Twan’s List

Lightning in a Bottle is On!
Fabulously Fun Festival in the Forest

Friday thru Monday
May 23, 24, 25, 26, 2008

As of today, as in NOW, Lightning in a Bottle has opened her sexy gates. If you know what’s good for you, this is where you’ll be. Visit the Lightning in a Bottle website for all the details.

Lightning in a Bottle Gate Schedule:

• Friday May 23 - Gate opens at 7am and closes at 2am
• Saturday May 24 - Gate opens at 7am and closes at 2am
• Sunday May 25 - Gate opens at 7am and closes at 8pm
• Monday May 26 - No Entry.

SHUTTLES

There will be shuttles running to help take you and your camping equipment from the parking lot to the campgrounds. See LiB website for shuttle schedule

Music and Live Entertainment

The stages will be live and in effect starting on Friday from 3pm till midnight, and from around 10am to midnight on Saturday and Sunday. Three whole days! After midnight expect special surprises, acoustic jam sessions and other fun stuff to carry the festival through the night. And there’s no need to dash out on Monday. The gates close Tuesday at noon, so you’re free to stick around ’til then and enjoy the forest!

LiB Camping Info

Camping for the entire event is included in the weekend pass ticket price. There will be plenty of space in the grass and under the trees for setting up your campsite. There is no camping for day passes.

Lockers

Keep your stuff safe! For your convenience and for the safety of your valuables, there will be lockers available to rent at LIB.

Vehicle Camping at LiB

There is a very limited amount of vehicle camping space available on the festival grounds. If you want to camp with your vehicle, you will need to have purchased a car camping pass, which are now sold out. For those not camping with their vehicle, there will be bio-diesel shuttles to drive you and your camping gear into the site.

RV Camping

A limited amount of RV camping is available for $75 per RV. All RV’s must purchase passes in advance through our online ticketing page starting April 2nd. RV passes are now sold out! If you haven’t already purchased an RV camping pass, please leave your RV at home. We will have limited space in the parking lots and RV camping will not be available in these or any other areas without an RV camping pass.

Parking at Lightning in a Bottle

We will have secure parking near the festival entrance for your vehicles and you will be able to access them throughout the duration of the event. Parking in the general lot is free.

Lightning in a Bottle 2008 Workshop Info

Workshops are FREE throughout the weekend!

Vending

Our vending village is located at the center of the festival grounds and offers a wide variety of community made goods including clothing, jewelry, hula hoops and more. It’s much better than your daily trip to the mall, so take advantage of the opportunity and get some of the best goods of the year. Some old food vending favorites and a handful of new ones will be preparing meals for us at LIB this year. You can expect a wide variety of organic vegetarian food choices to enjoy throughout the festival. 3 meals a day, consider it covered!

• This is an all ages event, anyone under 16 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.

• Underage drinking and illegal drug use is NOT permitted! Non-compliance with this could jeopardize the future of LIB.

• Amplified sound is not permitted in camping areas! Please leave your sound systems at home.

• Dogs and other pets are NOT allowed. If you show up with a dog, you will not be admitted into the event. Elephants and giraffes are ok.

• LIB is STRONGLY encouraging pre-cycled trash and pack-it-in/pack-it-out practices for the weekend. Less trash really does equal more fun!

• Since there are no lifeguards on duty and there is also a no-drowning rule at LIB, absolutely NO ONE is allowed in the river! Individuals caught in the river may be fined by the rangers on site and could jeopardize LIB’s ability to use the location in the future.

• LIB guests with allergies (and those without) should be aware that there are bees, wasps, poison oak, and the occasional rattlesnake at the location.

Have fun! See you at Lightning in a Bottle!

One of my favorite people in the world just happens to be one of the most talented opera singers known to humanity. Diva Marisa Lenhardt not only delivers the sonic goods, but she’s incredibly easy on the eyes as she effortlessly performs feats of aural magic and beauty.

