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Drumming & Dancing Workshops
Music & Healing Circles
Yoga
and Co-Creating Joyful Community in Paradise
since 1998

Paradise beckons with an exciting opportunity to revitalize body, mind,
and spirit through Drumming, Dancing, Song, Shamanic Journeying
and Yoga in a magical village setting surrounded by ocean,
waterfalls, pools, sunshine, flowers and star filled skies

First view of the camp	Campgrounds
One of the cabins	Drum circle

Our Maui village gathering will focus on the ecstatic experience of co-creating music, dance and song. We will nurture ourselves with Hawaiian "Mana", gourmet vegetarian cuisine, fresh fish, pure ocean air, water and sunshine. Community, Creativity, Global Culture and Consciousness will be the emphasis of the experience.

Classes will be offered in:

DRUMMING AND MUSIC

Drum and Instrument making

DANCE & MOVEMENT

Yoga & Movement Meditations

The 1998 Maui Village Experience

You can also enjoy many wonderful activities such as nature hikes, Hawaiian herb walks, Lei making, Shamanic Journeying, group meditations, trips to Black or Red Sand Beaches and bathing in pristine waterfalls. Celebrate in the evenings with free spirited community drumming and dancing under the moon and stars around the ceremonial fire.

THE HEALING TEMPLE will offer Lomi-Lomi (Hawaiian massage) and other healing practices throughout the day. (Practitioners who wish to offer their services to the community can do so for $20/day and will set up their own schedule and fees.)

KIDS CAMP will be available during classes providing fun, creative activities for toilet trained toddlers to teenagers.

A VILLAGE MARKETPLACE will be set up for buying and selling instruments, handicrafts and exotic wares from all over the world. Vendors can display for $20/day.

