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Saturday, March 9 | 6 pm - 7 pm ~ Mark
Cost: No cost. Donations appreciated.
Informal gathering for improvised, free-form drumming. Bring a drum or any percussion instruments such as a tambourine, maracas, bucks, pipes, cowbell, etc.
All ages and experience levels are welcome!
Potential benefits:
mental clarity
mood enhancement
community building
physical energy
wellness & stress relief
Questions: Call Mark (626) 826 8846
Saturday, December 9| 3:30 pm - 5 pm ~ Baba Fred Simpson and Deollo Johnson
Cost: $20 for the event
Held at High Frequency Loft, not at the park
West African Dance encompasses many different dance styles from many different ethnic groups out of western Africa. This workshop will consist of a warm-up utilizing West African dance techniques, then move into exploring a specific dance style, all accompanied by live drumming. All levels are welcome!
Baba Fred’s bio: Drummer, teacher, and drum maker Fred Simpson was drumming his mother’s pots and pans at one-and-a-half years of age. He started drumming professionally at UC-Santa Cruz and in the decades since then has performed, taught, and lectured in New York City, at the Kennedy Center, San Francisco Ethnic Dance, and many more venues.
Deollo’s bio: Dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer Deollo Johnson has been dancing most of his life. He’s done West African dance for decades, performing professionally in many venues and teaching internationally, including at Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) and the Creative Dance Institute in Thailand.
Saturday, November 11 | 3:30 pm - 5 pm ~ Baba Fred Simpson and Deollo Johnson
Cost: $20 for the event
Held at High Frequency Loft
West African Dance encompasses many different dance styles from many different ethnic groups out of western Africa. This workshop will consist of a warm-up utilizing West African dance techniques, then move into exploring a specific dance style, all accompanied by live drumming. All levels are welcome!
Baba Fred’s bio: Drummer, teacher, and drum maker Fred Simpson was drumming his mother’s pots and pans at one-and-a-half years of age. He started drumming professionally at UC-Santa Cruz and in the decades since then has performed, taught, and lectured in New York City, at the Kennedy Center, San Francisco Ethnic Dance, and many more venues.
Deollo’s bio: Dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer Deollo Johnson has been dancing most of his life. He’s done West African dance for decades, performing professionally in many venues and teaching internationally, including at Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) and the Creative Dance Institute in Thailand.
Saturday, July 8 | 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm ~ Fred Simpson and Deollo Johnson
Cost: $20 for the event
Held outside at Fred Baca Park - Pot Luck after dance
Rain location High Frequency Loft
West African Dance encompasses many different dance styles from many different ethnic groups out of Western Africa. This workshop will consist of a warm-up utilizing West African dance techniques, then move into exploring a specific dance style, all accompanied by live drumming. All levels are welcome!
Fred’s bio: Drummer, teacher, and drum maker Fred Simpson was drumming his mother’s pots and pans at one-and-a-half years of age. He started drumming professionally at UC-Santa Cruz and in the decades since then has performed, taught, and lectured in New York City, at the Kennedy Center, San Francisco Ethnic Dance, and many more venues.
Deollo’s bio: Dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer Deollo Johnson has been dancing most of his life. He’s done West African dance for decades, performing professionally in many venues and teaching internationally, including at Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) and the Creative Dance Institute in Thailand.
Saturday, April 22 | 4 pm - 5:30 pm ~ Deollo Johnson
Pre-Register: $15
Drop-In: $20
All levels are welcome!
Send pre-registration payments to PayPal: www.paypal.me/dejo8 or Venmo @Deollo-Johnson
Deollo’s bio: Dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer Deollo Johnson has been dancing most of his life. He’s done West African dance for decades, performing professionally in many venues and teaching internationally, including at Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) and the Creative Dance Institute in Thailand.
