2008 For more information on any of the following events click on the underlined words
December 12, Friday 6pm to 9pm Alycin Hayes will perform with Progressive Madness at Satchel's in Gainesville, Florida
2009
February 2, Saturday Holistic Health Fair United Church, Gainesville, Florida Alycin Hayes will give an introductory Inner Rhythm Healing Workshop
Spring 2009 ASIAN ELEPHANT EVENT THAI ELEPHANT ORCHESTRA'S NEW CD RELEASE Thomas Center, Gainesville, Florida for the THAI ELEPHANT ORCHESTRA'S3rd CD called "WAT DOI SUTHEP" featuring instruments designed by Alycin Hayes Click on Monsoon to hear one of the songs.
PAST EVENTS 2008 November 6-8 The FEI World Endurance Championship 2008 Terengganu, Malaysia
Alycin wil be working with the Canadian
Endurance Team's top rider Ruth Sturley and her horse Super Sport at
the FEI World Endurance Championship 2008 ( the Olympics of Endruance Riding)
that will take place at the sprawling Terengganu
International Endurance Park (TIEP) in Lembah Bidong, Terengganu,
Malaysia. There will be a live video link the night of the race so you
too can watch this amazing 100 mile horse race through the Malaysian
jungle. http://www.malaysia-wec.com/
FEBRUARY 2, SATURDAY, 10:00 am Gainesville Holistic Health Fair Gainesville, Florida. I am giving a presentation on my Healing Inner Rhythm Workshops. "HEALING INNER RHYTHM EXPRESSION Workshop
- Learn to freely express and heal your inner rhythms through music and
traditional rituals. Sound Expressionist, Alycin Hayes practices
Healing Inner Rhythm Sound Expression, a unique form of healing music
where participants receive and give healing vibrations balancing the
Yin compassion and Yang dragon. Alycin uses percussion music to direct
positive creative energy combined with traditional rituals that include
movement, vocalization, breathing, visualization and healing stones. " FEBRUARY 8, FRIDAY 11:00 PM at CLUB FUSION 3009 N. Ponce DeLeon Blvd., St. Augustine, Florida Playing percussion music with PROGRESSIVE MADNESS
FEBRUARY 9, SATURDAY Recording with Progressive Madness Taylor Made Music, Gainesville, Florida
FEBRUARY 23, SATURDAY, Gourdin on the River - 10th Annual Florida Gourd Show Palatka, Floirda. Sign up for my afternoon " Play Your Gourd" workshop. "PLAY YOUR GOURD Workshop- For centuries
gourds have been used to make music. Learn the basics of playing many
gourd instruments. Includes handbook."
APRIL 4 - 6 WISE WOMAN'S FESTIVAL Waldo, Florida
This is the South's only Spirituality Festival Specifically for Women . Alycin will be giving her FREE YOUR INNER GODDESS RHYTHMS workshop at this Festival. Invoke the magic of your inner Goddess through movement, chanting, visualization, breathing & percussion music. Sound Expressionist, Alycin Hayes practices
Healing Inner Rhythm Expression. This is a unique form of healing music
where participants receive and give healing vibrations. Alycin uses percussion music to direct
positive creative energy combined with traditional rituals that release your inner Goddess Rhythms. (Bring any percussion instruments you want to play, no previous musical experience required)
May 9, Friday 11:00pm to 1:00AM Progressive Madness CD Release Party Tim & Terry's, 1417 NW 1st Ave, Gainesville, FL 32603 Alycin recently finished recording a new CD "Make A Stand" with the Suwannee Rock band Progressive Madness Come out for a fun party to hear Alycin play with Progressive Madness - No Cover New CD's will be only $10.00 each
May 23, Friday 10:30am to 5:30 pm Florida Folk Festival, White Springs http://www.floridastateparks.org/folkfest/ Alycin will be emcee at the Azalia Stage all day on Friday of this memorial weekend Folk Festival
May 29, Thursday 6pm to 9pm, Satchels, 1800NE 23rd Ave. Gainesville, Floridawww.satchelspizza.co Get directions Alycin will be playing percusion in a more acoustic version of Progressive Madness
August 1, Friday 7:30 tp 10pm A night of Blues and Jazz Wild Iris Books, 802 W. University Ave, Gainesville Florida is proud to present an evening of blues and roots music
for all moods -- featuring Flash Silvermoon with Alycin Hayes. Flash is a
nationally known singer/songwriter keyboardist/percussionist. Come
dance the night away with some cool blues and jazz and some hot dance
music! Guaranteed to be a sensuous evening of fun! $5-10 (sliding scale)
August, 5, Tuesday at The Milltop Tavern
19 Saint George St, St Augustine, Florida 32084 Alycin
will be playing percussion with humorist, songster Dave Dowling
upstairs at the Milltop Tavern in Historic old St. Augustine, Florida
from 1pm to 5pm.
