Saturday, May 7th, 7:30 PM ~ Dave Stringer in Concert with Brenda McMorrow, Morgan Doctor and Chris Gartner

Saturday, May 7th, 7:30 PM

Dave Stringer in Concert

with Brenda McMorrow,

Morgan Doctor and Chris Gartner

Dave Stringer has been profiled publications as diverse as Time, Billboard, In Style, and Yoga Journal Germany as a leader of the new American kirtan movement.

Dave Stringer’s sound marries the transcendent mysticism of traditional Indian instruments with the exuberant, groove-oriented sensibility of American gospel. He is regarded as one of the most gifted singers in the genre of kirtan. 

To listen to Dave’s amazing music please visit Dave Stringer’s Website.

Cost: Tickets $30 per person advance or $35 per person day of.

“Dave Stringer has integrated his interest in Kirtan, an Indian tradition of devotional chanting, with his masterful grasp of Western popular music, creating an exciting style of psychedelic pop as informed by traditional Eastern music as the Beatles.” - All Music Guide

Sunday, May 8th ~ The Inner Musician Workshop with Dave

 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM

This workshop is ideal for yoga teachers who wish to incorporate chanting in their yoga classes, but it is also appropriate for those who aspire to lead kirtan, or to simply deepen their experience and understanding of chanting.

PranaShanti Yoga Centre

52 Armstrong Street, Ottawa, ON

613-761-9642 (YOGA), www.pranashanti.com

"Shakti Ma" A Kirtan Concert with Brenda McMorrow and Lea Longo ~ Friday, April 8th, 2011 from 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

"Shakti Ma" A Kirtan Concert

with Brenda McMorrow and Lea Longo

Friday, April 8th, 2011

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

"Shakti Ma" ~ A very special evening of divine chanting, singing and sound with White Swan Recording artist Brenda McMorrow and Montreal based Kirtan Wallah Lea Longo! Brenda and Lea will both share their own styles of call and response devotional chants!

Kirtan – a practice of Bhakti Yoga (the Yoga of Devotion) - is a call and response form of singing which is expanding throughout North America as westerners discover its uplifting, healing and joyous effects.

Kirtan is easy to learn and participate in. The lead singer sings simple and beautiful melodies and the crowd responds either by memory or by using lyric sheets provided. Brenda explains, “Singing together– chanting the Divine names – encourages our hearts to open and the beauty of our true beings to shine!”

To learn more about Brenda and her music visit Brenda McMorrow's Website.

To learn more about Lea and her music visit Lea Longo's Website.

Join us for this uplifting evening, tea and treats served after the concert!

Cost: $20 per person in advance; $25 per person day of the event.

PranaShanti Yoga Centre
52 Armstrong Street, Ottawa, ON
www.pranashanti.com
613-761-9642
info@pranashanti.com

Heart Sounds with Jeremy Sills & Club Yoga

Sunday March 6th 2011
6:30pm - 8:00pm
36 Simcoe St. Ottawa

This New Moon is the Shiva moon - that which returns us to our origins ...destroys the old ...making room for the new ... elegantly revealing all that which is no longer serving ...as we return to pure presence....

Hope to see you Sunday Please RSVP 613-228-9235

Girish Weekend of Events - March 11th to 13th - Live Music!

Girish is back in Ottawa for a Weekend

 of Yoga, Music and Chanting

Girish's latest CD, which we will be hearing songs from at the Concert, "Diamonds in the Sun" is a monumental offering of transcendent melodies and earthy grooves, Girish joins his lush, soulful vocals with a global cast of award winning musicians. Sanskrit chants and English lyrics weave with instrumentation from Portland to Pakistan in a fresh, eclectic blend that is by turns intimate, peaceful, and inspiring, and then vibrant, passionate, and playful. A welcome reminder that just below the surface of who we think we are, we all are "Diamonds in The Sun". The CD features special guest vocalists Donna Delory, C.C. White, & Riffat Sultana.