Sunday, April 16 | 11:30 am - 1 pm ~ Vic Hennegan
$10-$20 Sliding Scale
Vic Hennegan has been writing, recording, producing, and performing electronic music for several years. As a live performer he has performed at such shows as The Gathering Concert Series in Philadelphia, Cyberstock of Los Angeles, Ecstatic Dance, 5 Rhythms Dance, Soul Motion, Northern California Dance Collective, and many other venues around the world. With computers, samplers, vocals, and synthesizers, Hennegan’s instinctive hand creates techno-trance and ambient music in a wildly fun, uplifting spiritual experience that will take your soul on a journey to the center of ecstasy.
"A unique warmth emanates from Hennegan's music moving the listener to a state of euphoria. Through complex and insistent rhythms and vocals, Hennegan accomplishes a lush dynamic that relentlessly strives to entertain.” (Matt Howarth, Sonic Curiousity.com)
Hennegan’s music is complemented by the guest artists he works with such as Surface Ten’s synthesist extraordinaire, Dean De Benedictis; and Becca Fuchs, whose incredible vocal range spans from operatic to soulful and sexy. His music is streamed on radio shows such as Pandora, Spotify, Alien Air Music, Star's End, Echoes, Apple Music, Hearts of Space, and much much more!
Hennegan’s compositions are featured on three different "Echoes" compilations: “Soundscape for Echoes” on the release “Refractions: The Echoes Living Room Concerts, Volume 12,” with internationally renowned electronic musicians Andreas Vollenweider and Michael Brook; and Echoes Location, The Echoes Living Room Concerts, Volume 17, featuring a live version of his most popular iTunes download, "Patagonian Rain." And the 2014 release, Transmissions: Echoes Living Room Concerts V19, featuring the song "Desert Vortex." The host of "Echoes," John Diliberto, personally invited Vic Hennegan to participate in all of the Echoes compilations and has placed Hennegan's 2011 release "Field of Worlds and Mirrors," as one of the top 25 albums of the year.
Vic Hennegan is excited to be working with his top favorite synthesizer companies: U-he, Tal- Tugo Audio, Rob Papen, Synapse Audio, AudioRealism, and Novation.
Hennegan’s music may be found on Pandora, Spotify, iTunes, CDBaby, Rhapsody.com, Apple Music, Yahoo.com, Amazon.com, and MusicZiet.com.
Hennegan is a practicing Buddhist. This faith aims to manifest enlightenment in the lives of its practitioners. By tapping into an individual's creative potential, one can create a thriving and peaceful community. Through his faith and his music, Hennegan invokes the timeless tradition of music’s healing powers. He believes that “We are the creators of our own universe. I seek to help people understand this very fact through my music.”
Saturday, March 4 | 4 pm - 5:30 pm ~ Deollo Johnson
Pre-Register: $15
Drop-In: $20
All levels are welcome!
Send pre-registration payments to PayPal: www.paypal.me/dejo8 or Venmo @Deollo-Johnson
Deollo’s bio: Dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer Deollo Johnson has been dancing most of his life. He’s done West African dance for decades, performing professionally in many venues and teaching internationally, including at Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) and the Creative Dance Institute in Thailand.
Sunday, February 5 | 11 am - 12:30 pm ~ Herbert
$10-$20 Sliding Scale
We will be holding a dance weekly with various facilitators, artists & DJs. Connect with the cosmos through the freedom of movement, as we dance our intentions into life. Free-form dance expression gives us a chance to connect to ourselves. Deep cosmic activations are possible when we bring to light what we want and let go of what stands in our way. Gather with community in the sacred vortex of Taos, a land rich with prayer & tradition, as we embark on a journey of liberation, surrender, alignment, and celebration.
Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.
This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment
Saturday, December 25 | 11 am - 12:30 pm ~ Vic Hennegan
$10-$20 Sliding Scale
Vic Hennegan has been writing, recording, producing, and performing electronic music for several years. As a live performer he has performed at such shows as The Gathering Concert Series in Philadelphia, Cyberstock of Los Angeles, Ecstatic Dance, 5 Rhythms Dance, Soul Motion, Northern California Dance Collective, and many other venues around the world. With computers, samplers, vocals, and synthesizers, Hennegan’s instinctive hand creates techno-trance and ambient music in a wildly fun, uplifting spiritual experience that will take your soul on a journey to the center of ecstasy.