Come have a drink and sit on the open terrace where you have a view of
the old fort while listening to great music.
www.DaveDowlingsongster.com
September 1, Monday, BOLD- "Birth on Labour Day" Play Event http://www.gainesvillecreativekids.com/bold/ at Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Avenue, Gainesville, Florida PERCUSSION BIRTH Workshop by ALYCIN HAYES Using
movement, visualization, breathing & percussion music Alycin Hayes
will give a Free mini - 30 minute interactive workshop from 1 to 1:30pm
where participants will give and receive healing opening vibrations. (for couples or individuals)
August 8, Friday, 6 to 9pm Satchels, 1800 NE 23rd Ave. Gainesville, Floridawww.satchelspizza.co Get directions Alycin will be playing percusion in a more acoustic version of Progressive Madness Suwannee Rock.
August, 22, Friday -
8:00 pm to 10:00 pm Downtown Community Plaza, Gainesville, Florida Come join Alycin in the Heart of
Gainesville playing with PROGRESSIVE MADNESS for a Great Rocking Concert Night
Under the Stars. http://www.myspace.com/progressivemadness2
2007 JANUARY 24 ,BEGINNERS PERCUSSION AND IMPROVISATION 3 Wednesdays, 7 - 8:30 pm SANTA FE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Gainesville, FL Register online www.mysfcc.com or phone (352) 395-5193 Have
you always wanted to play music, but never had the confidence to play?
This class is for you! Learn the basics of how membraphones and
idiophones create music as you learn to play new multicultural songs
and make them your own. With fun warm up exercises, drums and many
percussion instruments I have gathered on my international travels
(some you will learn to make in class) you will discover how to let go
of your inhibitions in a safe, encouraging environment as you develop
centering, healing and liberating improvisation skills through sound
expression. If possible bring your hand drums and percussion
instruments to class. Class includes my book " Play Your Gourd." No
previous musical experience necessary.
JANUARY 27, Saturday 10am to 5pm Holistic Health Fair United Church of Gainesville, Florida,1705 NW 5th Avenue (cor of NW 5th Ave. & 17th St.) I
will have a table at the fair to talk about Inner Rhythm Sound
Expression and members of Bahia Viva will do a capoeira demonstration.
JANUARY 27, Saturday COME PARTY BRAZILIAN STYLE
at the BRAZILIAN CULTURAL ARTS EXCHANGE'S BRAZILIAN FESTIVAL PARTY
601 S. Main St, Gainesville, FL Phone (352) 256-1833
9:30pm to 1:00 am Tickets at the door $5.00 Adults Only - 18 and over
I'll be playing with with the Brazilian music band BAHIA VIVA ! (formerly Brazuca)
SATURDAY, February 24th BRAZILIAN CARNAVAL MARDI GRAS Where: BRAZILIAN CULTURAL ARTS EXCHANGE CENTER,601 S. Main St., Gainesville, FL Phone (352) 256-1833 Doors open 9:00pm Tickets only $5.00 at door Event featuring costumes (wear one!)
and live Brazilian music by Bahia Viva!, a fusion of Afro-Brazilian
beats and samba-reggae. I'll be singing and playing special effect percussion. COME PARTY, DANCE & HAVE FUN !
March 31, Saturday, 7:00 PM Seraphim Center, 412 NE 16th Ave, Gainesville, Florida I’ll be performing with PROGRESSIVE MADNESS
at the Alliance of Divine Love Annual Conference. There is a planned
evening of Several Musical Acts, that will include Progressive Madness,
Hoyt and the Hotheads, and Others.
April 13, Friday 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM - Newberry Relay for Life Newberry High School Gym, Newberry, Florida This PROGRESSIVE MADNESS
show will be a Non-Stop 1 1/2 hour of songs we will be doing from Our
Upcoming Album which we are in the process of recording. Come on Out
and Enjoy. The Band BAST will be on the Opening Lineup.
April 14, Saturday, 9:00 pm, Area 51 Club, High Springs, Florida I be singing and playing percussion with PROGRESSIVE MADNESS as we start recording our new CD live that night.
The Brazilian Cultural Arts Exchange Center is having their 2007 Batizado during the first week of May featuring Capoeira workshops with Capoeirastas from all over the USA, live music performaces, and celebrations. May 5, Saturday BAHIA VIVA! 601 S. Main St. Gainesville, Florida Brazilian Samba Dance Workshop ($5.00) 9pm-10pm followed by a partywith BAHIA VIVA'S! live Brazilian Samba-Reggae music 10pm-1am ($5.00 or party & dance workshop $7.00) I'll be singing and playing percussion.
MAY 19, Saturday Club 51, 9:00pm, 15 NE 2nd Ave., High Springs, Florida I'll be playing special effects percussion and singing with Progressive Madness while we record a live CD and a DVD so please come out with your friends and be part of the show.
