Our
Twelfth
Year!
  Our
Permanent Faculty, Jaqui MacMillan: The Joy of the Drum; Kenyatta: Building the
Base with the Djun; Zaipo Oula: African Dance and Ceremony; Eesa Greyson: Power
Drumming and Dance; Ken Crampton: Community Drum Circle; Daveed Korup: The Tao
of the Drum; Alex Wedmedyk: Drum Building+Care;
Our Special
Guest is
Rusted Root's Jim Donovan
| Wednesday
June 28th
through Sunday July 2nd, 2006
at
Four Quarters
And our sister event Gaian Mind
Thurs June 22-Sun 25, 2006
See
what we did last year!
The Drum and Splash
Master Schedule for 2005
Because
the fourth falls on a Monday, Drum and Splash will run from Wednesday through
Monda this year.
Our famous pig pickin' feast and vegi
extravaganza will be on Saturday afternoon, as always. The Dragon Dance and fireworks
display will be Sunday night.
There will be a major
performance in Drum Circle Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Please
do plan on staying over with us!
One
of Four Quarters’ best kept secrets, Drum and Splash is simply a Very Good
Time, and a great way to Celebrate an Alternative Nation’s Birthday with
Family, Friends and Tribe. Five Days with no agenda other than to Drum all Night
and Swim all Day, sharing with our Masters of the Drum for Teaching and Performance.
And sharing a working vision of the possible through Community, Sustainability
and Personal Responsibility.
We have developed over the years an alternative idea of community
and of the greatness of our great nation. A modern day American Tribe of flourishing
diversity and tolerance.
A place that values family in
all of its flavors and supports the family choices of each individual. Where,
for a time, we can return to our human roots and take simple pleasure in simple
things. Song and Dance. A swim in the river. The laughter of children. Sharing
a meal under a spreading oak tree.
For these are the things
that are worth keeping close, and worth celebrating on this nations birthday.
A birthday party for all of us, every one!
Yes, Drum and Splash
is all about the Drum and the River; but it is much more too. Because the Drum
builds Community in a way that has to be experienced. But you do not need to be
a drummer to Drum and Splash. Don't even need a drum. Your hands and feet will
take care of the rest.
For five days we create a village
along the river, with lots to do...
:: The Land is solace itself,
listed as the most valuable and ecologically diverse tract in Bedford County by
the Western Pennsylvania Nature Conservancy. The Hemlock Hole is a spectacular
natural swimming area, shadowed by our cliffs.
::
A separate track of workshops and presentations dealing
with issues of global sustainability, ecology, personal spirituality and living
in mindfulness of our choices.
::
Our Merchants Green is a village within a village.
Find out where those wonderful clothes come from.
::
Performances in the Upper Drum Circle at
sundown every night. Children hold the place of honor here. And as the night deepens
and the kids fall asleep, the serious drumming begins. And even later in the night,
Pure Magic!
::
The Coffee Dragons! Early morning through late at night
serving free coffee, tea and coaco from their pavillion on the High Meadow. Sit
for a spell. Play a guitar. Take a nap.
:: Down Beat in the Lower Drum Circle.
A place for the spaces between the notes. Softer. By the River.
Saturday
::
The Masters Classes. Intensive free and fee paid workshops
for the serious drummer and dancer.
::
The Starvin' Artists Pig Pickin' Party and Vegi Extravaganza.
You won't dance after this!
::
Major Ceremony within the Circle of Standing
Stones. A time to touch and honor the Spirit of the Drum and our place in the
Web. Created by the Members of Four Quarters.
::
Fireworks and Dragon Dance Our Chinese
Dragon and escort of Fire Artists. It's your parade!
::
A Drum Circle to the Stars We light the fuse and watch
it soar.
Our Energy Builds from Wednesday Night with First Fire
Circle leading into a Thursday and Friday filled with Workshops, Play and Performance.
Saturday’s Masters Classes prepare us for our Traditional afternoon Pit Roast
Pig Pickin’ Party and Vegi Extravaganza, served up by The Starvin Artist
Cafe. The River waits cool and inviting, and as the evening descends we will join
the Circle of Standing Stones in Ceremony honoring the Pulse of the Drum. Fireworks
will light up the Sky as our Chinese Drum Dragon Does his Dance, leading the way
to a Fire Circle that will pulse to your rhythm.
An
Evening to Remember... A Drum Circle to the Stars!
 About Fire
Circle
Since our beginning ten years ago there has been a Fire Circle
at Four Quarters. And as the years have gone by, we have learned and grown, and
our experience of Fire, Drum and Dance has grown too.
We
have come to understand that Fire Circle is Sacred Space, just as is the Circle
cast during a Full Moon Service. If we go about creating this space in a good
way, we make a place of respect and of safety. Where the Drum supports the Dancers,
where the Dancers feed the Fire and the Fire feeds us all. And inside this candlelit
Circle real magic can and does happen, we can step out of the ordinary and into
ourselves.
Fire Circle at Four Quarters is the beating
heart of our community, something precious that glows the brighter as it is shared.
We
hope you will join us as we ride the Spirit of the Drum.
Members-Only Early Bird
$70 PreReg by April 30th
Members-Only Registration
$85 PreReg
by June 17th
Non-Member Guests
Wednesday-Thursday
arrival $110
PreReg by June 17;
$130 at the Gate
Friday arrival $95 PreReg by June 17,
$115 at the Gate
Saturday Arrival $85
PreReg by June 17, $100 at the Gate
Handicapped, Special Circumstances?
CALL US !
Children
under 16 are loved, cherished and FREE !
Saturday’s
Pig Pikin’ Party and Vegi Extravaganza
is Free for Everyone Attending
!
The
Starvin' Artist serves Herbivore and Omnivore Meals
Brunch and Dinner, all
you can possibly eat, Pre Reg only
Beginning
June 28th Wednesday
Dinner-Sunday Brunch; 7 Meals+Feast $64.50
Beginning
June 29th Thursday
Dinner-Sunday Brunch; 5 Meals+Feast $47.50
Beginning
June 30th Friday Dinner-Sunday
Brunch; 3 Meals+Feast $30.50
Beginning
July 1st Saturday
Brunch-Sunday Brunch; 2 Meals+Feast $22.00
Gaian Mind and Drum’n’ Splash Bridge Meal Plan
Beginning June 25th
Sunday Dinner-Weds Brunch, 6 meals;
$56 PreReg Only.
You are welcome to arrive before
Wednesday and stay later than Sunday.
Early In and Late Out camping is $5 a
night for Members.
and $10 a night for non-members.
We have two hot shower buildings,
both equiped with flush toilets; located in our North Crook and High Meadow camping
areas.
Our showers use state of the art "on demand"
water heaters and low-flow heads; our toilets are imported super low-flow dual-flush
units. Four Quarters is Green!
Merchant Booths
are juried, pre-registered and very limited.
Contact us early to merchant.
Camp
Fire Permits and In-Camp Car Camping Permits are $15 each.
In-Camp
Parking passes are $25 and very limited.
Unlimited
free Main Parking.
Handicapped, please contact us for your free
In-Camp parking pass
Register
for
Drum and Splash
or Gaian Mind
with our OnLine shop
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