Friday, March 11 - 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM - Hatha Flow with Maria and Live Music by Girish

$18.00 per person

Saturday, March 12 - 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM - Hatha Flow with Jennifer and Live Music by Girish

$18.00 per person

Saturday, March 12 - 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM - Girish in Concert at the Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre, Studio Theatre, GCTC 1233 Wellington St. W. (Corner of Holland and Wellington),

accompanied by his band

$30.00 per person in advance, $35.00 per person day of

Sunday, March 13 - 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM - Chant Workshop with Girish

$40.00 per person

“With Diamonds in the Sun Girish has found the perfect blend of musical styles, pure inspiration, tender ballads, and that awesome combining of chant form and English lyrics. This is infectious, encompassing music to lift your spirits and soothe your soul.” Lloyd Barde, Backroads Music

PranaShanti Yoga Centre

52 Armstrong Street, Ottawa, ON

613-761-9642 (YOGA), www.pranashanti.com

BLISSFUL KIRTAN - Saturday 12 FEB 2011

BLISSFUL KIRTAN

A SOULFUL CELEBRATION OF LOVE

Enhance your Bhakti Yoga practice with the Blissful Kirtan group this weekend! Experience inner peace & bliss through devotional chanting, facilitated in a call & response or chorus style. Everyone can participate in such an easy and simple practice that requires no previous experience.

Let the music and the potent syllables from ancient sacred songs flow freely and stir your Soul into the delightful remembrance of its true identity in the Divine. All spiritual paths are honoured and all voices & instruments are welcome.

Come and open your Heart to the Love that you embody. On the eve of Valentine's Day, celebrate your Self and help us create healing vibrations of Love to send throughout the cosmos.

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SATURDAY 12 February 2011

7 - 8:30 p.m.

Santosha Westboro Yoga studio

346 Richmond Road, 2nd floor

Ottawa (Westboro area - near Churchill)

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*** FREE ACTIVITY ***

Donations welcome to benefit the Seva Canada Society (http://www.seva.ca),
a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to restoring
sight to the blind & visually impaired in developing countries.

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Our future chanting circles will be held in the Westboro area on the 2nd Saturday of every month at Santosha Yoga and on the 4th Saturday of every month at Windhorse Yoga. Your name can be added to our distribution list by contacting blissfulkirtan@hotmail.com.

BLESSINGS of PEACE & LIGHT

Kiratn with Wade Moriseetee - Saturday, February 12th at 7:30 PM at PranaShanti

Kirtan with Wade Morissette

Saturday, February 12th

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Join international Kirtan artist Wade Imre Morissette for an uplifting evening celebrating Valentines Day
with heart opening Kirtan!

Although the kirtan involves music, the underlying art of kirtan chanting is not actually about musical ability or training-it is about the heart. Everyone can participate, regardless of age or cultural background.

The purpose of this music is to get us out of our heads and into our hearts. Typically, the songs can last for 20-30 minutes each with a few moments of silence in between each song so you can soak it all up. The longer songs allow for deeper experience of the effects, and with the simple, repetitive lyrics.

Participate in an evening of powerful Kirtan with Nutone artist Wade Imre Morissette. A sing until you can’t sing anymore bliss out mantra call and response expression fest!

Wade has been practicing and teaching yoga for 13 years. He has completed Iyengar, Classical Ashtanga and Ashtanga-Vinyasa yoga teacher training. He has studied Vinyasa, Viniyoga, Anusara, and Kriya yoga, as well as zazen, Vedic Chanting, and active movement and sound meditations with some of the best-known teachers in Canada, North America, and India.

He is also a Reiki master, certified Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist, and Viniyoga Therapist. He leads teacher trainings, workshops, retreats, and music-dance evenings internationally.

Cost: $25.00 per person in advance. $30.00 per person day of the event.

Wade will be in Ottawa for a full weekend of events including 3 dynamic workshops featuring yoga and music.  Full Weekend Savings! Sign up for all 4 Events on or before February 10th and SAVE $20 off the advance price and SAVE $40 off the day of price.

You pay just $140.00 per person for your full weekend experience!