"A unique warmth emanates from Hennegan's music moving the listener to a state of euphoria. Through complex and insistent rhythms and vocals, Hennegan accomplishes a lush dynamic that relentlessly strives to entertain.” (Matt Howarth, Sonic Curiousity.com)
Hennegan’s music is complemented by the guest artists he works with such as Surface Ten’s synthesist extraordinaire, Dean De Benedictis; and Becca Fuchs, whose incredible vocal range spans from operatic to soulful and sexy. His music is streamed on radio shows such as Pandora, Spotify, Alien Air Music, Star's End, Echoes, Apple Music, Hearts of Space, and much much more!
Hennegan’s compositions are featured on three different "Echoes" compilations: “Soundscape for Echoes” on the release “Refractions: The Echoes Living Room Concerts, Volume 12,” with internationally renowned electronic musicians Andreas Vollenweider and Michael Brook; and Echoes Location, The Echoes Living Room Concerts, Volume 17, featuring a live version of his most popular iTunes download, "Patagonian Rain." And the 2014 release, Transmissions: Echoes Living Room Concerts V19, featuring the song "Desert Vortex." The host of "Echoes," John Diliberto, personally invited Vic Hennegan to participate in all of the Echoes compilations and has placed Hennegan's 2011 release "Field of Worlds and Mirrors," as one of the top 25 albums of the year.
Vic Hennegan is excited to be working with his top favorite synthesizer companies: U-he, Tal- Tugo Audio, Rob Papen, Synapse Audio, AudioRealism, and Novation.
Hennegan’s music may be found on Pandora, Spotify, iTunes, CDBaby, Rhapsody.com, Apple Music, Yahoo.com, Amazon.com, and MusicZiet.com.
Hennegan is a practicing Buddhist. This faith aims to manifest enlightenment in the lives of its practitioners. By tapping into an individual's creative potential, one can create a thriving and peaceful community. Through his faith and his music, Hennegan invokes the timeless tradition of music’s healing powers. He believes that “We are the creators of our own universe. I seek to help people understand this very fact through my music.”
Sunday, October 3 | 11am-12:30pm ~ Smiley Coyote
$10-$20 sliding scale
We will be holding a dance weekly with various facilitators, artists & DJs. Connect with the cosmos through the freedom of movement, as we dance our intentions into life. Freeform dance expression gives us a chance to connect to ourselves. Deep cosmic activations are possible when we bring to light what we want and let go of what stands in our way. Gather with community in the sacred vortex of Taos, a land rich with prayer & tradition, as we embark on a journey of liberation, surrender, alignment, and celebration.
Let us remember that dance is a sacred practice that transcends language, cultural and personal barriers. We ask that all community members respect the personal space and expression of others.
This event is free from:
-Cell phones
-Talking
-Shoes
-Alcohol & Drugs
-Judgment
Smiley Coyote Bio:
When not behind the decks providing sultry soundscapes, Smiley Coyote can be found behind a camera lens or on a pottery wheel. Starting out as a public radio DJ in 2007 in Durango Colorado, he orchestrated a sunrise show awakening the region with mellow beats. Since then, he has toured with the Salt Fire Circus as their DJ and shared the stage with EDM names such as Tipper, Heyoka (Andreilien), Bluetech, Kalya Scintilla, JPOD and Birds of Paradise to name a few. Preferring the Ecstatic Dance scene to share his array of sounds, he regularly plays all around Northern California, Colorado and New Mexico. With sets ranging from yoga classes to all night dance parties, Smiley Coyote taps into the pulse of the crowd and plays completely for the vibe.
Mad Hallelujah is bringing their feel-good mystic folk'n'roll to The High Frequency Loft on Sept 22. Come sing, dance, and celebrate with us!
Doors - 6:45pm
Show - 7:00pm
$10-$20 sliding scale
MAD HALLELUJAH
Mad Hallelujah is a band of funky mystics who have been touring the globe for over four years, sharing their all-original music at numerous festivals & venues across three continents.