May 21, Progressive Madness recording in the studio in Jacksonville, Florida.
May 26, Saturday - Playing with Progressive Madness at a private Florida spring.
JUNE 2, Saturday 10:00 am CHEROKEE GOURD ARTISTS GATHERING, Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation, Cherokee, North Carolina I'll be teaching a Play Your Gourd Workshop at this festival followed by a gourd music jam.
June 7th - photo shoot for The Rhythm Sisters new CD cover, London, Ontario, Canada June 16 & 17 Rhythm Sisters recording CD at Brent Jones studio in London, Ontario, Canada.
JUNE 23 FAERY FEST, Guelph, Ontario, Canada My fun band CHIMO GYPSIES ALYCIN HAYES & CAROLE ALLISON will be performing a special interactive children's show at Faery Fest on Saturday afternoon at 12:30 pm.
July Holistic Retreat in Caledon Hills, Erin, Ontario, Canada I'll be facilitating a Free Your Inner Rhythms Workshop at this week long retreat To register phone (519) 680-2884 or e-mail luczak@rogers.com
AUGUST 4-6, Canmore Folk Festival, Canmore, Alberta, Canada I was Sponsorship Assistant for the longest running folk music festival in Alberta.
AUGUST 11, GABRIOLA SALMON BBQ, Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada SAJE an island gypsy, tango & celtic music band invited me to play percussion with them at this annual event.
NOVEMBER 9-11, 55th FLORIDA FOLK FESTIVAL White Springs, Florida Alycin will be an emcee & stage manager again at this old Florida event.
November 30, 10pm, The Side Bar, 15 SW 2nd St,Gainesville, FL 32601 (352) 373-4454 I'll be playing with the Suwannee Rock Band PROGRESSIVE MADNESS
2006 PAST EVENTS MARCH 5th to APRIL 23rd, 2006 THAI ELEPHANT ORCHESTRA Thailand
Played with and designed new instruments for the elephants in the Thai Elephant Orchestra at The Thai Elephant Conservation Center in Northern Thailand. Worked with gibbons, introduced healing music workshops to Burmese/Karen refugees and performed with a Northern Thai Folk group.
APRIL 28, 29, 30, 2006 PARALOUNGE DRUM FESTIVAL Live Oak, Florida, USA, Performed on stage with Buddy Helm
MAY 13, 2006, Saturday, 3pm -5pm HEALING DRUM & PERCUSSION WORKSHOP Wild Iris Books, 802 W. University Ave.
Gainesville, Florida, USA This
workshop explored healing through individual expression and sonic
communication using a variety of drums and easy to play percussion
instruments including a few new instruments from my recent trip to
Thailand. The workshop involved reaching inside oneself to find and
express ones inner rhythms. It was useful for both performers and the
inexperienced in that it helped release performers to easily improvise
and encouraged non performers to express themselves through music
without inhibition. A percussion healing ceremony was performed too.
MAY 26, 27 & 28, 2006 Florida Folk FestivalStephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park, White Springs, Florida. There is no place like Florida Folk Music!
JUNE 22, 2006 Stratford Festival Marquee, Stratford, Ontario, Canada BURMA: PRISONS IN PARADISE talk by Pam Rogers with Karen Hill tribe music by Ko Lo Htoo accompanied by Alycin Hayes
JUNE 24, 2006, Saturday, Mainstage 11:00 amCHIMO GYPSY at Faery FestivalGuelph, Ontario, Canada Alycin
Hayes's latest musical group CHIMO GYPSY played world music influenced
by the many places she has lived and traveled. At the first Faery Fest
in Guelph, Alycin's unique percussion was be accompanied by Trinidad's
jazz, soul, blues and reggae singer Carole Allison
for a fun interactive performance with magical influences from fairies,
pixies, the Afro-Caribbean, Brazil, Burma, Thailand and the goblins and
elven folk we know. Do you believe in fairies? We do.
JULY 1, Canada Day 2006, Saturday, 8 pm I DON'T FEEL NO WAYS TIRED - A GOSPEL CONCERT Aeolian Performing Arts Center, Dundas St., London, Ontario, Canada For tickets call: (519) 672-7950
This was a fun show of soul stirring gospel music with a full band, lead singer Carole Allison and Alycin Hayes singing with the Sisters of Mercy.
