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CURRENT NEWS
(2009-2010):
July 2010:
We will be completely over-hauling our
website
over the next six weeks so please bear with us and make sure you return to see
the new improved version!
July 2010:
We had an absolutely fabulous time at
the Healing Weekend in Somerset and are looking forward to next year's event
already!
It's well worth the trip so
hope to see even more of you there next year! :)
June 2010:
The 'Spirit of the Drum' workshop in
Todmorden on Saturday November 20th is now full,
but we have decided to run it again on SUNDAY 21st NOVEMBER due to the
enthusiastic response - BOOKING NOW!
(Contact Us)
May 2010:
The 'Spirit of the Drum' workshop in
Todmorden in November is almost full...
CONCERT TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE -
Contact Us
Feb 2010:
'The
Ragged Crows',
Susan's debut solo album is officially released TODAY!! 09 March 2010 -
Contact Us now to order a copy!
SPRING
2010 FULL NEWS
A very big hello
to you all - we hope you are well & happy and kept warm during
the wild snowy winter…
After a short winter rest we have been very busy
preparing for a busy year ahead which promises to be pretty full! Hence we
are pleased to bring you our annual newsletter:
MUSIC:
We are excited to announce that Susan’s long awaited solo
album, ‘THE RAGGED CROWS’ is to be released in mid March this year. This
CD is written and sung entirely by Susan with instrumentation and production, of
course, by Scott – if you wish to see the fantastic full cover art by the lovely
Hannah Willow please visit the Music CDs
page.
‘THE RAGGED CROWS’
by
SUSAN GARLICK
(£12)
March 2010
Bold, insightful songs pulsing with possibility & glimmers of ancient magic,
expressing a deep yearning for the mystery embedded in wild landscapes.
Conjuring images of vast skies, boundless oceans & untamed forests,
these magical songs are infused with the unique wisdom of the ragged crows…
‘THE
RAGGED CROWS’ will not be our only release for 2010 however – we have also
been writing new material for a joint project which we are about to commence
recording.
We are very excited about these magical new songs and hope to release the album
during the autumn when we will begin performing some of the tracks from ‘THE
MANY COLOURED ROAD’.
THE MANY COLOURED
ROAD by
Scott Jasper & Susan Garlick
(£12)
Autumn 2010
The many
coloured road is at once the path we choose to travel in life with all its
variants of light and shade
and at the same time is the multi-hued rainbow, the bridge by which to travel
into other realms.
Inspired by ancient mysteries and the light which illuminates the wild lands and
shimmering seas,
these songs & chants will travel with you as you journey onwards along your own
many coloured road.
We are
also finally launching our anticipated book of song lyrics later this
year which is now to be called ‘THE MANY COLOURED ROAD: Songs and Chants for
the Journey’ and will feature SIX full albums of song lyrics – The Many
Coloured Road, The Ragged Crows, Rigantona’s Daughters, Full Circle:
Songs of Change & Inspiration, Tides and Earth Dreamers. It is to be
a limited edition release so if you wish to reserve copies in advance please do
contact us – it is to be released for sale alongside our brand new album of the
same name during the autumn.
CONCERTS:
We will be performing during the daytime at a variety of events this year
including the Goddess Festival in Canterbury in July, in addition to offering
evening concerts at
the new Healing Weekend in Somerset in July, the fabulous Mercian Gathering in
September and at Brightlife on the Isle of Man.
We will also be
offering TWO very special full evening concerts to mark the launch of ‘THE MANY
COLOURED ROAD’.
These special evenings are to be held in Chacewater near Truro, Cornwall on 29th
October (our ONLY gig in Cornwall in 2010)
and Todmorden on the Lancs/W Yorks border on 19th November - both
are followed by full day drumming workshops and tickets can be reserved NOW via
us. See Concerts &
Contact Us pages.
WORKSHOPS:
Commencing
with a half-day African drumming workshop at Todmorden (Lancs) on March 21st,
our busy workshop schedule for 2010 also includes a special full weekend
musical retreat on the magical Isle of Man in April - full details overleaf.