PranaShanti Yoga Centre
52 Armstrong Street, near the Parkdale Market
Ottawa, Ontario
613-761-9642 (YOGA), http://www.pranashanti.com/

Winter Solstice Celebration of Light

Sunday,  December 19th

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

"There are two ways of spreading light: To be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." Edith Wharton

Midwinter's day has been an important time for celebration throughout the ages. On this shortest day of the year, the sun is at its lowest and weakest, a pivot point from which the light will grow stronger and brighter. This is the turning point of the year.

Join PranaShanti Owner, Devinder Kaur, and friends from different spiritual and devotional paths for a Winter Solstice Celebration to welcome the light!

•Buddhist - Kelsang Rabjor, Joyful Land Buddhist Centre

•Christian - Father Jack Lau, Galilee Retreat Centre

•Aboriginal - Cindy Gaudet, Metis woman, Global Heartbeat

•Yogic/Sikh - Devinder Kaur, Yoga Teacher

Experience the healing qualities of meditation, prayer, blessing and song from these sacred and spritual traditions. Be surrounded by joy, peace and upliftment in the soothing and restful glow of candlelight.

Warming spiced mulled apple juice and a special Winter Solstice dessert buffet with decadent chocolate fountain, fresh fruit and holiday treats served afterwards.

Cost: $22 per person. Proceeds donated to the Food Bank.  Children's Winter Solstice Celebration with Jmaie Reardon occurs at the same time with a special program for ages 3 to 8.  $11.00 per child.

Everyone welcome! Bring a meditation cushion/pillow and show up early! Chair seating available. Please call ahead to reserve a chair, if needed. Yoga mats not required.

Sign Up Online or call PranaShanti at 613-761-9642 (YOGA) to reserve your space.

Let's celebrate this special time together in peace and understanding!

PranaShanti Yoga Centre
52 Armstrong Street
Ottawa, ON
K1Y 2V7
613-761-9642 (YOGA), http://www.pranashanti.com/

Kirtan with Bhava ~ Friday, December 17th, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM at PranaShanti

Kirtan with Bhava

Friday, December 17th

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

BHAVA is Sanskrit for devotional state of mind; the mood of ecstasy and self-surrender that comes through the loving divine embrace!

Friends, family and all folks are welcome to come sing with us as we celebrate the Winter Solstice. There's room to dance and clap your hands! Snacks and tea for all.

Bhava is:
•Naomi Guzman Poole (voice)
•Elissar Hanna (voice & harmonium)
•Jeremy Sills (voice, crystal bowls & gong)
•Guy Tardif (voice)
•Stephane Laurence-Pressault (darbouka)

Cost:  A suggested donation of $11.00. No chanting or singing experience needed - just an openness to beautiful sounds. All ages welcome.

Location:
PranaShanti Yoga Centre
52 Armstrong Street
Ottawa, ON
K1Y 2V7
613-761-9642 (YOGA), http://www.pranashanti.com/

Heart Sounds with Jeremy Sills & Club Yoga

Sunday November 7th, 2010
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Guided by Jeremy Sills & Club Yoga

Location: Bioenergetics Institute 36 Simcoe Street (Off of Lees Ave.)
RSVP : Anamda info@clubyoga.ca
613-228-9235

Donation: $8 – $15

The NEW MOON is with us this weekend, a magical time of new beginnings! We invite you to join us for "HEART SOUNDS NEW MOON" artistic jamming. Tune into the moment to express your creative self through movement, art, voice & instruments. In this place of meditation our hearts will whisper in our ears new beginnings, ideas, intentions and goals.

Jeremy Sills will guide the experience bringing his healing music, crystal bowls, drumming and harmonic overtoning to the evening. Anamda & Satkiana will use voice, harmonium, singing bowls and a special healing ceremony to support the evening.

Crystal Bowl and Planet Gong Concert with David Hickey Date: Sat 10/30/2010 at 8PM

Crystal Bowl and Planet Gong Concert
with David Hickey
Saturday, October 30, 2010

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Join David Hickey for an incredible evening. Crystal Journey, an improvised sound journey with Paiste Planetary Gongs, Crystal Bowls, Santoor and Vibraphone.

Two sets of incredible music that allows the listener to be fully immersed with their spirit.