The piece had a rarefied, otherwordly quality that Lenhardt drew out with soaring ease.

Mark Mardon
Bay Area Reporter

Listen, Look, and Learn

Listen to Diva Marisa Sing

• Treat your ears to the sounds of an angel.

Watch Diva Marisa Perform

• Feast your eyes the a divine visage.

Learn from Diva Marisa

• Learn to find your own voice, guided by the heaven sent…

Our sincere appreciation goes to Marisa, who thrilled the record 62,428 fans in attendance with her lovely soprano voice. We hope to see more of Marisa in the future.

Mary Barnes
Raiderettes Director Nov. 8, 2000

Wilderness Skills Review Overnight Camp
Saturday, May 17, 2008
10 am Shangri-La

You are invited to participate. After a short condensed class here (at Shangri-La in Topanga Canyon), we’ll car-pool to Zuniga and hike in to the private land in the center of Red Rock Canyon State Park for our overnight campout. Overnight camping is not allowed in the surrounding park, and almost no one knows that this 40 acres is private (owned by a close friend), so we have the whole area to ourselves. In addition to the Big Shade’s propane fire (see photo – classified as a barbeque for fire regulations), our multi-person shelter ‘club-house’ built by previous classes, also has a legal propane central fire. These are both great to sit around and talk, take pictures, and imagine tribal times and activities.

Beautiful Red Rock Canyon

There are a number of small dry clean sandy caves in the area that are just the right size for one or two people to sleep in. I suggest you bring everything you normally would for camping out, and then if you want to improvise so you don’t need pieces of it, great. Otherwise, just getting out there in a comfortable sleeping bag is stretch enough for most people.

Please bring your own lunch for Saturday, and pot luck contributions for an evening meal Saturday and for breakfast Sunday, as well as any snacks you might want. We’ll light a charcoal barbeque Saturday night, and I’ll bring steaks (we can visualize that our trapping was a success). The moon will be almost full.

What Will Be Reviewed?

• Class 1 - Shelters, Debris Bed, Make a Lean-to
  • Fire Methods 1
• Class 2 - Drinking Water, Edible and Useful Plants
• Class 3 - Refurbishing Our Multi-Person Shelter
  • Drinking Water 2
  • Fire Methods 2
• Class 4 - Hunting, Trapping, Cleaning, and Cooking Wildlife
  • (with Practicum)
  • Fire Methods 3
• Class 5 - Make Cordage, Tools, Weapons, and Implements
  • Fire Methods 4
• Class 6 - Keeping Your Bearings, Navigation
  • Communications
  • Signals
  • Knots
• Class 7 - Creating Your Survival Kits, Caches
  • Home Survival Retreat
  • Course Review
• Class 8 - Overnight Campout, Practicum

Checklist of items you might want to bring:

knife, water, sun-hat, jacket, food, bowl, cup, spoon, small flashlight, compass, camera, sleeping bag and mat, ground cloth, small tarp, 2-Qt. pee bottle/jar/can, flip-flops, and a pack to carry it all in. If you don’t have any of these items, I have a few extras of everything, so call to reserve anything you’d like to borrow.

I’ll also bring a big cooking pot, spatula, big spoon, paper towels, wet-wipes, eight family-band walky-talkies, extra nylon cord, shovel, ax, and first aid kit.

Cost is on a sliding scale about $30 per person with no one turned away for lack of funds.

To register, and for answers to any questions, contact William or phone at 310-455-0980

Kung Fu Sabre Classes for Fire Performers w/ Firegroove

Beginning October 6, 2007

Kung Fu Fire Sabre: Beginning and Intermediate

Instructor: Anna Maltese

This fun and intense intro-level class is designed for fire performers of all levels and offers a comprehensive education in the basics of Kung Fu Sabre (broadsword), with special emphasis on training in stances, poise, and flow. The class also covers the origins and history; it’s techniques, aspects, and parts; as well as proper handling and sword etiquette. The 1 1/2 - hour classes begin with a half-hour warm-up period of chi kung for training in proper breathing, stretching and meditation techniques in order to cultivate the strength, flexibility and proper mindset necessary for learning the martial arts.

