace Pole at the Rosendale Community Center. Sponsored by the Elders Drum Project.
	THE DALAI LAMA IN WOODSTOCK!
Thursday Sept. 21 2006

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