A few words from David:
Based in Mount Hope, Ontario, I perform with Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls, 15-20 of them. Each produces a pure note or tone, the purest there is. You have to hear them to believe it. I play them in combination with a Vibraphone, Santoor and 8-18 Paiste Planet, Symphonic and Sound Creation Gongs. Every gong features a strong fundamental note tuned to represent a natural harmonic series based on the orbital properties of the Sun, the Earth, the Moon and the other planets. It's like having a full orchestra.

I have been touring Canada coast to coast for the past seven years and have performed over 700 shows, having released 7 CDs to date. I have played the Bowls and Gongs accompanied by various musicians as well as with the Winnipeg Chamber Orchestra in June of 2006.

Crystal Journey has dedicated its intention for the music to help raise awareness to our environment and such social causes as Tibet and Burma, raising funds for these and various other charities. Crystal Journey also works with cancer support groups such as Well Spring Calgary. As 2010 unfolds, I am looking forward to taking my music to ever increasing numbers creating conscious awareness across Canada and the Globe with a message of peace. By year's end, Crystal Journey will have performed over 150 concerts.

The intent of the performance is to create soothing, meditative and healing music. Each one of my performances is completely improvised, and unique. The music attracts a full range of listeners. My concerts are in two sets, each lasting an hour in length.

My musical inspirations are, Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead, John Lennon, George Harrison, Bob Marley, Miles Davis, and Frederick Chopin to name a few.

Cost:  $25.00 per person. Register early to ensure your space.

Location:
PranaShanti Yoga Centre
52 Armstrong Street (near Parkdale Market)
Ottawa, ON, K1Y 2V7
613-761-9642 (YOGA), http://www.pranashanti.com/

Heart Sounds with Jeremy Sills & Club Yoga

Artistic Jamming to uplift the sacred within

Sunday October 24th, 2010
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Guided by Jeremy Sills & Club Yoga

Location: Bioenergetics Institute 36 Simcoe Street (Off of Lees Ave.)
RSVP : Anamda info@clubyoga.ca
613-228-9235

Donation: $8 – $15

We will be celebrating the harvest full moon, Aries/Libra this Sunday at Heart Sounds.

Have you noticed how all the squirrels have been scampering about as they store their harvest for the winter? Lets JAM together to release those sound vibrations that will help us stay warm and have all the necessities for the winter season. It is a time to begin that inward heart journey of reflection, to reflect on our accomplishments during this radiant year and to take time to rest and regenerate.

Jeremy Sills will guide the experience bringing his healing music, crystal bowls, drumming and harmonic overtoning to the evening. Anamda & Satkiana will use voice, harmonium, singing bowls and a special healing ceremony to support the evening.

www.clubyoga.ca
www.jeremysills.com

Divine Sound Weekend with Brenda McMorrow - Concert, Saturday, October 16th at 7:00 PM, Chant Workshop, Sunday, October 17th at 1:30 PM

Saturday, October 16th at 7:00 PM

Kirtan Concert with Brenda McMorrow and

Special Guest Errol Starr Francis

Kirtan – a practice of Bhakti Yoga (the Yoga of Devotion) - is a call and response form of singing which is expanding throughout North America as westerners discover its uplifting, healing and joyous effects.

Kirtan is easy to learn and participate in. The lead singer sings simple and beautiful melodies and the crowd responds either by memory or by using lyric sheets provided. Brenda explains, “Singing together– chanting the Divine names – encourages our hearts to open and the beauty of our true beings to shine!”

Canadian Devotional Chant artist, Brenda McMorrow, began her musical career in the early 1990’s as a singer/songwriter. She co-founded the London, Ontario folk/rock band Julia Propeller – a campus radio and CBC favourite – which opened for and shared festival rosters with acts like Ani Difranco and Bruce Cockburn.

Brenda’s rich musical exploration led her from folk to bluegrass to jazz and now - as meditation, yoga and expanding consciousness have become integral parts of her life – her true heart offering is to share her unique blend of original melodies, world beats and sacred Indian devotional chants.

To learn more about Brenda and her music visit Brenda McMorrow's Website.