Innovatively weaving together elements of folk, rock, psychedelic jam, funk, bluegrass, and tribal music into their own unique sound, Mad Hallelujah features big three-part harmonies, infectious hooks and grooves, soaring instrumental jams, and seamless genre transitions. Always engaging, they offer audiences a hearty invitation to sing along and dance like mad.
The group was originally formed as a collective of busking troubadours in New Zealand in 2015 as “Mad Hallelujah Tribe.” They have gone on to record four albums, headline festival stages, and embark on multiple tours in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the US, earning a dedicated following along the way and a reputation as ecstatic dance-floor igniters, crafters of deep musical journeys, and crowd favorites at festivals, music clubs, and intimate venues alike.
Mad Hallelujah is currently recording their most in-depth album to date and planning an extended U.S. tour in summer and fall 2019. Stay tuned — lots of announcements and new media are brewing!
Sunday March 17th, 4pm Open House, 5pm Opening Ceremony, 5:30pm Live Performances Begin
Traditional Native Blessing, Live Music, Poetry, Tribal Fusion Belly Dance, Acro Yoga, Dance Party, Plant Based Food & Bake Sale, Chair Massage, Art Installations, Art Station, Live Drumming, Sound Healing, card Readings, Crystals, Raffle & MORE!
4pm Open House Meet the Teachers - mini sample classes - art station with Sydney Bernstein
5pm Opening Ceremony Native Blessing & Prayer
5:30pm Live Performances Begin
Live Music by: Alexandra & Krystal, Alana Grier, Natalina, Esme Olivia, Simone, Bo Mason & Vic Henegan
Poetry: Matthew Salzman, Tamara Stackpoole, Scott Adaire
Acrobatic Performance: HFL Team - Alana Lee, Colton Silva, Amy Gates, Willow & Carlo Ratz, Cory Brandt, Matthew Salzman, Scott Adaire
Tribal Fusion Belly Dance - Alana Grier & company
Art Installation:
Mieshiel will be exhibiting six very large intricate pencil drawings from a series called “In the Field” which are surrealistic works based on creating reality from the zero point field where all things become possible.
Mieshiel was born in New York City. He attended Friends Seminary & received his BFA in 1986 from California Institute of the Arts. Upon graduations, Mieshiel moved into a 19th century Masonic Temple in Los Angeles where he co-founded Temple Art Performance, a hub for avante-garde performance art, music & visual art. He later moved to New Mexico & spent the next 24 years in near seclusion, living off the grid. In this high desert sanctuary timelessness & utter quiet allowed him to experience an endless barage of mystical experiences where his art connection with Pablo Amaringo was revealed. In 1982 Mieshiel won competition & created a street mural at Irving Place in NYC. His work has been exhibited nationally & is included in the permanent collections of the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos.
Musical Talent:
Esmé Olivia is a performing & teaching artist grateful to have grown up in occupied Tiwa Pueblo lands known as Albuquerque, NM to a Mestiza Mexican-American mother & Dutch father. Her blood is a peace treaty she honors through prayers of dance, poetry & song. She is a company member with Dancing Earth Creations. Listen, look and learn more at EsmeOlivia.com.
Vic Hennegan has been writing, recording, producing and performing electronic music for several years. As a live performer he has performed at such shows as The Gathering Concert Series in Philadelphia, Cyberstock of Los Angeles, Ecstatic Dance, 5 Rhythms Dance, Soul Motion, Northern California Dance Collective and many other venues around the world. With computers, samplers, vocals and synthesizers, Hennegan’s instinctive hand creates techno- trance and ambient music in a wildly fun, uplifting spiritual experience that will take your soul on a journey to the center of ecstasy.
Alana Grier is a songwriter, vocalist, and bass player with a world beat, eclectic sound. She wrote her first songs performing in Reggae bands in Hawaii, opening up for bands like Alpha Blondie in the mid 80’s. Her first vocal coach studied Hindustani classical voice India. She went to her first Kirtan at age 17 and music has been an integral part of her spiritual practice ever since.
