HIllside

Hillside 2012

Well, I think I’ve finally settled from the elation of Hillside Festival last weekend. This was my 5th year workshopping Nia at this 3 day music festival in Guelph. I didn’t get to stay super long this year as I headed out after my workshop on Sunday to travel to my sister’s cottage in Bancroft.…

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Hillside *July 2-24, 2011*

Hillside Festival. Guelph, Ontario. An every-year-I-look-forward-to-this-amazing-assembly-of-phenomenal-musicians-and-creative-souls festival. Without fail, I HAVE PURE AND FREE FUN every.single.year. It was my 4th year in a row leading Nia classes at Hillside. Always a pleasure as, without fail, there are some pretty awesome folks beaming ear to ear while they dance and discover their own Joy of Movement.…

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Hillside 2010

This past weekend I attended Hillside for the 3rd year in a row. (My post about my inaugural Hillside experience is here if you’re curious!). I was lucky to be Hillsiding with and around Kate McMurray,  Chris Kay Fraser of Firefly Creative Writing, Elizabeth Fraser of 52 Projects: A Year from Scratch, the talented singer/songwriter…

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Creative Co-Construction

From July 25-27, 2008 I was at Hillside Festival in Guelph Ontario. Hillside is an impressively conscious indie-music festival. There are no wasted beer cups, water bottles, or food-stuffs. From compost bins to volunteers-who-wash-your-plates-and-cutlery to mandated-purchase-of-beer-steins to empty-milk-trucks-filled-with-free-water, it is a limited footprint situation. Weekend-long music and workshops (drumming, dancing, sex education, crafting), Tibetan monks,…

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