From officemanager at svionline.org Mon Oct 1 09:54:41 2012 From: officemanager at svionline.org (Sequatchie Valley Institute) Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 09:54:41 -0400 Subject: [Sviannouncements] Nana's Life Celebration and Memorial Message-ID: NANA'S LIFE CELEBRATION AND MEMORIAL Loretta Mildred Kimmons, September 15, 1912 to September 1, 2012 On October 6, 1:00 to 5:00, we will gather at Sweetgum to honor Nana?s long and productive life. Please join us. If you wish, you may bring food and drink to share. We would appreciate an RSVP. Call or email if you need directions. John and Carol Kimmons, Joel and Michelle Kimmons, and Patrick Ironwood 1233 Cartwright Loop Whitwell, TN 37397 423 949-5922; 949-4598 I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your bootsoles. You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. Failing to fetch me at first, keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop some where waiting for you. --Walt Whitman -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From officemanager at svionline.org Mon Oct 1 13:39:58 2012 From: officemanager at svionline.org (Sequatchie Valley Institute) Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 13:39:58 -0400 Subject: [Sviannouncements] Save the Date! Wine in the Woods: Nov 10, 2012 Message-ID: <5680AEAE-9194-435C-846E-7FD9465D962B@svionline.org> Wine in the Woods 2012 November 10, 2012 2:00 pm Join us for our annual FUNdraiser. This is an SVI members-only event, but you may join the organization at the event. Musical and artistic guests will entertain you, Hors d?ouvres will be served. More information is on the way? SVI Membership is $35 individual, $50 family, $200 organization. We ask $15/person donation for the event. If you choose to spend the night, camping spots are available on a first-come basis, $10/tent. Wine and Mead Tasting begins at 2pm. ? directions ? Please park (snugly) in the gravel lot, and walk up the trail or road to the event. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sequatchie Valley Institute 1233 Cartwright Loop Whitwell, TN 37397 (423) 949-5922 tel svionline.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From officemanager at svionline.org Sun Oct 7 13:39:44 2012 From: officemanager at svionline.org (Sequatchie Valley Institute) Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 13:39:44 -0400 Subject: [Sviannouncements] Concert: Guy Mendilow at SVI, Tues., Oct 30 Message-ID: <1D325B50-341E-435B-876B-28A5850A0F25@svionline.org> Concert: Guy Mendilow at SVI Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 7:00 pm CST Former Sequatchie Valley Institute intern, and award winning world musician, Guy Mendilow will perform at SVI on October 30, 2012 at 7pm CST. Please arrive at least 30 minutes prior to the performance, to allow time for parking and shuttle to the event venue. We suggest a donation of $10-15 per attendee. Directions: 1233 Cartwright Loop, Whitwell, TN Information: 423-949-5922, patrick [at] svionline [dot] org The Guy Mendilow Ensemble Tales from the Forgotten Kingdom: Ladino Songs Renewed Experience the raw power of this emotionally captivating, artistic concert up close. Join Guy Mendilow (twice voted Boston?s Best World Music Act) and renowned Argentinian singer Sofia Tosello for a voyage awash with warm harmonies, intricate textures and spellbinding rhythms. Starting in ancient Spain and winding through Sarajevo, Salonica and Jerusalem, discover the haunting beauty of centuries-old Sephardi songs and legends in their endangered language, Ladino. Epic tales of sailors and love lost to the seas, fantastic dreams and the intrigue of kings come alive in arrangements that crackle with rich musical storytelling, skillfully woven with historical vignettes and poetic tales. Shifting from sweepingly cinematographic to a dark and penetrating quiet, it?s a return to this music?s roots as songs of the streets and of fiestas: Alive with adventure and humour and grit. See guymendilow.com for more information - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sequatchie Valley Institute 1233 Cartwright Loop Whitwell, TN 37397 (423) 949-5922 tel svionline.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: guy-mendilow-sofia.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 32565 bytes Desc: not available URL: From officemanager at svionline.org Fri Oct 26 12:57:22 2012 From: officemanager at svionline.org (Sequatchie Valley Institute) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:57:22 -0400 Subject: [Sviannouncements] =?windows-1252?q?Holiday_Craft_Sale_and_Open_H?= =?windows-1252?q?ouse_=97_Saturday=2C_December_8?= Message-ID: <14758535-1D47-4DCD-A800-6A53F41A538F@svionline.org> Holiday Craft Sale and Open House Saturday, December 8 11-5 CST; 12-6 EST (Chattanooga time) Dust off your jingle bells and come join us for fun and shopping at SVI, a non-profit sustainable living center located 45 minutes from Chattanooga, in the midst of 400 acres of forest. We will be providing nature-based f n for adults and kids alike, so bundle up and join us by the fireplaces for hot spiced cider, yummy holiday snacks, games and crafts. Great gifts by local artists will be available for purchase (cash or check), including Carol?s Sassy Shadows Pottery bird feeders, mugs, dishes, and wall hangings, all with impressions of forest leaves, flowers, and herbs. Nature of Reaction jewelry, marbles, and kaleidoscopes by Patrick Ironwood will be featured. Paintings by the well-known Atlanta artist Michelle Kimmons will be available. See http://michellekimmonsfineart.blogspot.com/ for more information on her work. We?ll also have for sale SVI?s favorite books on sustainable building, food, gardens, and kid activities. If hiking is your style, wear your boots and explore our mountain trails. We?ll have tours of our gardens and hand-crafted buildings made of rock, logs, clay, and straw, and powered by the sun. Dress warmly and wear walking shoes. No pets, please. Please let us know if we can expect you. SVI is located in the Cartwright community just off Hwy 28 half-way between Dunlap and directions, contact Carol or Patrick at: 423-949-5922, 949-4598, carol-kimmons [at] utc [dot] edu, or go to svionline.