Felicityから：Singing Around the Table

次回の歌声喫茶は3月3日（土）です。歌いたい歌があったら持ってきてください。楽器できる人歓迎です。
1月28日、Singing Around the Table に来てくれた人たち、ありがとうございました。一杯来てくれて、一杯リクエストしてくれて、楽器の演奏も入ったりと、すごく楽しかったです。とくに、「アメージンググレース」は大勢で気持ちよくハモることが出来て、楽しかったです。
今回はスコットランドの国民的詩人、ロバート・バーンズの誕生日の3日あと、ということで、バーンズの詩のついた「麦畑」を日本語と原語の両方で歌ったり、スコットランドの舟歌を歌ったりできて、良かったです。
スコティッシュっぽい服を着てきてくれた人、ありがとうございました。また、Gnomeのゆうこさんとたつやさんとスタッフの皆さん、ありがとうございました。
次回のSinging Around the Tableを準備しています。ぜひお友達を誘って、楽器をもって、（できれば）ご参加下さい。
本当にありがとうございました。
文責かわの。（KH)

(from Felicity) Singing Around the Table

(from Felicity)
The next Singing Around the Table: Saturday 3rd March 8-10pm at Gnome. If you have a song or your instrument to bring, please do.　

A big thank you to all those who came to the 28th January Singing Around the Table which was the biggest so far! Hiroko has written about it below.
(from Hiroko) Dear Everyone: On the 28th of January we are happy to have around 25 people came to sing Scottish & other songs, and some people who played music instruments. The harmony was great! We would like to thank everyone who came to share our Singing Table. That day was 3 days' after Burns night, and Felicity prepared several scottish songs including ones with Burn's lyrics. Also we were happy to sing numbers in response to the requests from the participants. Also thank goes to Yuko san, Tatsuya san, Mr. Valentine's son, and other stuffs of Irish Pub Gnome for their kind hospitality to serve us good beer and food, as well as the place to sing. Thank goes to those who came with Scottish-ish clothes. Your efforts helped us feel as if we are in a Scottish-ish place. It is a very good experience to utter your voice loudly; it's fun, relaxing, and encouraging; and healthy! You don't have to sing well; just enjoy it. We are now planning the next singing around the table. We are looking forward to seeing you and your friends again. Sincerely, Singing Around the Table (Kawano Hiroko)



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Felicity Greenland
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Contra at St Patrick's Day Music Festival March 17th

Contradance and Irish Music are like two lovers who fell in love at first sight and have been inseparable ever since. Contra has helped spread Irish music and
culture to lands far and wide, and Irish music and culture have carried
contra into the hearts of dancers all over the world.

That's why we're proud to be taking part in the Annual St Patrick's Day
Festival in Kyoto Music Festival on Saturday, March 17th. For the first
time, a CONTRAKYOTO dance will be one of the events at the festival, so
put on your finest green outfit and come dance with us.

The opening parade starts at 12, followed by a live aeolian pipe band
concert featuring Fuigoza at 1PM.
At 1:30, the CONTRA dancing will start, with a live session band and
plenty of Irish food and music from the best Irish pubs in Kyoto. Bring
your friends and don't be late.
At 2:50, there will be a concert by the Ethnic Music Club of Kyoto.

The festival is being held at Rokkun Plaza, in shuikyogoku arcade, near
Movix. A map and full information is available here

See you there!

GREAT DANCE...Some announcements

First of all thanks and congratulations to everyone for making a wonderful dance last night! We ended up having around 22 dancers (a wonderful mix of all ages and stripes), five musicians, and people from many exotic places (France, Belgium, Iran...Uji, Shiga!). What a great way to kick off the new year.

There were many newcomers, and everyone really worked together so nicely it turned out awesome! I was so impressed and happy that the young kids danced with us throughout the night. Thank you all for being so patient with each other and most of all me, my rough japanese, and my sometimes backward teaching. Seeing people go from raw beginners to confident, energetic, and smiling dancers made it was a truly rewarding evening for me. I couldn't have been happier.

Some housekeeping: Some people have reported that for them their anti-virus (Trend Micro) is blocking our website. Thank you for letting me know. This is problem with our "parent" site, not our site. I have contacted Trend Micro and I hope they will be fixing the problem soon. In the meantime, I have every reason to believe the website is safe, and you can remove antivirus blocking on it if you wish, or wait till the problem is fixed. I just got word from Trend Micro, and they have changed the website status to safe. Please let me know if you continue to have a problem with the site.

Secondly, I forgot to give out the door prizes! So, this will have to wait till next time. For the time being we will continue to use the R.S.V.P. system, so if possible please let me know if you are coming. It is OK to show up "unannounced", but an R.S.V.P. is helpful so I can know how many people are coming and notify people of any changes or important information.

I also want to remind/inform people people that we are allowed to wear normal shoes in the hall. So if you want to bring comfortable shoes, like sneakers, to use, that is OK. Otherwise, we have slippers and people seem OK with dancing in those. The same thing goes for clothing...loose, casual, and comfortable for dancing is best.

Lastly, here are upcoming dance events:
Higashiyama Saturday, February 18th from 5 to 9 PM
French Dance Sunday, February 26th from 10 to 3:30
Fushimi Sunday February 26th from 2 to 5 at Tsunagari Cafe
St. Patrick's day Dance March 17th, place and time to be announced.
If you are holding an event, or know of an interesting event, please email me and I will pass it on if appropriate.

MAP for regular events is: http://goo.gl/6mASp
VIDEO for all events is: http://goo.gl/r7NKF
HOMEPAGE: http://contrakyoto.byethost9.com
FACEBOOK http://goo.gl/NjROp
CONTACT for all events is contrakyoto@gmail.com 携帯 070 6475 5855

Reminder

でいびっどが、フレンドリーに、かつちょっと急かしながら、来週土曜日のコントラダンスは事前予約制だということを再度お知らせします！今よりもっと集まりたいところです。

何人かのミュージシャンの方々からは連絡をもらっているので、すばらしい音楽が期待できそうです。あとお楽しみで、プレゼントを用意しています。くじ引きでラッキーなだれがあたるかな？

来てくれるともうメールをくれたみなさん、どうもありがとう。あと10人ほどは開催するために必要です。来てくれる予定の人は、そのことをぜひ早めに教えてね。

でいびっど



This is a friendly but urgent reminder that we still need people to R.S.V.P. for next
saturday night's contra.

I have heard back from few musicians, so we can look forward to some very
good music. Also, as further incentive, I will be bringing a few door
prizes, for "lucky" dancers.

Thank you to the people who have told me they plan to attend. Right now we
still need about 10 more. Please let us know as soon as possible if you
plan to attend.

Sincerely
David