The 7 - week course will move through basic stances and movement drills to more complex techniques of striking and parrying. The course will also cover fire sabre safety, including proper methods of dipping, lighting, and extinguishing. At the end of the course students will have learned and be able to perform a basic fire sabre set, and will have the opportunity to purchase their own fire sabre at a discounted price.

Kung fu is the mother of all other martial arts. Beautiful and flowing, yet kinetic and powerful, it is a truly exhilarating art form upon which to build a skill set in fire performance.

Dance Studio No. 1

~Santa Monica~
2037 Granville Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90025

Classes Available:
OCT 6th - NOV 18th
NOV 27th - FEB 3rd (canceled 12/15 - 1/5)

Schedule:
Sundays - 3:45 - 5:15 PM

If you have any questions, please visit www.firegroove.com

Summer’s here and it’s time to brush up on your drumming chops (or get some in the first place). There’s fire dancers to drum for, beach burns to jam at, and getting ready to make it into the drummers collective and perform with the L.A. fire conclave. If you’ve ever had the interest to learn how to drum now is the time! We’ve been going strong for 5 years running, come join us and find out why. Beginners welcome.

“Universal Drumming”
WORLD-TRIBAL HAND DRUMMING CLASS

Every Wednesday Night !!

with Renown World Percussionist & Teacher
ALEX SPURKEL

(Naked Rhythm, Electric Skychurch)

There’s no experience necessary and we provide drums as well. Drumming is fun, expressive, and centering, and we cover drumming styles from all around the world including Africa, Brazil and the Middle-East.

WHY DRUM??

• - it’s exhilarating and centering
• - lose yourself in the moment
• - primal, creative, expression
• - experience the energy of the group
• - AND…it just goes great with FIRE!

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

• - Universally applicable hand drumming techniques
• - African, Middle-Eastern, Latin, Western and improv rhythms
• - Polyrhythms (group playing with multiple parts)
• - Exercises to strengthen your timing, technique, and speed
• - Improvisation & Soloing
• - you will be amazed at what you can do after 4 short weeks!

** Drums provided ** — NO EXPERIENCE OR DRUM NECESSARY!!

COST: $50 for 4-class session (or $15 for single class drop-ins)

BURNER SPECIAL! - Mention you’re a burner and get $10 off a 4-class session in June.

WHEN: Every Wednesday night 7:30pm-8:45pm

WHERE:

• Bang-a-Drum
• 1255 S. La Brea
• Los Angeles, CA 90019

For more info, to RSVP, or to enroll please visit the Universal Drumming website.

Best wishes,
Alex of Universal Drumming

Sensuality of Sisterhood
An Esquisite Afternoon for Women

April 28, 2007

11am - 3pm

An afternoon of ecstasy for the ladies with Marla Leigh, Jaqui Lalita and Charu Morgan

Throughout time, women have gathered to dance and drum in celebration of femininity, sensuality and sisterhood.
Guided by intuition, women have moved to the rhythms of the moon and danced to unheard melodies of the cosmic choir.
Using sacred drumming and the sensual art of belly dancing to awaken dormant feminine energy,
we will activate and empower ourselves and each other to walk through life in our full goddess power. Through undulating, shimmying, drumming and dreaming, we will unleash out inherent sensuality and bask in the support and love of sisterhood.

Nothing speaks to a woman’s sensuality more then chocolate, and we will have “chocolate medicine mama Jacqui” teaching us the how to prepare her famous raw chocolate healing fudge.
Using the highest vibration raw superfoods, Jacqui will lead us on a blissful “Chocolate Meditation” to the cosmos.
Also, Charu Morgan will guide us in a healing Tantra mediation.