Natalina sharing original music in her brand of Galactic Folkpop
RAFFLE:
HFL classes passes & a monthly membership
Personal Sessions with: Alana Lee, Colton Silva, Willow Ratz
Gift Cards: Cici’s Coffee, Donabe, Gutiz, The Gorge Restaurant
Personal Coaching Package with Alana Grier 365 Wellness
Energy Healing Session with Ariana LeDeux
Art by Sydney Bernstein
Print of original artwork by Mieshiel
Three One Hour Reiki Sessions (each $60 value) : with - Jessie of Moon Child Crystals, Julian Laroza & Pattie Sampson
Massage Sessions with Corey Klein
Rife Healing Session with Melanie Redmond
Many thanks to everyone who donated to our raffle & all our students & staff that contributed to the Plant Based Bake Sale!
High Frequency Loft presents a kirtan concert with Katie Wise (of Katie Wise + Bhakti Explosion) preceded by a vocal workshop, ending the evening with an Ecstatic Dance Party, Saturday December 22, 2018. Suggested Sliding Scale $10-$30, no one turned away for lack of funds. Space is limited. Register today eventbrite link below! 6:00pm Transformational Vocal Workshop 7:30pm Kirtan Concert 9:00pm Dance Party
A sacred invitation into the heart of Bhakti, Katie will share stories and songs from her heart, and her journey: including soulful Kirtan devotional chants, conscious English lyrics, and funky world sounds. Come into this intimate space with Katie, we are sure to share a delightful evening and drop in deeply together. No experience necessary. Katie makes Kirtan accessible and fun.
Heart-centered yogis and fans of alt rock icons like Shawn Colvin and the Cowboy Junkies have been flocking to Bhakti Explosion kirtans at the biggest sacred music festivals in the US and internationally. David Newman calls classically-trained pianist, lead singer and yoga teacher Katie Wise "a fresh and exciting new voice in the mantra music genre...a solid force and presence for those who look to their music for peace, heart, groove, and spiritual inspiration.”
Kids and Families are always welcome. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
***Stay for a sacred and world music ecstatic dance party after the concert***
Come at 6pm for Katie's renowned Vocal Transformation workshop!
Break out of old wounding around your voice, unleash your song, and set your soul free. No experience necessary.
- Open up your speaking or singing voice
- Learn better vocal technique
- Find resonance, tone, pitch and power
- Use energetic practices to open up your impact in the world, through your voice
- Use sound healing practices to open up blockages in the body or spirit
Katie Wise, trained vocal coach, voiceover pro, touring musician, and kirtan artist, brings her experience with vocal toning, chanting, sound healing, songwriting, breath & energy work to open the voice as a portal to greater expression.
For more information, visit www.bhaktiexplosion.com.
Get your tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/taos-solo-kirtan-concert-voice-workshop-with-katie-wise-dance-party-tickets-52929685113?janus_fv=exp_eb_86972_related_events%3DA
Lot's of activity in November and December this year, but here's an opportunity for us to have a little fun.
With one LP, Fovea, and one EP, Verve Crystal, both by Humboldt Been released on the Inner Electric Label in 2018, Inner Electric is hosting a reception to celebrate, mix, dance. DJ Wild Bill Imberger and the Electric Frontier will spin classic tunes including spinning in some of the new Humboldt Been tunes. Check out innerelectric.com for more information on the music and ask Inner Electric principal Jeff Thomason about the secret celebration that underlies this dance party. The key code: 30 years.
Thanks to the High Frequency Loft for providing the space. Looking forward to helping HFL make it worth their while. Friends and partners more than welcome.