Join Brenda and PranaShanti for this uplifting evening, tea and treats served after the concert!

Cost: $20 per person in advance; $25 per person day of the event.

Sunday, October 17th, 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM

"True Being Through Chanting”

A Chant Workshop with Brenda McMorrow

Join devotional chant artist Brenda McMorrow in this special workshop where we will explore the sacred sounds of ancient mantra and the joyous singing of kirtan (a practice of devotional or Bhakti Yoga). A special focus will be put on how this powerful practice serves to remind, awaken and enliven the truth of Who We Are!

Open to people interested in singing, meditation, yoga, sound healing and anyone wanting to try something heart-opening and new! No experience necessary!

To learn more about Brenda and her music visit Brenda McMorrow's Website.

Cost: $30 per person in advance; $35 per person day of the event.

Event Location and Contact Information:
PranaShanti Yoga Centre
52 Armstrong Street, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 2V7
613-761-9642 (YOGA), http://www.pranashanti.com/

Fall Equinox Full Harvest Moon Toning

Thursday September 23rd, 2010
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Guided by Jeremy Sills

Space for 33 Voices RSVP

Location: 383 Ravenhill Avenue in Westboro
RSVP: jeremy@jeremysills.com
Fee: Suggested Donation $11.00

Music Celebration with Lea Longo - Saturday, Sept. 18th, 7:00 PM at PranaShanti Yoga Centre

Music Celebration with Lea Longo

Saturday, September 18th at 7:00 PM

PranaShanti Yoga Centre

Awaken the fullness of your heart with this dynamic duo who passionately live their lives to the love of Kirtan and living that joy with others! Join Canadian Kirtan Chant Artist Lea with Rad for an amazing, heartfelt musical evening of call-response chanting of devotional mantras, a journey to invoke divine presence.

In celebration of their new CD, Peace Chants, Lea and Rad will embark you on a meditative path with Lea’s captivating vocals accompanied by Rad ‘s infectious guitar effects. Performing and sharing devotional Sanskrit and Gurmukhi Mantras, Lea’s voice has been described as “spiritually rewarding, soothing and mystifying".

This is an event not to miss!

About Lea and Rad:
Lea (Nam Jiwan Kaur) is a Kirtan chant artist, kundalini teacher and an award winning singer/songwriter with music featured in Numerous TV shows and movies as Cheaper by the Dozen, Dawson’s Creek, Party Of five, Summerland and more. Lea and Rad travel throughout Eastern Canada and US sharing the Bhakti Yoga & devotional song mantras.

Cost: $20.00 per person in advance. $25.00 per person day of.

Listen to Lea's music at http://www.lealongo.com/. 

Please join us for another great kirtan event in Ottawa!

Be well,
Devinder Kaur

PranaShanti Yoga Centre
52 Armstrong Street, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 2V7
613-761-9642 (YOGA), http://www.pranashanti.com/

Thunder Full Moon Symphony of Sound ~ Johannes Welsch & Jeremy Sills

Saturday July 24th 2010 Dunrobin Sonic Gym

Doors Open @ 7pm

Register by phone 613.832.086 or email dunrobinsonicgym@gmail.com

Solar Eclipse Cancer New Moon Toning

many voices make light work

Sunday July 11th, 2010
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Guided by Jeremy Sills

Space for 33 Voices RSVP

Location: 383 Ravenhill Avenue in Westboro with A/C
RSVP: jeremy@sacredsound.ca
Fee: Suggested Donation $11.00

BLISSFUL KIRTAN ~ SUN 11 JULY

BLISSFUL KIRTAN

“He is the One God; the Creator, the Initiator, the Designer. To Him belong the most beautiful names. Glorifying Him is everything in the heavens and the earth. He is the Almighty, Most Wise.” [Qur'an 59:24]

Whether you conceive of the Divine with a form – be it male or female – or in a formless aspect, let us praise the One who dwells within as our very Self.

Come and nourish your Soul with the sacred manna of the many divine names!

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SUNDAY 11 JULY 2010

6 - 8:30 p.m.

