• at Pee Wee’s Farm, Rising Fawn, GA.
• 830 Cureton Mill Road, Rising Fawn GA 30738
• (see map for directions)

It will be a day / evening / late night / event.
Over night camping is included with admission.
Food vendors will be present with a variety of food and soft drinks.
You are welcome to bring your own alcoholic beverages.

$10. for a whole new state of mind.
                Gates open at 4:00pm
                We cannot take credit cards - please bring cash for tickets,
                    food and any CD's or DVD's you may want to purchase)

Sponsored by:
Trenton Arts Council

The avant garde is always unexpected and always unpredictable. Rarely does it simply emerge logically. The method of expression and the sets of ideas and beliefs are always up for re-evaluation. It is about redefinition.

**Happenings^=  an event defined through spoken words, music and sound, movement and theater.

True to the substance of happenings - exploring edges and definitions - several of the artists are beginning to establish collaborations with each other. Peculiar juxtapositions are developing.

There are two consequences:
    A richer fabric of performance is developing already
    It is impossible to say with any certainty how the event will unfold.

**Happening^= will truly be a unique exploration.

Tone: It is standing on the bridge, peering into the dark, and reporting what you see in a language that can be understood.

The Other Map  watch for updates as information comes in...

Juxtaposing seemingly unrelated forms becomes another facet of the expansion of definition.

Contemporary artist Rich Curtis, of Alabama, is developing a series of vocal sound compositions, "Sound Poems". They are extended vocal techniques that attempt to push the limits of the human voice. Rich Curtis has exhibited his work throughout the world.

The collaboration Mirabai Bellydance, will perform experimental movement studies based on the study of Middle Eastern dance and fused with elements of modern dance, jazz, hip hop, various world dance inspiration, and usage of props." 
http://mirabaibellydance.com/index.html

Nada--the group's name--is comprised of 3 drums and a tabla, a sitar, harmonium, and vocalists. It is a form of Bhakti Yoga, calling the names of the Divine as vocal meditation. Audience members will be invited to join in the singing and/or dancing as everyone moves into open heartedness.

Jim Pfitzer is a storyteller and writer best known for personal stories of adventures and mishaps in the natural world.  Jim has told stories coast to coast, sharing his twisted perspectives on life, and never letting facts interfere with the truth.  He appears frequently on WUTC, and has been called “old fashioned and avant-garde at the same time”.  Jim shared his story techniques in a workshop at the Dade County Library in July.     http://www.jimpfitzer.com/
 

Butch Ross pushes the the dulcimer into uncharted territory. He brings to the dulcimer a deep respect for traditional music, a love for anything new and exciting musically, and a desire to weave the two seamlessly together.
http://www.butchross.com/

From Birmingham, Alabama, violinist/violist, LaDonna Smith has been on the international new music scene for 30 years. LaDonna has created a style of improvisation that is uniquely her own. Alternating classical and extended techniques, she explores her instrument, painting scenarios and sound pictures as she plays. http://www.furious.com/perfect/ladonnasmith.html

Dance Improvisors Ann Law and Sycamore Toffel are both lifelong performers and dance/movement specialists.  They began dancing together over 17 years ago and continue performing together.  Sycamore is also an  earthtender from Huntsville, and Ann is learning how to make wonderful pies in both Chattanooga and Dominica.  They love happenings!!!

The "Undoctored Originals" is a jazz band that has worked extensively with spoken word artists; they rephrase the character of traditional jazz by notplaying "standards" -- no meticulous arrangements of the music, no songlists, no preset lyrics, no rehearsals, no safety net. Here's a link to the
band performing a 100%  jazz improv of words and music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51_Gt40oTmc 

Spoken word artist and storyteller, The Mojo Mamma, Laura Secord, and rock musician Mark Carmichael of Birmingham's Sunny So Brite, bring the power of spoken word and original music together in a portion of the verse play Sanapia's Courage Medicine:  A Woman Healer's Life in Poems. 
www.mojomamma.com
http://www.sunnysobrite.com/sunny_so_brite/first.html

Jill Burton entrains the audience into an altered brainwave state and uses her voice and movement to express and shift the energetic patterns thus revealed. She has extensive training and professional experience in widely varying styles of music and dance, and also in hands-on healing, energy work and sound healing. While living is Alaska for the past six years, she has been deeply honored to provide musical accompaniment for Tlingit storytellers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0J0FajmrEY

Pocketful of Claptonite is Athens GA’s Only 70s Canadian Power Trio. Our music is Appalachian Trance Metal, referencing the ghosts of the region with energy harnessed from popular and unpopular sources alike. The sounds we make are spontaneous- orchestrated and arranged through the lens of experience, trust, and enthusiasm. www.killick.me

efren is a folk group hinting on the psychedelic, from areas around Athens, GA.  Reaching out into the musical world with introspective lyrics and brooding energy, efren entertains on many levels. Lyrically driven, but emotionally wandering. Stories of trying to lose love, dreams of family past, tall boys, gambling, and whiskey stills… www.efrenmusic.com

Finn Bille and Rick Davis formed a partnership to weave together stories and music for the standing-room-only Collaborations in Storytelling, Poetry, and Music event in Chattanooga in March 2009.  Since then, Finn and Rick have produced a groundbreaking CD, Marzipan: Stories with Music.   Finn conducted a story workshop at the Dade County Library in August.  www.finnbille.com   www.CuteDogMusic.com

Ginnie Sams is our own Dade County writer, poet, and storyteller.  As one of the original Trenton Beatnik Poets, she achieved local recognition with her poem “We Are Community”, which she composed and read for the Jeffrey Farmer Benefit at the American Legion.

Poets:
Bob Dombrowski
Johnny Coley

DRUMMERS...