We are also offering varied full day workshops in the Autumn including Chacewater, Cornwall (30th
Oct, the day after our concert); and Todmorden, W. Yorkshire (20th
Nov, the day after our concert). We are also pleased to be offering a series of
vibrant evening drumming workshops around the country such as Bobbington, W.
Midlands on 25th Mar & 29th July, Roadwater, Somerset on 8th
July and Cambridge on 10th Sept. If you would like to book us to run
a private drumming workshop for your friends or group please do drop us a line
as we have a few dates still available.
Bookings for the Isle of Man, Chacewater and both Todmorden workshops are now
open – more information is available on the
Drum Workshops page.
EVENTS:
On the
folk festivals and MBS exhibitions front we will attending many of our favourite
events this year including Brentwood, Gorton Monastery, Lincoln, Buxton,
Shrewsbury Folk Festival, The Mercian Gathering & Harrogate. We are also very
excited to be attending the NEW HEALING WEEKEND in Somerset in July – it is
wonderful that this event is continuing despite the sad loss of its creator, the
much missed Bill Harrison - we will be there for the whole event with our stand,
two concert performances and two musical workshops. We are also returning to
the lovely Cheltenham MBS event this October in addition to attending events in
Barnsley & Mansfield for the first time, and will be outdoors at various folk
festivals during the summer. We will, of course, be offering performances &
taster workshops at many of these events so do keep an eye on our website for
full information. See Diary of Events
page.
INSTRUMENTS
& NEW STOCK:
We have
several new stock lines including an abundance of new fair-trade percussion
items, new bells, singing bowls & wind-chimes, starter melodeons, accordions and
cajons with much more to follow throughout the year… Other exciting new items
include a range of sustainable bamboo didgeridoos hand-made by Scott here in
Scotland! We are also very pleased to have the excellent Blue Deer Spirit
Flutes back in stock once again too.
We have recently overhauled our website and now have three separate pages for
musical instruments - see World Drums
World Instruments &
Folk Instruments pages.
Finally we will also be stocking some very special ‘Dragonfly Moon’ and ‘The
Ragged Crows’ promotional items later this year so watch this space…
DRAGONFLY MOON ONLINE:
In addition to
our main website which is continually being updated with new events, concerts,
workshops and new musical instruments,
we also have two ‘MySpace’ web pages (for both Dragonfly Moon
www.myspace.com/dragonflymoononline and Scott’s solo project,
‘Clearwater’
www.myspace.com/scottjasper)
AND we now have a new fan page on FACEBOOK which is a great
way of staying in touch. So those of you who are on Facebook do look us up and
come join the Dragonfly Moon circle of friends.
We
hope very much to see you during the course of 2010 and wish you all a wonderful
year.
Feel free to drop us a line whenever you wish and remember to check this website
regularly for news, new products & extra diary dates, although we will be
emailing an autumn news update later in the year.
With
Many Bright Wishes and big thanks for your continued support of Dragonfly Moon,
SCOTT & SUSAN xx
Feb 2010:
Details of 'The
Ragged Crows',
Susan's debut solo album due for release in March 2010 are now on the
Music CDs
page!
The fabulous artwork is by the lovely Hannah Willow (see
Links page)
Jan 2010:
We have divided our 'world
instruments' page into two:
World Drums
for all varieties of drum from varying
continents and
World Instruments
for all other ethnic musical
instruments from percussion to flutes, didgeridoos and singing bowls.
Jan 2010:
We now have a brand new 'Dragonfly
Moon' fan page on FACEBOOK, so come say hello there!
Jan 2010:
We are currently overhauling our
website and finalising our 2010 diary,
so please keep an eye on the Workshops,
Concerts & Diary of
Events pages in particular. Cheers! :)
late 2009/early 2010:
We have a lovely review of our
CD 'Rigantona's Daughters' in the current issue (no 4) of 'The Magical Times'
Dec 09: LAST DATE
for large Christmas orders is end of day Thursday 17th December...!
Nov 09:
New fair-trade musical
instruments & accessories now in stock so come see us at a show soon! :)
Nov 09: Due
to several unforseen circumstances the release of our new CD 'The Ragged
Crows' has been put back to Spring 2010...
sorry to keep you all waiting a little bit longer!
Oct 09:
New photographs and new stock items
now listed on the
World Instruments
& World
Drums pages!
