FLUTE & DRUM MAKING WEEKENDS
Flute
& Drum Making on Dartmoor OUR 2012 FLUTE & DRUM MAKING WEEKEND WILL BE HELD DURING MAY 26 & 27 We are currently taking bookings from people already on our reserve list - other places will be open for bookng from January 1st. If you have already sent us your booking form for this weekend your full payment or deposit of £90 may be paid here.
FLUTE MAKING with Nigel Each workshop session is 9am-9pm / £190 including materials, vegetarian dinner & evening ceremony We have been sharing traditional instrument making at Lower Merripit Farm for eleven years and they continue to be very popular and exciting weekends, with all participants leaving Dartmoor with a beautiful handcrafted frame drum or wooden flute. Since last year we have been teaching in much smaller groups and offering both instruments on both days. You are welcome to make a single instrument or to combine workshops by making a flute and a drum, or two different styles of drum or flute. This weekend does become booked up quickly so these choices will depend on availability. Nigel creates most of the instruments with which he records and performs and has developed the original Native American design into a flute that plays the songs of this land. For both flute making sessions Nigel is offering three types of locally sourced wood: RED CEDAR (a softer, fragrant wood that is recommended for beginners) and SYCAMORE or RIPPLED ALDER (a harder wood for participants who have had previous experience with timber and tools or who have already made a flute). We will ask you to specify your choice at the time of booking. Carolyn has been teaching drum making for many years, also designing and making the instruments with which she works. On Saturday we will make RED DEER FOREST DRUMS (laced onto 16 “ diameter hoops) made with the skins of Dartmoor deer – there are also a limited number of skins for REINDEER TAIGA DRUMS (also 16”). On Sunday we will make 14” TRAVELLING DRUMS – because these are a little quicker to make, there will also be the chance to make an additional RATTLE BEATER plus DRUM TOTEM to hang on the back. All animal skins are sourced with great care and respect; all tools and materials for the weekend are provided. Participants are welcome to camp, book accommodation here at the farm, enquire about local B&B facilities or simply attend for the day. Inside accommodation consists of four rooms (each sleeping two people) for which an additional charge is made of £30 per room per night (shared bathroom) or £35 per night (ensuite double room): this includes basic buffet breakfast. Priority will be given to bookings of two nights or more. Full use of kitchen and sitting rooms is included. Free camping is in the hay meadow adjacent to the workshop venue. Where booked into only one workshop, participants are welcome to stay for the whole weekend and enjoy time in this beautiful landscape. Please note: only workshop participants are able to camp or book accommodation at Lower Merripit during this weekend. A vegetarian evening meal is included in your booking (vegan option available) and you are welcome to book dinner on your non-workshop day for an extra charge of £12. Arrivals are welcome from Friday 4pm / final departures by Monday 10am. There is no dinner provided on Friday evening; you are welcome to self cater or go to the local inn. Each day will start with an opening circle and close with an evening ceremony to bless the new instruments around the fire in our ancient roundhouse. We invite you to come and experience the unique gift of creating an ancient and sacred instrument with your own hands, whether you are accustomed to working with tools or a beginner (not suitable for children under 16 years).
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