Location:

• Euphoria Company
• Beauty and Wisdom
• 2307 Main Street
• Venice, CA

More info at
www.marlaleigh.com

4.9.07 ::: START OF EMP
Electronic Music Production program at SAE!

Taught by Henry Strange and dj Origin (Ryan Kull) – STARTS APRIL 9TH

EMP (Electronic Music Production) Course is a 6 month program that happens every Monday and Wednesday night from 6 to 9pm.

The EMP Course will teach you everything you need to know to produce electronic music. The program covers a broad range of software and hardware such as Reason, Ableton Live, Logic, Native Instruments soft synths, Access Virus, and much more! The program also covers synthesis and sampling so you will learn to create all original sounds for your compositions. Taught by veteran dance music producer Dj Origin (Ryan Kull) and veteran electronic artist/film composer Henry Strange.

Sign up today, Call 323-466-6323 and come for a visit of our facilites!

Visit www.sae-la.com for costs and more information

Students receive a certificate of completion at the end of the course.

The program is split into 4 sections:

SECTION 1 - Electronic Music Fundamentals

• - History of Electronic Music
• - Defining Genres
• - Audio Fundamentals
• - Equipment & Software
• - Music Theory
• - Djing

SECTION 2 - Composing and Recording Electronic Music

• - MIDI Fundamentals
• - Sequencing in Reason
• - Performing with Ableton Live
• - Recording in Logic
• - Basic Signal Processing
• - Rhythm Programming

SECTION 3 - Synthesis and Sampling

• - Generating custom sounds
• - Understanding synthesizers
• - Sampling Techniques
• - Instrument Sampling
• - Loop slicing and manipulation
• - Customizing presets

SECTION 4 - Mixing, Mastering, The Business

• - Advance Signal Processing
• - Using compression
• - Arranging
• - Mixing and Mastering
• - Marketing and Promotions
• - Internet and Distribution

SAT, FEB. 24 -TANTRIC CARNAVAL for singles/partners in WLA

Awaken Ecstasy with Breath, Movement & Massage
guided by Marci Javril, Vital Energist

(Part.1): 6-7:30 pm - FUNdamentals of Tantra Yoga - no partner needed

• * $ MENTION Twan’s List and
• pay only $10 cash at the door

(Part.2*): 8-10:30 pm - Ecstatic Awakening thru Tantric Touch - 10 Pairs Only

• *$ MENTION Twan’s List and
• pay only $110 cash…
• but, you MUST phone me first

CALL NOW to RSVP- (310)-306-9838 - HURRY! space limited

This class tends to fill early - send check to address below:

• M. Javril
• 13428 Maxella Ave. #136
• Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
• incl. names + phones + email/fax

DETAILS + pay online: www.VitalEnergyCenter.com/tc.html
EMAIL: office@vitalenergycenter.com

PROGRAM description:

(Part.1): 6-7:30pm - Awaken chakra energy thru tantric awareness, breath, touch, and ecstatic movement. $15/person, $20 at door - for Singles and/or Partners - all sexual orientations welcome

No partner activities. Gives information and inspiration, so you can bring more awareness into your current or future relationships. Perfect opportunity for people whose partners are absent, unwilling or reluctant. Explicit anatomy for G-spot/prostate healing massage demo’d with props and pictures. No nudity.

*(Part.2)* 8-10:30pm -Tantric Touch and sexual healing for intimate partners. $100/pair - limit 10 Pairs - same sex pairs welcome - *you must also attend (Part.1): 6-7:30 pm*, full evening = $130/pair

Ecstatic erotic journey into a timeless sensual adventure. Less talk and lots of touch! Be guided sweetly and precisely, open to more Love, as the two of you explore massage and energy exchange that electrifies, soothes and harmonizes. Sacred, respectful space with mood lighting and separate “Nest” area for each pair. Optional internal pelvic massage. Clothing optional, wear layers.