 FACILITATORS

	Tanmayo Moreau-Brown , from France, has been traveling and studying yoga and meditation since 1976 as well as world dance, hand drumming, Hawaiian healing and conscious community. A Maui resident since 1987, she has been teaching "Yoga for Everyone" for 14 years, combining Iyengar, Desikachar and Ashtanga styles with a strong focus on breath and individual processes. She also operates a retreat center and facilitates human-dolphin encounters.
	Suzanne Teng , ,M.Mus., is a performer, teacher and recording artist living in Los Angeles who plays numerous flutes from around the world. Her playing can be heard on hundreds of recordings including numerous film and television soundtracks. Her debut CD "Mystic Journey" was a candidate for a Grammy nomination for Best New Age Album 2000 and she and her partner Gilbert Levy were awarded the "Independent Music Awards Best New Age Artist 2001." Their world music band Mystic Journey recently performed at the Cumbre Tajin Festival 2002 in Veracruz, Mexico along with 28 bands from around the world and were honored to be the sole representatives for the United States. She will offer musical performances at camp and will teach a flute workshop that will include improvisation, technical skills and group interplay with flutes and drums. All levels including beginners will be welcome. Affordable bamboo and native American flutes will be available for purchase, or bring your own. For more information on Suzanne, please visit her website.
	Abdulaye Camara grew up in Guinea,Africa in a family of professional dancers, then joined the Ballet of Senegal, and founded his own dance company in Gambia. Invited to teach in Europe, he has performed and taught extensively. Now a resident of Sweden, he regularly tours the United States and Canada, sharing his rich cultural heritage. "African dance, he says, is spiritual medicine and happiness for the body."
	Monica Caldwell is a Maui resident and has studied and taught Middle Eastern Indian temple dances for over 12 years as well as Hawaiian Hula. A world class performer, choreographer, and teacher, she is the founder of MOCA School of World Dance, bringing together many traditions of sacred dance.
	Kachina Palencia is Maui's most beloved teacher of the dances of universal peace.
	Steve LaFleur teaches contact-dance improvisation.
	Tojo Joli brings 15 years of drumming experience.
	Megan Black has been studying Kathak for the past 20 years. She trained at the Chhandam School under Chitresh Das. and in India under Smt. Kumudini Lakhia, one of the foremost Kathak exponents in India today. See her website for detailed information.
	Ross Kent is a phenomenal musician and composer. He has played Classical Indian music for thirty years. He received his training under Maestro Ali Akbar Khan. Narayan Crammatte is a Maui resident and has supported the on-going classes of the Vandhana School on Maui for the past three years.
	Gilbert Levy was born and raised in New Orleans where his career began as a professional drum set player in jazz and R&B bands working with musicians such as Wynton and Branford Marsalis. He currently resides in Los Angeles where he plays and performs a vast array of percussion instruments from many parts of the world with a specialty in hand drums from East India and the Middle East. His special joy is combining the diverse voices creating his own unique contemporary sound which is featured in the world music band Mystic Journey. At camp he will inspire you to find your voice on your own drum as well as teaching dumbek and hand drum techniques and rhythms. For more information on Gilbert and Mystic Journey, please visit http://www.mysticjourney.net
	Chris Waker. In his classes, participants learn how dance, music and song intertwine to invoke spirits and arouse emotion. Blending many years of ceremonial and musical experience with techniques acquired over eighteen years as a teacher of adults, Chris resourcefully shapes his students' discovery of the rich beauty and complexity of Cuban traditions. Originally inspired to play drums after working as a volunteer in the Caribbean in 1983, Chris Waker was quickly drawn to Cuban music, and had the great fortune of studying and playing with the best musicians of this genre, both in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Cuba. Throughout the 90's he played with bands and folklore troupes in Canada, Mexico, Morocco and the SF Bay Area, and accompanied and directed music for many of the most notable Cuban dance teachers in the U.S. Chris is an active instrument maker, and many players of Cuban music own cajónes, guiros, guaguas, and chaguorós of his construction. He has recently appeared in "Mosaico," "Tribute to Judith Jústiz," and the Colorado Dance Festival, and devotes much of his attention to playing Santería ceremonies with Pedro de Jésus and Carlos Aldama. His performance credits span 19 years, and include domestic and international festivals and events in Canada, Mexico, North Africa, and the United States, and numerous CDs and videos.
	Hassania El Badissi comes from a family of musicians and dancers, and grew up dancing, drumming, and singing at the lilas or ceremonies of Rabat's sub-Saharan quarter. She is an acclaimed Moroccan spirit dancer, and has appeared with a wide variety of performing groups both in the United States and Morocco. Hassania imparts classes in Afro-Arabic Dance, which include a range of dances from North Africa and the Gulf States, including Guedra, Gnawa, Shikat, and others. The focus of her work is on spiritual dances, and skills developed include relationship of steps to rapid polyrhythmic percussion, choreography, and vocal expressions. Participants learn to dance together in an environment that promotes self-esteem and confidence, and all ages and skill levels are invited. Here in the United States she has participated with a variety of Cuban folklore groups, including Alafia, Obakosó, Raíces Afrocubanas, Owo Aché, Batacongo, and Conjunto Folklórico Novato. She has appeared in the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival three times, and twice in San Francisco Carnaval, and reviews of her performances have been featured in the SF Weekly and the San Francisco Chronicle. She teaches a variety of Cuban folkloric dance forms, including Orisha dances, Bantú, Arará, and Rumba.

COST

Only $495 for adults or $249 for children under 12 years of age if you reserve and pay the full amount before May 1, 2002. Pay online.
After that the cost will be $575 for adults or $300 for kids under 12 years. 
This includes 3 meals/day, all classes and accommodation. A deposit of $150 will reserve your space.
Weekend only $195 adults, $95 children (Fri eve through Sun eve)
Daytime with lunch $50/$35
extra meal: $10
extra night: $20
Come before lunch and leave the next day after lunch: $95 includes 4 meals, 5 classes, evening celebration, overnight accomodation.
Luxury private accomodation in beautiful ocean front home units with private bath and full kitchen. Additional cost is $35 double occupancy or $65 single.

Call 808-572-0519 for workexchange arrangements at reduced cost.

A large grassy meadow overlooking the ocean offers ample space for tents and community events. The facility has a large dance hall with a new hardwood floor, indoor dining area with views of Keanae Peninsula, four indoor bunk bed houses that will sleep over 100 people and indoor bathhouses with hot showers. You can choose between outdoor camping or indoor accommodation.

Since last year the camp owners made many improvements like new mattresses and plumbing system. They also added luxury private accomodations in beautiful ocean front home units with private bath and full kitchen. Cost is $35 pp double occupancy or $65 single.

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