Sept 09:
October's Todmorden drumming
workshop is now full, sorry... please do
Contact Us
to go on the reserve list...
due to demand for places,
an extra half day African drumming workshop has been added to our
schedule
at Todmorden on
March 21st 2010... see
Diary of
Events page...
BOOK NOW to secure your place!
AUTUMN
2009 FULL NEWS
Autumn Blessings to you all!
Welcome to our autumn news update - we wanted to let you
all know what we’ve been up to and what events are coming soon!
As many of
you now know, we relocated earlier this year to the glorious hills of Galloway -
we are very much enjoying our new home and are finding much inspiration in this
beautiful wild landscape. We have also been appearing at a variety of fantastic
events such as the Lincoln & Buxton MBS shows, in addition to trading at a
number of folk festivals which we have thoroughly enjoyed. We are now, however,
looking ahead to our busy Autumn Season of MBS events, concerts & workshops at
which we hope to see many of you!
MUSIC:
it is hoped that
Susan’s debut solo album ‘THE RAGGED CROWS’
will be available to purchase from the end of November - apologies to those of
you who have been waiting for this CD, life has recently gotten in the way of
recording somewhat!! We are now very close to completion and are really excited
about releasing this album of magical songs…
‘THE RAGGED CROWS’
by SUSAN GARLICK
Bold, insightful songs pulsing with possibility & glimmers of ancient magic,
expressing a deep yearning for the mystery embedded in wild landscapes.
Conjuring images of vast skies, boundless oceans & untamed forests, these
magical songs are infused with the unique wisdom of the ragged crows…
£12.00 Release date: Early Winter 2009
This will be
followed in the Spring of 2010 by our anticipated and limited edition book of
song lyrics which will feature several album’s worth of songs - full details
will follow in our Spring newsletter…
EVENTS:
We have added new events to our diary this year including the forthcoming
Mercian Gathering, Aintree MBS and a new MBS event in a stunning & unique venue:
Gorton Monastery in Manchester. We are looking forward to attending these new
shows as well as old favourites such as Harrogate, Lincoln, Cardiff (now in a
new venue) & Kernowcopia and are currently working on re-designing our stand and
adding new instruments, including the return of ‘Blue Deer Spirit’ flutes.
Check out our Diary of Events page for
more details!
CONCERTS:
Firstly thanks to all who came to our special candle-lit acoustic concert in
Cornwall which we are pleased to say went wonderfully – watch this space for a
similar event next year! Autumn concerts include The Mercian Gathering (4th
Sept); ‘Sacred, Heartfelt & Inspired’ in lkley (23rd Oct); the
Isle of Man (20th Nov); and lastly Kernowcopia in Cornwall (Sat 28th
Nov). This final concert, titled "Songs of Wild Lands & Ancient Mysteries"
will be a full evening ‘Dragonfly Moon’ gig where we will be offering both an
acoustic AND a full, lively set to dance away the evening to!
Daytime performances this autumn include Harrogate, Lincoln &
Kernowcopia… See Concerts
page.
WORKSHOPS:
Our musical retreat
on the Isle of Man was a magical weekend and we are pleased to be able to tell
you that it will be running again next year – ‘Music for the Heart & Soul’
will take place on 23-25 April 2010.
Remaining workshops for this year are Scott’s ‘The Spirit of the Drum’
full-day in Somerset (19th Sept); ‘A Circle of Drums’ half-day
in Cornwall (20th Sept); and ‘The Wild Beat of the Drum’
full-day in W. Yorks (Oct 24th) - only a handful of places remain on
these workshops so do drop us a line ASAP if you wish to secure places! We are
also offering two full-day drumming & singing workshops in November led by both
of us: ‘The Many Rhythms of the Drum’ on the Isle of Man (21st
Nov) and ‘SONGS OF THE EARTH, RHYTHMS OF THE HEART’ as part of
Kernowcopia in Cornwall (30th Nov). ALL AUTUMN WORKSHOPS ARE
BOOKING NOW – full information is available on the
workshops and
Diary of Events pages or call to book!
SO, we look
forward to seeing you during the magical time of Autumn… Remember to check our
website regularly for news, new products, extra diary dates and, of course,
those import musical Christmas presents!
