VG PlayRoom circa 2012
2018 Spring Outdoor Events
WANDER CHOIR AND MUSICAL LABYRINTH WALK Sunday April 29, 2018 Kwomais Point Park, So Surrey, BC
Celebrate and connect with nature through sound, song and art making. NOON picnic in the field by the EAGLE NEST LABYRINTH (bring your own chair, blanket, snacks, water)
1:00 pm, gather to visit several locations where singer,songwriter HEIDI McCURDY will lead CIRCLE SINGING, an ancient form of experiential musical composition where sounds and vocal patterns are devised in response to the surroundings. 2:00 pm, the SOUL of the WORLD CHOIR will gather at the Eagle’s Nest Labyrinth to share songs from many cultures that celebrate our connection to the Earth. We will collaborate on an EARTH MANDALA using found natural materials. FREE, Family Friendly
A @ListeningBowl Project – connecting self, place and each other through rambles in nature and spontaneous art, sound, words and movement : Virginia Gillespie, Celina Strachan, Heidi McCurdy
JOURNEYS WITH THE ROOTED ONES – TERESA KLEIN WORKSHOP Sunday May 6, 2018 1:30 – 4:30 meet at Crescent Park – North West Parking Lot. Take 129th ST off of Crescent Rd to parking lot South Surrey, BC
Workshop with herbalist, forager and writer Teresa Klein. This multi-dimensional, multi-sensory relationship with the world of florae begins in SPRING with a mini introduction and a mindfulness contemplation. Then a ramble into the woods to experience the web of life through the lens of the earth awakening from winter. We will learn about uses of wild native plants and identify the first edible greens. Tapping into the energetics of the season we deepen our understanding of the nourishing and cleansing properties nature offers for the regeneration of body and spirit. We close by sharing insights and ideas over a cup of tea brewed from some of the spring plants we meet on our ramble. Dress for being outdoors in the weather. Tickets $25.00 through Eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/journeys-with-the-rooted-ones-teresa-klein-workshop-tickets-44896302048
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JoanB.Flood-JoanneArnott-SonjaGrgar with SanaJanjua & VirginiaGillespie at Word Arts LIVE ‘Ages & Stages’ – 11 February 2018 — Surrey Muse At Large (SMAL)
Welcome to the second event of the second session of Word Arts LIVE at Alexandra Neighborhood House. The first event of this theme-based session titled ‘Ages & Stages: Dreams, reality checks and things that go bump in the night’ focused on ‘youthfulness’ on January 14th; now, we are set to explore ‘adulthood’ on February 11th […]
MargoBates-SteveWebster-EnricoRenz with SanaJanjua & VirginiaGillespie at Word Arts LIVE ‘Ages & Stages’ – 14 January 2018 — Surrey Muse At Large (SMAL)
You are invited to the second session of Word Arts LIVE series at Alexandra Neighborhood House. Unlike the first one, this is a theme-based session titled ‘Ages & Stages: Dreams, reality checks and things that go bump in the night’ contemplating youthfulness, adulthood and golden years through the perspectives of an author, a poet and […]
Listening Bowl Project
Virginia Gillespie (VG PlayRoom), Celina Strachan and Heidi McCurdy are recipients of a Surrey Cultural Project Grant we are calling Listening Bowl : A Social and Ecologically Engaged Art Project to devise public place making, and seasonal celebration through rambles in nature with interactive song, narrative/poetry, movement, discourse and made arts objects. With urban stressors from rapid growth and disruption of natural spaces, we acknowledge the importance the relationship to the land we inhabit with flora and fauna, the elements and each other. January to December 2018
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