JULY 4, 2006, Tuesday, 7 pm Stratford Library Auditorium, Stratford, Ontario, Canada BURMA: PRISONS IN PARADISE talk by Pam Rogers with Karen Hill Tribal music by Ko Lo Htoo accompanied by Alycin Hayes
JULY 23, 2006, Sunday, GOURDFEST Chimo Gypsy performed with percussionist Alycin Hayes and singer, songwriter Tim Dillon PLAY YOUR GOURD WORKSHOP Canadian Gourd Society's GOURDFEST, Northern Dipper Farm, Bealton, Ontario, Canada Facilitated
by Alycin Hayes this learn to play gourd percussion instruments
workshop was be a beginners class on the basics of playing a variety
of gourd instruments which included baliphone, berimbau,
caxixi, cuica, gourd rattle, gourd drum, guiro, hosho, rain stick and
shekere. A native Canadian singer joined us on the shaker. Alycin's new book 'Play Your
Gourd" sold out. Tim wrote a new gourd song with a berimbau solo. A gourd time was had by all!
AUGUST 4, 2006, Friday 7- 9pm FREE YOUR INNER RHYTHM WORKSHOP
The Arrhianna Centre for Peaceful
Evolution,Uniondale, Ontario (near Stratford)
This
workshop facilitated by Alycin Hayes encourages the opening of the
Chakra that release inhibitions as well as developing confidence,
centering and liberating improvisation using percussion instruments to
release our inner rhythms. Participants are encouraged to bring their
own drums and percussion instruments too. No previous musical experience is required. We will view and play some of the percussion instruments Alycin has
collected on her travels. Learn percussion techniques on these
instruments from various parts of the world. Learn to
evolve unique amalgamations of percussion rhythms. Stimulate breathing with gentle Capoeira movements set to the
rhythms we play. Create an inner release through sound
expression. Initiate healing vibrations that realign the mind, body and spirit. AUGUST 18, FRIDAY, 7:00 - 9:00 pm WOMEN'S OPEN DRUM CIRCLE - MORE THAT DRUMS! facilitated by percussionist Alycin HayesBring your drums and other percussion instruments to play at The Lotus Centre, 140 Ann St. (rear entrance on Piccadilly St.) London, Ontario, Canada
SEPTEMBER 19, 26 & OCTOBER 3rd, 2006, Tuesdays 6:00 - 7:00pm FREE YOUR
INNER RHYTHMS for Beginners Call ( 352) 395-5193 to register — or register
yourself online atSanta Fe Community College Community Education, Gainesville, Florida Have you always wanted tp play music, but never had the confidence to play? Then this
workshop is for you! Through movement, the use of drums and other percussion
instruments, you'll learn to release your inhibitions by developing centering, healing
and liberating improvisation skills. Join facilitator Alycin Hayes and free your inner
rhythms. No previous musical experience required. We will view and play some of the percussion instruments Alycin has
collected on her travels. Learn percussion techniques on these
instruments from various parts of the world. Learn to
evolve unique amalgamations of percussion rhythms. Stimulate breathing with gentle Capoeira movements set to the
rhythms we play. Create an inner release through sound
expression. Initiate healing vibrations that realign the mind, body and spirit. OCTOBER 20, FRIDAY, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Speed Learning Event - SANTA FE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 3rd Floor of S Building, Gainesville, Florida Alycin & other Santa Fe teachers will give rotating 15 minute demonstration classes. NOVEMBER 2, 2006, THURSDAY 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm FREE YOUR HEALING RHYTHMS Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, Florida To register call: (352) 395-5193 The
controls and distractions of modern life have caused many of us to lose
touch with our innate ability to openly express our healing inner
music. Using percussion instruments with a combination of techniques
amalgamated from traditional healers and musicians from other parts of
the world you will learn how to open your creative Chakras to initiate
healing vibrations within yourself and others. Some percussion
instruments will be provided by facilitator Alycin Hayes. Please bring
your own drum, percussion instruments and singing bowls.
NOVEMBER 17, 2006 BRAZUCA plays at the Brazilian Cultural Center, Main St, Gainesville, Florida,
DECEMBER 2, 2006, SATURDAY, 4PM 9th Annual Grove Street Festival, Corner of 10th Ave & 4th St. Gainesville, Florida Noon
to 3pm Alycin Hayes in the community garden will sing folk
songs and do a reading of "Tristessa" by Jack Kerouac
DECEMBER 8, FRIDAY 7PM - Children Beyond Our Borders Benefit Dinner & Dance St Augustine Student Center, University Ave., Gainesville, Florida - Alycin will perform with Brazuca BRAZUCA’S
music is a heavily percussion fusion of Afro-Brazilian beats, reggae,
and samba. Strongly influenced by capoeira, samba, pagode and frevo
music of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil where the band’s leader Borracha hails
from, this 15 member group creates exciting, fast compositions.
Incorporated into their exhilarating performances are demonstrations of
the beautiful, breath taking, acrobatic Brazilian martial art of
capoeira. BRAZUCA uses instruments such as the timbal, surdo,
bacurinha, berimbau, guitar, bass, keyboard, sax, flute, trumpet,
pandero and other percussion to fashion colorful layers of music. The
result is a powerful, fun Brazilian rhythm that gets everyone up
dancing.