2010 news will follow in Feb/March next year, with
Many Bright Wishes to you all,
SCOTT & SUSAN
xx
Aug 09: Last few
places remaining at our Todmorden drumming workshop in Oct so book quickly!!
Aug 09:
It is with regret
that we have to announce
that our appearance at the Goddess Festival in Canterbury,
Kent (15-16th Aug)
has unfortunately been cancelled due to ill-health. e are very sorry not to be able to make it and apologise to all those of you
hoping to see us there!
July 09:
We are having our annual summer
sale on selected end-of-line items to make way for new lines -
available in person only whilst stocks last at the following outdoor festivals:
Priddy Folk, Brampton Live!, Shrewsbury Folk and the Mercian Gathering... hope
to see you there!
June 09:
Our 'silver bough mythic network'
myspace site will be closing at the end of the month...
many thanks to everyone who has supported it, lack of time and a stable internet
connection has forced the decision!
Our 'Dragonfly Moon' and 'Scott Jasper' MYSPACE sites will remain open!
June 09:
NEW! excellent African shamanic
frame drums!
Contact Us
for details - more info coming soon!
May 09:
Illogan workshop now full,
apologies! Last few acoustic concert tickets remaining...
April 09:
ALL
2009 WORKSHOP BOOKINGS ARE NOW OPEN!
(see
Workshops page for full details)
Late Mar 09:
We are pleased to say we are settling
in to our lovely new home... many thanks for all the well-wishes!
Our new landline number is now on
the Contact Us page...
Please note that there are now only a
handful of places left
for the Cornwall drumming workshop in June so don't leave it too long to reserve
your place...!
Early
Mar 09:
Dragonfly Moon are moving house...
please note that we will be unavailable from 28th Feb - 4th March
and that our landline is
changing... please use mobile number 07814 632931 in the meanwhile! x
We will have restricted internet access until mid-late March so please do pick up
the phone instead!
SPRING
2009 FULL NEWS
A BIG HELLO to you
all!
We hope you are all well and happy and had a warm, nourishing winter…
We
have decided, as our mailing list has grown considerably, to just send out ONE
postal newsletter per year, every spring, with a complete list of events for the
year which you may wish to stick to your fridge! :)
Those of you continuing to receive our newsletter via email will get a full
year's diary dates at the end of the newsletter but will also continue to
receive an additional autumn update, as well as the odd bulletin!
And, of
course, do keep an eye on this page for more frequent updates! x
MUSIC:
Last year we released two new musical offerings which we are
delighted to say are both going well - Scott’s alternative solo project
‘CLEARWATER’ and our joint
‘mythic’ album ‘RIGANTONA’s DAUGHTERS’,
the latter of which was inspired entirely by Celtic Myth & Legend. We have
particularly enjoyed performing from ‘Rigantona’s Daughters’ and sharing some of
the myths & stories of our ancestors with you all, and will continue to perform
these songs throughout the year in addition to presenting some new material…
This year will also see the release of
Susan’s debut solo album
‘THE RAGGED CROWS’, an album of
songs
written and sung entirely by Susan and produced, of
course, by Scott. This will be released sometime during the autumn alongside
our anticipated book of lyrics ‘SONGS
OF CHANGE & INSPIRATION’ which will feature five album’s worth
of song lyrics – The Ragged Crows, Rigantona’s Daughters, Full Circle: Songs
of Change & Inspiration, Tides and Earth Dreamers. The songbook
will be a limited edition release only so if you wish to reserve a copy in
advance please do contact us on 07814 632931 (NB: our landline is changing
soon!).
The
reason ‘The Ragged Crows’ will not be available until the autumn is
because of our other big news… ‘Dragonfly
Moon’ HQ is relocating!
We are very excited about this move to a very inspirational region and look
forward to penning some new songs there once we have settled in! Despite
moving, ‘Dragonfly Moon’ will
be very much business as usual – open for mail orders and of
course traversing the country regularly exhibiting and performing at a whole
host of events, so fear not – you’ll still have the opportunity to see us
regularly!
EVENTS:
On the festivals and events front, we are adding a few new exhibitions this year
including York, The Goddess Festival in Canterbury and The Mercian Gathering.
