NEW! Harvest Moon: Women’s Autumn Retreat with Drum & Song

HARVEST MOON
Women’s Autumn Retreat with Drum & Song
Friday, October 23 – Sunday, October 25, 2015
With Francesca Genco of Lilac Music and Jeni Swerdlow of DRUMMM.
Located at the beautiful Four Springs Retreat in Middletown, CA. Just a 2-hour drive from the S.F. Bay Area!

20% discount if you pay in full by Friday, July 24!

Renew yourself in the company of women as we celebrate the Harvest. Prepare to soothe, connect and awaken the mind-body-spirit through rhythm, voice and movement.

• Playful singing experiences for proclaimed singers and “non-singers” alike! Especially those who think they “can’t sing”!
• The funnest, most empowering drumming you ever dared to experience!
• Celebrate the Harvest through time-honored rhythms & songs from around the world.
• Explore what you’re harvesting in your life this year through the art of collage.

Lovely accommodations, delicious meals, swimming pool & sauna, and trails through forest & meadows await you! Bodywork sessions will also be available.

Open to all levels of experience and creativity, this will be a safe and supportive environment in which to explore, play, discover and nurture both inside and out.

What women said about the last Women's Drum & Song Retreat:

• Healing – enlightening – freeing!
• Opened my heart for the creative woman inside me! 
• I feel so open and alive!

Cost of Retreat - includes all activities, meals, accommodations, instruments, materials, swimming pool, sauna:

• $550 single/$450 double/$375 camping

Early Girl Super Special!   20% off if you pay in full by July 24!
Early Girl Special!   10% off if you pay in full by September 7!

To register, contact Jeni at jeni@drummm.com or (510)316-2850.

Rhythm Sisters "Summer Release" Playshop! (August 2015)

NEW! Rhythm Sisters "Summer Release" Playshop!
Sunday August 23rd at 1-5pm in Vallejo, CA

Join us for a special half-day rhythm intensive to honor and celebrate our individual and collective struggles, perseverance, resilience, and healing as a community. We will spend the day exploring a specific West African rhythm that's played to celebrate when a woman has overcome a personal hardship or challenge. The session will focus on:
 

- Learning all the drum (djembe and dunun) and bell parts.
- Playing the introductory break and an "inside the rhythm" call and response break.

- Specific solo phrases.

- The story and song for this rhythm.JUST ADDED The delightfully talented Francesca Genco of Lilac Music will be teaching the song that accompanies the rhythm we're playing! 

- Rhythm notation for all the parts (handouts will be provided).

This special program is open to women and girls age 12 and older. Appropriate for drummers of ALL levels, Drums are available if needed.

Location: IntegriTea, 717 Marin St, Vallejo. Plenty of street parking available. Accessible by Ferry from S.F. or BART/Bus from elsewhere. Rideshare opportunities will be arranged.

Cost: Sliding scale, $45-75. Space is limited. Contact jeni@drummm.com to register or for more info.

Don't miss this special opportunity to go deep into the rhythmic experience!

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Embodying Persephone: A Women's Spring Renewal Retreat with Drum, Yoga, + Song

Embodying Persephone 
A Women's Spring Renewal Retreat with Drum, Yoga, and Song
Friday April 5 - Sunday April 7,  2013

Offered by Francesca Genco of Lilac Music and Jeni Swerdlow of DRUMMM. Renew yourself in the company of women as we transition from Winter to Spring! Prepare to soothe, connect, and awaken the mind-body-spirit through rhythm, voice, and movement.

We will drum, sing, dream, draw, dance, and walk the land of the beautiful Black Mountain Retreat Center in Cazadero, CA. Just 2 hours drive from S.F. Bay Area!

In addition to leading us in embodied song, Francesca will offer yoga classes as part of our weekend together. Jeni will facilitate the funnest, most empowering drumming sessions you ever dared to experience AND lead us in creating our personal visions through the process of writing and collage!

Lovely accommodations, delicious vegetarian meals, hiking trails through forest and meadows await you! Bodywork sessions with the incomparable Jeannie McKenzie will also be available.

Open to all levels of experience and creativity, this will be a safe and supportive environment in which to explore, play, discover, and nurture both inside and out.

Early Bird through March 11 (paid in full) = $295 (includes meals + lodging!)
After March 11 = $350
$150 non-refundable deposit required to hold your spot. 

Contact Francesca Genco at fagenco7@gmail.com to register.

About the Facilitators:

Francesca Genco is a singer and sound healer, yoga instructor, bodyworker and interdisciplinary arts teacher.  She is the founder of Song of the Body, which offers classes, workshops and retreats in Embodied Voice, yoga and creative expression. Francesca’s classes and private sessions are based in creating an intimate relationship with the body as we learn to listen and respond to its natural intelligence and resonance. www.lilacmusic.com

Percussionist and registered art therapist Jeni Swerdlow, MA-ATR is a dynamic and engaging facilitator, presenter, and performer. Founding DRUMMM Rhythmic Events in 2000, her interactive, “hands-on” group drumming programs have engaged thousands of participants at a wide variety of events in the U.S. and abroad. She is a REMO endorsed drum circle facilitator, trained HealthRHYTHMS facilitator, and lifelong student of West African drumming and world percussion. Swerdlow is best known for her innovative strategies and playful attitude that make drumming engaging, accessible, meaningful and fun  for all levels, ages, and backgrounds. www.drummm.com