Tribal Rising!

I have had so many amazing moments as this new year is unfolding, especially as I have been working to create a healthier life for myself physically, spiritually and emotionally. If you recall this post, I had made a conscious decision to write down my dearest affirmations and goals for this year and also things I wanted to let go of. I found that the simple act of clarifying your intentions then asking for what you want, and finally believing that you already have it, to be really really powerful.

Anyway.. one of the thing I was looking for was a new spiritual home, which I believe I have found at a very cool interfaith church that I have started attending recently. I met a wonderful new friend there and in one of our first conversations she happened to mention that she likes to make music and sing. Anyone who knows me knows how much I love to sing too and that one of my aspirations for this year was to look into singing with a group or singing on my own. I casually replied to her that I enjoyed singing too and we moved on to other topics. A few days later she e-mailed me that that she was getting a band/group back together and needed a vocalist and would I be interested in this??? Umm... Yeah!!! She also mentioned another group that she was a part of which I auditioned for as well, but I realized that realistically I should probably just focus on one thing at a time for now!

This group and I have been practicing together now for the last month or so and 2 Friday's ago we performed out at the Starbucks in Doylestown for First Friday! (which is a monthly event when the stores stay open late and performers and artists come out) I really can't believe how fast this has all happened! We are calling ourselves Tribal Rising for now. The music is mostly improv with a trance/tribal feel. Think lots of drumming, singing, chanting and Native American flute. We also use keyboard, and guitar as well incorporating dancing and movement. I brought my hoops with me to the Starbucks performance and fulfilled two dreams in one night! Both singing and hooping for the crowd! I was glad to have my LED hoop. It was the first time I had taken it out and it was neat to have it light up the dark! There was a huge turn out, mostly teens and early 20's, and it was pretty loud and rowdy, but I think we were well received and people seemed to be having fun. One guy even sat in with us on drums and was fantastic. Another guy brought his homemade poi out and performed with me while I was hooping! Gryphon was fascinated by all the teenagers!

A shameful amount of pictures follows. Sorry I'm a bit excited! Some good friends and family came out to watch and took many awesome pictures! Gryphon and Ruby's friends Ava and Mckaylah came too and enjoyed hooping it up and dancing to the music. I think it'll be much nicer as the weather warms up, it was quite cold that evening. I have a hooping video and some footage from the band, but they turned out pretty dark. I'm going to try to lighten them up and then post them again later. I'm so very excited and thankful for the opportunity to make music and be creative with this great group of people!