During the summer we will mainly be exhibiting at outdoor folk festivals – we
attended a couple last year such as Shrewsbury and thoroughly enjoyed being at
them, hence adding a few more to our summer schedule for this year, some of
which are listed overleaf although some are still tbc. Those of you in the
Somerset area may be interested to know that you do not need to purchase a
ticket for Priddy to get into the craft market area, so if you wish to come see
us, say hello & check out our new ranges of instruments, you can! We will
also, of course, be present at some of our old favourite events too, such as
Brentwood, Lincoln, Buxton, Harrogate, Cardiff (in November) and, of course,
Kernowcopia (formerly Cornwall New Age). At many of the events we will be
offering performances & taster workshops so keep an eye on our
Diary of Events page for full information.
CONCERTS:
Highlights on the concert front this year include a very special
ACOUSTIC & CANDLELIT EVENING CONCERT at the Illogan Wellbeing Centre in Cornwall
on June 12th… this gig will see many of our songs performed
differently in a special acoustic format - tickets are on sale NOW direct from
us and are strictly limited so book early to avoid disappointment. We
are also offering evening performances at The Mercian Gathering in September and
at a Sacred Music Concert at the Ilkley Complementary Medicine ‘Fringe’ Festival
on 23rd October, as well as playing our usual full evening gig at
Kernowcopia on Saturday 28th November where we will be offering both
an acoustic set AND a full, vibrant set to dance away the evening to! :)
More information on the
Concerts page.
WORKSHOPS:
Scott has several African drumming workshops organised for the
coming year, including more full day workshops than ever (!!) in varied
locations around the UK… First up we are excited to be jointly running a very
special full weekend musical retreat
on the magical Isle of Man in May - full details can be found on the
Workshops page. Varied full day workshops include
Illogan, Cornwall (June 13th after our acoustic gig),
Weston-Super-Mare (Sept 19th); Todmorden, W. Yorkshire (Oct 24th),
Isle of Man (Nov 21st) & Kernowcopia, Cornwall (Nov 30th).
Half-day drumming sessions include Weston, Somerset (June 14th) &
Chacewater, Cornwall (Sept 20th)... So lots to choose from!
Bookings for Illogan & the Isle of Man are now
open, with bookings for all the others open in April – more
information on the Diary of Events and
Workshops pages.
INSTRUMENTS & NEW STOCK:
We have some new stock lines on the way including new fair-trade percussion
items, a new range of British made North American style wooden flutes, a new
range of bells and much more to follow throughout the year… We also now supply
a range of quality folk instruments and as such have a dedicated page on our
website - Folk Instruments. Other new stock lines include a wonderful new storytelling CD by our
good friend Jonathon Huet entitled ‘Tree Tales of Ireland’ which is produced by
Scott who also supplied some instrumentation for the project (see
Music CDs page)... AND a range
of photographic art cards: ‘Celtic
Sacred Landscapes’ by Susan. Prints
are
also available direct from online art house
www.slipperyjacks.com
where you can also view a selection of Susan’s evocative images. And finally,
we are also adding a new range of fairly traded natural gifts from around the
world to our collection, including more incense, beautiful Thuya wood candle
holders from Morocco and much more with a dedicated web page coming soon! (Natural
World Gifts)
We very much
hope to see many of you during the course of 2009…
Feel free to drop us a line whenever you wish and remember to check our
website regularly for news, new products, extra diary dates & the official
launch of ‘The Ragged Crows’!
With Many Bright Wishes for the coming year to
you all and a big thanks for your continued support of Dragonfly Moon,
SCOTT & SUSAN
xx
FOR DRAGONFLY MOON DIARY DATES FOR 2009 please see
Diary of Events
page
Feb 09:
Scott has recently produced (and
provided some instrumentation for!) a brand new storytelling CD
by our good friend tree-crafter, woodsman and storyteller Jonathon Huet:
'TREE TALES OF IRELAND'
Celtic stories re-told with passion, poetry, music and rhythm
all tales composed by
Jonathon, based on traditional oral sources including tales of vine,
oak, hazel and pine.
It is available NOW at £10.00
direct from us -
Contact Us
Thank
you ALL for your continued support & interest in Dragonfly Moon
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