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From officemanager at svionline.org Mon Oct 29 09:09:59 2012 From: officemanager at svionline.org (Sequatchie Valley Institute) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:09:59 -0400 Subject: [Sviannouncements] =?windows-1252?q?Spacial_Dynamics=AE_Workshop_?= =?windows-1252?q?at_Crabtree_Farm=2C_Nov_29_=97_Dec_1?= Message-ID: <35C36A14-F611-4232-90CF-DC55571D257F@svionline.org> Working with Balance The Ground Rules for those who work or play on the Land 2 1/2 Day Spacial Dynamics? Workshop with Jaimen McMillan (founder of Spacial Dynamics? ) and Bill Keener (Sequatchie Cove Farm) Thursday, November 29 - Outdoor work on the land at Crabtree Farms in Chattanooga, TN( Lunch and Dinner to be provided by The Farmers Daughter Cafe) Friday and 1/2 day Saturday, November 30th- December 1st - Indoor Spacial Dynamics? movement workshop (to be determined) Enliven Your Movement and Invigorate your Work at this Spacial Dynamics? Workshop On Thursday we will be outdoors working with tools on the land at Crabtree Farms. If you work on the land, or spend your days bending, lifting, walking, pushing, shoveling, climbing, chopping, hammering, hoeing or if you want to move better when just playing - then this workshop will be of amazing value. In this Spacial Dynamics? workshop we will learn to use our body and our spatial gestures in balanced, rhythmical, pain-free and effective ways when working or doing heavy labor. We will practice developing greater ability and capacity to use our most valuable work tools: our body and our space. Physical movement and work can be highly reinforcing, motivating and refreshing when one is doing what one loves well; or it can be physically exhausting and defeating if done poorly. Together we will learn to improve our work movements and proper tool use. On Friday and Saturday we will be in a gym moving and will be introduced to Spacial Dynamics activities which will reinforce our work on Thursday. This course is for everyone who would like to learn to move better and more effectively. Teachers, musicians, parents, students, craftsmen, farmers, active sports enthusiasts or any one who wants to move towards developing a life full of effective and graceful movement. The course will be full of movement and is applicable for all ages. If you can't make it Thursday or feel you are not up to spending a day outdoors working on the land, then sign up for the Friday and Saturday workshop. You will need outdoor clothes and shoes for Thursday and please bring tools that you would like to learn to work better with (shovel, hoe, scythe, ax, hammer, etc.) You will need indoor clothes and shoes that you can move in for Friday and Saturday morning. There are several lodging options please email for details. Meals will be served at the farm, please email for details. Come to learn to work so your body works better! Tentative Schedule: Thursday: -November 29th 9 - 12:30 The Balancing Ax - work on the land with tools, body, space 12:30-2:30 Lunch 2:30-6:00 Afternoon session 6-7:30 Dinner 7:30-9 Evening discussion session Friday:-November 30th 9 - 12:30 Spacial Dynamics Workshop with emphasis on balance of the body and the play between gravity and levity 12:30 - 2:30-Lunch 2:30 - 6 - workshop 6 - 7:30 -Dinner 7:30 - 9:30- Discussion and then some music to round off the day(this might be a more public event maybe at Barking Legs or the new music place on Main)) Saturday- December 1st 9 - 12:30 -Workshop Ends at 1 - with an optional lunch for those who want to stay Contact: - questions - registration mailing address Bill Keener 320 Dixon Cove Rd. Sequatchie, TN 37374 423-942-9201 bill.keener at sequatchiecovefarm.com www.sequatchiecovefarm.com This workshop will fill up - pre-registration by November 15th !! cost: $150.00 for the 2 1/2 days- or $75 for the day? There is possible tuition assistance Lodging - email or check out our website http://www.crashpadchattanooga.com/ is good place to stay Jaimen McMillan: (Founder of Spacial Dynamics) Description of Spacial Dynamics from the website: http://www.spacialdynamics.com/english/ Spacial Dynamics? is the study and enhancement of the relationship between the human being and space through various movement techniques and activities. Students of Spacial Dynamics? learn to experience the space around them as an alive and vibrant medium which is just as important to their movement as the physical body itself. By becoming conscious of this space and the dynamic forces of the movements within it, the physical body learns to follow these movements, to ease into them. When the body moves into a dynamic space that has already been created for it, the movement itself can be performed with less effort, greater effect, enhanced mental clarity. Spacial Dynamics?, developed over 25 years ago by master athlete Jaimen McMillan, gives the individual the experience of the healthy, harmonious continuum between the body and surrounding space. One of the basic principles of Spacial Dynamics? is that what one sees as a movement in space is not what one must do to create it. A simple example is a basic jump up into the air. What one sees is a person going up into the air, but in order for that person to go up, they must push down. It is the pushing down that creates the movement upward; it is the moving down that is the hidden dynamic behind the visible movement. Spacial Dynamics? exercises used to help learn and integrate the human being's relationship to dynamic space are as varied as the interests of the people themselves. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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