SANTOSHA YOGA WESTBORO

346 Richmond Road, 2nd Floor

Ottawa (near Churchill Avenue)

http://www.santoshayoga.com/

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*** FREE ACTIVITY ***

Donations gratefully received to benefit community

service projects in South Africa

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BLISSFUL KIRTAN SCHEDULE (6:30 - 8 p.m.)

Sunday, JULY 25: Adi Shakti Yoga, Orleans (Guru Purnima: full moon gathering dedicated to all embodied and ascended masters/teachers/guides from every spiritual path)

Sunday, AUGUST 8: Santosha Yoga, Westboro

Sunday, AUGUST 29: Adi Shakti Yoga, Orleans

Sunday, SEPTEMBER 12: Santosha Yoga, Westboro

Sunday, SEPTEMBER 26: Windhorse Yoga, Westboro (tentative)

*** MARK THIS DATE ON YOUR CALENDARS ! ***

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30 (6-10 p.m.)

ONE HEART-ONE LOVE Benefit Sankirtan

Location: The Chamber, Ben Franklin Place

home of the Centrepointe Theatre in Ottawa's west end

[special evening of multifaith devotional chanting and fundraising activities, in support of Sai Nilayam ashram's global volunteer service initiatives in South Africa]

FURTHER DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED

Kirtan with Bhava at PranaShanti - Friday July 9th, 7:00 PM

With a shared love of Devotional Yoga (Bhakti Yoga), Elissar, Naomi, Tanya, Guy, Arif and Stephane first came together in May 2010 to see what they could form with this love. Singing traditional chants together on Spring evenings and afternoons lit a warm and inviting flame, which grew into an evening of Kirtan at PranaShanti Yoga Centre.

Come join us for an evening of Kirtan with traditional Hindu and Sufi call and response.

BHAVA means sheer ecstasy, a condition caused when the heart is seized by the divine embrace. Bhava are students of Yoga, Ayurveda, Sufism, Shamanism, and of all of Life's Mysterious Instruments, whether musical or mystical!

Bhava will carry beautiful ancient songs, through their voices, sitar, harmonium and darbouka. Printed lyrics provided so everyone can follow along and join in with the melodies. All ages and muscial abilities are welcome!

The Bhava group members are:

• Arif Jinha: Sitar
• Stephane Laurence-Pressault: Darbouka
• Naomi Guzman-Poole: Shaker and Voice
• Tanya Nash: Voice
• Elissar Hanna: Voice and harmonium
• Guy Tardif: Voice

Cost: $15.00 per person. No chanting or singing experience needed - just an openness to beautiful sounds.

Date and Time:  Friday, July 9th, 7:00 PM

Location:

PranaShanti Yoga Centre
52 Armstrong Street, Ottawa, ON
613-761-9642, http://www.pranashanti.com/

BLISSFUL KIRTAN Sun 27 June

BLISSFUL KIRTAN

Celebrate Unity in Diversity

Join us for another inspiring interfaith gathering, in loving remembrance of the One with many different names - Great Manitou, ParaBrahma, Jagadambe, Elohim, Allah, Ahura Mazda, etc. Devotional chanting is an easy practice centred in the Heart. Let the music, sacred chants and voices calm your mind and free it from the worries and anxieties of mundane affairs. Focus your thoughts on the Divinity that dwells within you as YOU, and experience your true nature. Realize the unifying principle inherent in every one and every thing in this phenomenal world.

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SUNDAY 27 JUNE 2010

6:30 - 8 p.m.

Windhorse Yoga studio

1338 1/2 Wellington St. W.

Ottawa (Westboro area)

http://www.windhorse-yoga.ca/

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*** FREE ACTIVITY ***

Voluntary donations to benefit Ottawa Riverkeeper

(http://ottawariverkeeper.ca)

Strawberry Full Moon Toning Eclipse Grand Cross

Friday June 25th, 2010
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Guided by Jeremy Sills

Space for 33 Voices RSVP
many voices make light work

Location: 383 Ravenhill Avenue in Westboro
RSVP: jeremy@sacredsound.ca
Fee: Suggested Donation $11.00