PRIVATE, COSY LOCATION: Earth & Sky Lodge at PRISM CENTER- 5521 Grosvenor Blvd. WLA 90066 near Jefferson/Centinela - parking provided. See map: www.EarthandSky.info

Greetings, everyone! With the new year almost upon us (the Chinese New Year, that is) I’m starting a new session teaching kung fu sabre for fire performers again with the fine folks of Firegroove, starting this Sunday from 7:30 to 9:00 and running through Feb. 18th. Our new location is The Dancers’ Studio. Last term was a truly exciting one - everyone’s progress seemed to explode exponentially each week, and there was such wonderful feedback about the students’ skill at the lightup! This term, we’re combining both Intro and Intermediate levels into one hour-and-a-half class, allowing the beginning students to see the path where their training will take them.

With it’s coiling, dragon-oriented movements and explosive energy, kung fu sabre makes an excellent tool to add to any fire performer’s skill set. As the mother (and most theatrical) of martial arts, kung fu is an ideal art from which to draw inspiration and in which to immerse oneself in training. This course is designed for beginners and knowledgable performers alike to enjoy.

* Kung Fu Sabre for Fire Performers *

** Intro Level **

Each class begins with a half-hour warm up of chi kung stretching and breathing exercises in order to calm the mind and warm up the body properly, and to prepare the spirit for the training to follow. Students will move through training in foundations and the essential stances, as well as cultivating basic techniques of striking and parrying. At the end of the six-week course, students will have learned and be able to perform a basic fire sabre form, and will have the opportunity to purchase their own fire sabre for a discounted price.

** Intermediate Level **

The intermediate students will warm up in chi kung and stance training with the beginning students, then move on to more complex combinations of movements. Building on the form the students learned in the previous course, they will develop the set further, using what they learn this term. We will also cover flame effects for sabre, including titanium flake, and will use them in the lighting - up ceremony at the end of the course.

In addition, we will cover basic safety rules regarding fire in general and fire sabre in particular at the fire safety seminar/make-up class. Upon completion of the safety seminar, students will be able to act as fire safety for one another as well as perform their set.

Looking forward to seeing all of you there!

- Anna Maltese

** background **

Since the age of ten, Anna has been training in martial arts, including Tae Kwon Do, ninjitsu, and kung fu. Her foundation rests in Monkey Style Kung Fu, as taught by Master Paulie Zink, and wushu. She is currently enrolled in the National Wushu Training Center, where she practices open hand as well as weapons forms, and NWTC Impact Stunts, training in high falls and wirework. She recently performed with the Beijing Wushu Team in the NWTC theatrical production of ‘Jade Pirate,’ doing both wushu and fire. When she’s not practicing wushu, or at her day job as an animator on the upcoming Simpsons’ movie, Anna enjoys her other job as creative director of the Phoenix Projekt, a martial-arts based fire troupe incorporating kung fu, dance, aerial silks, real Chinese lion and dragon dance, and the taiko drums of Kodama.

Dear hooping friends,

Finally! My first instructional DVD, HoopDance For Beginners, is available for purchase!! This is a labor of love and I’m so excited to share it with you!

In this DVD you will learn 35 mesmerizing hoop moves and 4 dance combinations. Learn each move in the studio with close ups and slow motion replays to accelerate your learning. Then watch HoopDance performances filmed in Maui, in lagoons, waterfalls, rivers, cliffs and on beaches. Bonus material includes a looping dance segment which can be used as visuals for any occasion. Guest appearances by FireGroove! All orders will be shipped on November 24 (when DVDs arrive from press). Approx. 80 minutes. Letterbox format.

Click the image below for details and to place your order today!

Also note- mastery of the skills on this DVD enables you to enroll on the HoopGirl? Teacher Training program.

Wholesale inquiries welcome from hoopteachers and other merchants who want to stock this item! For wholesale details, contact Annie in the office at: admin@hoopgirl.com

Keep on hooping!
Christabel