Bridge Choir Summer Drop-In Day

Join us for a special gathering between our regular seasonal sessions for a drop-in event of community singing & songs, open to all.

The Covered Bridge Choir is a part of the mycelial network of community choirs across the country and around the planet, working to heal a broken world through the remembering of our beautiful interconectedness.

PLEAES BRING...

+a chair or blanket to sit on

+water bottle or tea

+items that are meaningful to you for our collective altar

+your open heart

+friends & loved ones

OFFERING SINGING AS A...

+ practice of mindfulness

+ medicine for grieving hearts

+ tool to calm and regulate the nervous system

+ way to build resiliency, in ourselves and community

+ cultivation of hope and joy

AS THE ECOLOGICAL, POLITICAL & SOCIAL SYSTEMS OF OUR WORLD breakdown, we have an incredible opportunity to come together and dream into being the new, sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and just world our hearts know is possible.

Now is the time, more than ever before, to fortify our spirits, nurture community connection, tend to our hearts, and illuminate the way forward in hope, compassion and love. This space is a time and place to connect with your inner world, and with others who care, filling your cup so you may feel rooted and fortified as we make the courageous choices being asked of us today.

LED BY AMANDA WEST

WHAT ~

Each gathering includes a ritual opening and closing of the space, vocal warm ups, optional brief group check in, and simple, inspiring songs taught by ear. We sing to celebrate aliveness, build our inner resilience and to strengthen our connection to each other and the greater family of life on planet earth.

WHO ~

All ages, races, genders, identities and abilities are welcome here. This is an intentionally decolonializing, anti-racist, LGBTQ+ inclusive, consent-based, anti-perfectionist space, and we welcome feedback to strengthen and assure as much as possible the experience of this as a safe space for everyone. We understand this to be ultimately insufficient, and an ongoing work in progress.

Babies and children ARE welcome & ENCOURAGED, and, we also ask that you be prepared to step away with them temporarily if they are strongly distracting from the focused energy of the group. There is a playground nearby, and if we have enough of a quota, on-site childcare is possible.

WHEN ~

Sunday August 16th 3:30 - 5pm

WHERE ~

Felton Covered Bridge Park, ON the bridge itself! This is a magical place of in-between, where the sunlight and air flow freely, our bodies are covered from the rain, and our voices are held in beautiful acoustic resonances among the old growth redwood rafters.

HOW ~

Suggested donation sliding scale $40-$20, no one turned away.

This reciprocity helps honor the labor that goes into creating and holding this sacred container of community and song. Amanda is a full time working musician and single mama and humbly grateful for your contributions!

If the finances are a barrier for you, please don't let that stop you. Reach out and we'll make it work :-)

To make your commitment, secure your space, and help assure this event will happen, please send your payment to....

Venmo --- @AmandaMWest

Paypal --- [email protected] (pay as "friends & family")

Check ---- Amanda West Music | PO Box 7345 Santa Cruz CA 95061

Or of course, purchase a ticket here through Eventbrite.

REACH OUT with any questions to [email protected]

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:: Here's some things people have said about our sessions:: ~

"I love the songs, how well Amanda teaches them, and how tenderly she holds us.

Each session deeply touched us and felt like medicine for both ourselves and the world

I love the invitation to experiment in such a supportive environment

I appreciate the vocal warm up we do before our sessions.

I love connecting with others this way outdoors.

Such a nurturing experience 💛

Thank you!!!"