Saturday December 1st 5:30-8:30pm, Free Event
KARAOKE NIGHT! Karaoke and lip sync contest! Win prizes! Refreshments provided! $5 entry Friday 9/28/18 7:30 - 10:30 At high frequency loft - 1335 Gusdorf Rd, Suite Q
www.highfrequencyloft.com - Age groups 14-24 and 25 and up Substance free All songs allowed Dress for your performance - Dress appropriately
Contact the Common Grounds group @ ~TaosCommonGrounds@gmail.com Check us out on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at Twitter: @TaosCommon; Instagram: @TaosCommonGrounds; Facebook: @common grounds: a taos teen co-op and cafe Visit us on our website ~ taoscommongrounds.org~
Sponsored by: St. James Episcopal Church Kit Carson Electric, Taos Academy Charter School
Join DJ Julia Daye for an evening of dance mediations. The ecstatic arc takes you on a movement journey starting off slow, coming to a peak, then softly bring you back down to rest in a meditative state. No structure, no judgements just move your body any way that you'd like. Find peace, freedom, joy & bliss through the music & the dance that emerges from within. This will be a Boozeless Thursday featured event.
Thursday May 3rd, 7:30pm-9pm, $10 Drop In
Friday September 29th, 7pm
Experience the Soul stirring beauty of classical Indian Music at this CD Release celebration. This concert will feature the musical genius of Steve Oda (senior disciple of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan) and the inspired accompaniment of Ty Burhoe (disciple of Ustad Zakir Hussain).
The New Album "PEACE" will be available at this concert celebration.
Tickets only $10 at www.TalaRecords.com
More about the artists here:
Steve Oda - https://steveoda.com
Ty Burhoe - http://www.tyburhoe.com/bio/
Friday September 8th, 7-9pm
Album title: Blowing Smoke
Simone Rael 21 years young, born April 25,1996 in Taos, NM. Performing music since 8 years old. Started on a hand drum, got my first guitar when i was 11 years old inspired by the greats such as Steviey Ray Vaughn, Bob Dylan, BB King, John Lennon and many other legends. A local artist trying to find my own sound while representing Taos Pueblo and the youth. Soulful music about life here and growing up on the reservation. trying to hold identity in a mixed world being a native of the Tiwa nation and Hispanic roots. Manifesting dreams into reality, while spreading medicine through music. Hopefully inspiring others to change and open their eyes to a more down to earth way of living, Showing my family and friends that we all have our own medicine to spread. Send a message to love ourselves and to love each other and changing our vibrations to harmonize with one another. turn people on to the raw, earthy, organic, sway of the pueblo blues.
$5-$10 Suggested donation
Music Producer and Media Artist John Patrick Funk (a.k.a Spirit Winds) invites you on a Soundscape Journey into the Beauty of New Mexico- The Enchanted Lands Soundscape Journey is a intimate live music & media show that transports the participants into a beautiful musical realm through performance of Original Soundscapes (produced in the Rio Grande Gorge Canyon) with Flutes, Guitars, Loops and other instruments. Lighting and Visual media- illuminated sculptures and projected photography- accompany stories shared through the heart that set the atmosphere for the event. The Soundscape Journey centers on the musical experience that has been influenced by these beautiful locations and events in New Mexico- (link to photographic inspirations and music tracks- http://enchantedlandsmusic.com/photography-graphics/
We will have space for you to sit or lie down, please bring blankets & pillows for added comfort.
The first half or the show will be ambient & meditative, while the second half will have you up on your feet dancing.
Main Website http://enchantedlandsmusic.com/
Spirit Winds- Volume 5 of Enchanted Lands that features musical tracks with Native American Flutes which also comprises tracks for the live music set list.http://enchantedlandsmusic.com/enchanted-lands-volume-5/
News Article published about me a year ago in the Taos News- http://enchantedlandsmusic.com/news/
Source Vibrations Sound Meditation
Saturday, May 27th, 8-9pm
Weaving sound healing principles with modern electronic music technology, Asa will take you on an ambient musical journey.
Explore your inner spaciousness and elevate your frequency in this immersive sound meditation. Relax in a peaceful atmosphere filled with specific vibrations and frequencies that create a harmonic space for healing and meditation.
YouTube.com/c/sourcevibrations
$10 Suggested Donation
GRAND OPENING MARCH 17th, 6pm
1335 Gusdorf Road, Suite Q, Taos, NM 87571