Horton Drumming Crew

Hi you lovely people, in the drumming world, hows it going Jane, Russ, Mike and Geoff, just a little note to let you know our drumming sessions are going well and I'm even remembering some of the great stuff you shown us and putting into the sessions. Then I forget for a week or so (but that is me, well I think so, can't remember) and another week comes the rhythm flows into my purple world and again the sounds drift into the sky and over the people, giving that very special moment that you only feel at that moment, living in the NOW with rhythm that flows in our blood of inner peace and inner love.

Sending you all inner purple love with hugs.

'METTA'
:-)X(-:

Last day with our best ever group

What an awesome day indeed.
Again, nearly 60 folk - and the music was even more powerful than last week!
Many surprises and lots of joy.

Thank you everyone for your generous and lovely feedback.

Good luck for the future.

Jane's training day, Feb 5th at Ilton

I wanted explain the reasoning behind the exercises last friday.
The session was about responding with sound – communicating – initiating with confidence :
Listening -
Intuiting -
Reacting
The warm up exercise was about physical response – i.e. 1 to 1 communication.
The soundscape was about listening, and responding with confidence .
The musical postcards were about describing or painting with music and sound. – introducing fun activities and finding ideas.
The descriptive passages were about ability to create atmosphere – or change atmosphere.
And the final 'drumming on chairs' was about inclusion, noticing, watching and listening. Team work.

Oh - a bit of fun thrown in too.

3rd Drumming Training Day at Ilton

Today was a wonderful day and we all just seem to be as one within each other, the rythm just flowed as the wind with the river towards the Sun, which than shined out that warm inner being of living in the moment of the sound of love, well that how I felt anyway, OK that's deep but I could say more, about my inner deep feeling about today, but at the moment I'm still in the inner being of the sound of today, so I may share with you at another time in my purple world.

Thank you so much COUNT ME IN sending hugs with love XXX

Open door session One

A great day was had by all. It was really nice to welcome guests, and see old friends from ArtsXchange days.
Nearly 60 people in a room - who could imagine this would work with everyone playing at once? But it did! Lovely gentle sounds, lots of listening and playing together.
Great leading by Ash, Shirley, Adam, John, Phil, Gail.....did I miss anyone?

Looking forward to next week.

Ashill Drumming & meal

Well it was a lovely day, drumming went very well, even the local people love it!!! that's why they sent a man around to let us know, bless them. Thank you so much Count Me In guys, you have help us so much and we all love you being around, THANK YOU THANK YOU and THANK YOU. Sending you all inner peace with love and hugs :-)X:-)x:-) I Love the pic of you two, Jane and Russ so cool

what we did in 2009

Here is a map of what we did in 2009



These things included: business meetings and development; fundraising ; partnerships with other arts organisations; education / school sessions; performances in theatres ; regular music sessions ; meetings ; training for staff; networking; parties; workshops for Mencap; recording; writing and arranging new music; several long lunches. And the 'odd' Christmas party.


Ideas for 2010 include tasters; sourcing new partnerships and areas of work; an outdoor music picnic; developing and funding a new project; follow up meetings with trained staff; work on the website; finding a new space to meet in; building on existing partnerships - perhaps with dance and story.

Geoff would especially like to do music for pantomimes, see friends he has made through music, work in an orchestra pit , and travel abroad - to Ireland and Slovenia for example, to teach people drumming.

We all want to remember - it's worth Making Time for Music

geoff's hero

Here is a picture of one of Geoff's musical heros - 'from the Eurovision Song Contest : Serbia. He plays the melodeon too and he was in front of the Eurovision when he played first. Which was in 2009'

Geoff took this great photo by stopping the DVD and photographing the TV screen.

Sssshh! It's the Ashill Christmas event!

Festive Cheer.

Well, dearie me, we did have fun ..... it all seemed fairly well behaved, but obviously the Man from the Environmental health didn't agree.

Count Me In have never been very good at being Seen but Not Heard.

Not so much ho ho ho as he he he.

Oh - and later, in the pub : how long have these two been propping up the bar?

Count Me In training day 2

Another wonderful day training with Count Me In crew and the Ashill Drumming Crew, the sounds just flow with smiling faces and I even kept up with the guys in a rhythm, I think I'm getting there. Big thank you to you all, on a lovely day :-)