Farm Song

Our first Farm Song will OCT. 3-11, 2015 
Leo Nani Farms, Hakalau, Hawaii
 
Farm Song is an opportunity to come to Leo Nani Farms on Hawaii Island up on the Hamakua Coast and sing. 
 
We will spend mornings working in teams out on the farm. There will be something for every level of experience from weeding to planting to harvesting. This teamwork breaks down barriers and allows generosity to begin to flow along with spontaneous songs. 
 
We make a simple lunch together in the outdoor lanai kitchen. Then take a break going swimming or resting or talking under the kukui trees. 
 
By mid afternoon we begin our music session; learning songs and song forms, Circle Singing and improvising with harmonies, new rhythms and exercises from Rhiannon’s Vocal River book. .We’ll share songs and go slow so you feel confident and we’ll go fast so you feel the rush of making music in community.
 
In the evening there will be a luscious farm dinner around a big table where we keep singing and acknowledging the power that plants and animals share with us. 
 
Time to make new friends during a week lived in this way. All of us grateful to put our hands in the dirt, lift our voices into the fair air and eat good food together. Blessings of music and farms, that is Farm Song.  


COST: If you register and pay by Sept. 15, 2015 the cost is $1500.00
AFTER Sept. 15th: $1750.00

TRAVEL & LODGING: Plan to fly into Hilo Airport. Singers will arrange for their own lodging in nearby B & Bs  more travel and lodging info here
*note: the lodging is not included in the price of the retreat. Singers will make their own arrangements.
Singers could select lodging in Hakalau and be minutes from the farm or select lodging options closer to town in Hilo and drive approx. 20 minutes to the farm each day from town.  both are good options 

GROUND TRANSPORTATION:
Car rentals are available from the airport or rental companies in Hilo. Singers should rent their own car and as desired share the expense with other singers in the retreat.

SHARING: as the group comes together, we will create a private facebook page so singers can talk together about sharing lodging or sharing car rental expenses.
Feel the joy, develop your skill, immerse yourself in the spirit of vocal improvisation, and sing in the circle every day.

No audition necessary.

This unique workshop is open to all singers who have solid musical skills, good pitch and rhythm and want to expand their vocal and improvisational experience.

Calling all singers who want to sing with Rhiannon and experience the beauty of Hawaii and life on Leo Nani Farms.
Sing and work side by side with  Rhiannon and old friends as well as new singers drawn to this improvisational gathering.

You will join Rhiannon to create music in a safe and dynamic circle of singers. Meld intuition and invention with skill, heart, and breath, to craft the songs within you.

The powerful nature of Hawaii Island holds and informs our music.  Each day we will gather in circle using the ancient form of Circle Singing to create continuous improvised song in daily sessions over these 9 days. 

FIRST DAY: SATURDAY :  GROUP GATHERING: 4:00 welcome all singers, followed by dinner and an evening session
LAST DAY: SUNDAY: morning session-brunch- departure noon
 

REGISTRATION FORM

PAYMENT: $1500. by Sept. 15th or $1750.00 after Sept. 15th

FARM SONG: FULL PAYMENT
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