An intriguing way to celebrate the Solstice

[pegkerr]

I am awfully tempted to go to this. minnehaha B. and K. told me about it.

Mystik Toyz, Robin "Adnan" Anders, and Illumination Fire Dancers Present A Winter Solstice Drum And Dance Circle

What better way to celebrate the winter solstice and darkest day of the year than with drums and fire? Robin "Adnan" Anders and some of the Twin Cities' hottest percussionists lead the drumming as Illumination Fire Dancers heat things up even more with soulful and mesmerizing dances of fire. Bring your drums and dancing feet as everyone is encouraged to participate in this annual celebration - all skill levels are welcome! You don't have to travel all the way to Hawaii (although that would be pretty nice this time of year) to experience fire dancing at its finest. Illumination is the Twin Cities' premier fire troupe and will be featuring a variety of fire dances such as baton, staff, poi, devil stick, as well as elegant fire fingers, fans, palms, and wands. Nothing fuels these dances more than the heartbeat of the drum. Read more

Hmm . . . $10.00. Reasonable if it just me. But minnehaha K. and B. say it goes very late. Logistical problem. Thursday night is Rob's night out, and if I take the girls and pay for them too (they would probably enjoy it), it'd be more of a financial stretch. And what do I do when it's time for them to go to bed, if I want to stay? They have to get up at 6:00 a.m. to get to school for heavens sake. (Well, I have to get up at 6:00 a.m., too, but I'm tougher about going without sleep.)

Not asking for advice, exactly, just thinking out loud. Maybe I can work something out with Rob. Anyway, it does sound like fun. Anyone else going? If not to this event, what are you doing to celebrate the solstice in your area?

Comments

[faeryguinevere.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I've seen those fire dancers - they are fantastic - highly recommended!

[eal.livejournal.com]

Wow, y'all are still in school? The kids around here have been out since last Friday.

Sounds neat.

[jbru.livejournal.com]

I went to this last year. I wrote about it back then.

I'm planning on going this year. It is the kind of thing that one can do for a couple of hours and get most of its benefit, so I think you'd probably be OK with going home with the girls once it got to be their bedtime. There was a lot of good energy in that room, so even a small dip can be refreshing.

[whumpdotcom.livejournal.com]

My division at work's skirting the "Holiday Party" issue by having the party tomorrow so we can call it a Solstice Party. Then I will engage in one of the traditional rites of my people: a perilous raid on the mall with less than a week to Christmas.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Thank you for reminding me; I want to light a candle and a fire for solstice. (Wood, damn it, not one of those pressed-wax things.)

[janetwain.livejournal.com]

We capture the last rays of the setting sun in the fire (just a candle this year). Keep vigil all night, have friends over to party until the wee hours, until the sun comes up, when we can let the fire go out. My partner has done this for the past 14-15 years or so. I've joined for the last four. I'll have to go home and sleep this year, because I have to work on Friday this year, but I'll catch the lighting, a bit of the party, and the blowing out.

Before I met her, I would go to the solstice drum jam at Cedar, when I could.

I know some other folks go to one of the bridges on the Mississippi in the wee hours of the morning to sing the sun up. They've been doing it for something like 30 years.

[loup_noir]

I have his all-drumming CD and it's great! Of course, he also rocks with BiL. That sounds like a lot of fun. A lot. Dancing and drumming under the stars. Mmm.

We're driving to and from the Bay Area (three hours each way) today. My recollection of the Solstice will be the interior of the van.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

So, are you going?

B