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<DIV>I drum with the Salem Drum Circle. If anyone is interested in supporting
this, feel free. </DIV>
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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:salemdrums@gmail.com
href="mailto:salemdrums@gmail.com">Gwyn L. McKenzie</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:Gwynsong@hotmail.com
href="mailto:Gwynsong@hotmail.com">Gwynsong@hotmail.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 26, 2010 5:28 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> June 19th Stonehenge Solstice</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>In 2008 Dr. Rupert Till of Huddersfield University visited the Stonehenge
Memorial in Goldendale Washington to conduct studies on the acoustical qualities
of the structure. This work was recorded by A&E MysteryQuest crew and
subsequently aired to millions of viewers around the world. Our own Ric
McKenzie saw this episode in November, 2009 and was struck by Dr. Till's wistful
comment of what a wonderous thing it would be to have one hundred drummers at
this site on a Solstice evening. As a founding member of the Salem
(Oregon) Community Drum Circle, Ric didn't think that it would be a difficult
thing to accomplish at all and set his sights on bringing Dr. Till's dream to
fruition.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ric's initial contact with the Maryhill Museum of Art (which owns the
Stonehenge Memorial built by Samuel Hill as a memorial to those who gave their
lives for freedom in World War I) was that the Memorial was open to the public
from 10 am - 10 pm though there was no security to enforce those hours and
groups were welcome to meet there. So we approached the
Salem Community Drum Circle to see if they would be interested in
participating in a scientific study at the Memorial and were met with great
enthusiasm! We were absolutely amazed by the number of drummers willing to
drive three hours into the Columbia Gorge to drum - what an amazing group of
people!</DIV>
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<DIV>Chris Buckley got in touch with Dr. Till to let him know what we were
pulling together. I put an event listing on Facebook and we seemed to be
on a roll, until I sent a copy of the Facebook information to the Maryhill
Museum to make sure that I had everything listed correctly. Then Mr. Tim
Copeland contacted us with a contract to be fulfilled and signed including
requirements of a $250 security deposit, a $750 rental fee, gathering during
daylight hours only, we must provide appropriate sanitation facilities and (get
this!) a $3 million liability insurance waiver. I immediately explained to
Mr. Copeland that we are an unincorporated group of hand drummers with no
resources or funding. We changed our event to one day only, agreed to
limit participation and even hours of playing if they would help manage the
event and let Dr. Till know that we had their approval for the research to
continue. Our response has been that the Museum will waive the rental fee
if all other restrictions are met and if we collect donations for the
Museum.</DIV>
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<DIV>This past weekend Ric and I attended the World Rhythm Festival in Seattle
Washington. I didn't even mention our dream of playing at the Stonehenge
Memorial to all those wonderful drummers as it really was beginning to seem like
a silly dream. But I realized that just the fact that there were so many
drummers gathered at the Seattle Center to share in the integral magic of rhythm
and its ability to bring people from so many different walks of life and
cultures together was the reason I should have been shouting for support from
the top of the Space Needle itself! The Drum Circle may not have money and
political influence, but we do have our friends, supporters and contacts -
nothing else is needed to let Mr. Copeland know that it is not just one crazy
couple in Oregon that thinks that drumming is important enough to merit
scientific research (especially when it also relates to the major Stonehenge
mystery!) but drummers and scientists from literally around the world! We
just need to spread the word and let Mr. Copeland know just how important this
opportunity is.</DIV>
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<DIV>So please, take a moment of your time to drop and e-mail, phone call or
letter to Mr. Tim Copeland of the Maryhill Museum of Art to let him know you
support the Stonehenge Solstice project (his full contact information will be
listed below) and then take one more moment to forward this e-mail to everyone
you know who might support science, music, rhythm or even just the
"under-dog"! Do you know a teacher, anthropologist, archeologist, dancer
or media person? Send them this e-mail (before June 1st only please!!!)
and ask them to support our cause. Have a group of people that think this
is a good idea? Gather their signatures and mail them to the
Museum! </DIV>
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<DIV>You can view Dr. Till's research results to-date at <A
title=http://www2.hud.ac.uk/mhm/mmt/music-research/rupert-till-press-release.php
href="http://www2.hud.ac.uk/mhm/mmt/music-research/rupert-till-press-release.php">http://www2.hud.ac.uk/mhm/mmt/music-research/rupert-till-press-release.php</A>
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<DIV>The Facebook event page is at <A
title=http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=321306254273
href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=321306254273">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=321306254273</A> </DIV>
<DIV>Maryhill Museum is also on Facebook at <A
title=http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=321306254273#!/maryhillmuseum?ref=ts
href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=321306254273#!/maryhillmuseum?ref=ts">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=321306254273#!/maryhillmuseum?ref=ts</A>
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<DIV>Send your letters and comments to: Mr. Tim Copeland, Maryhill Museum
of Art 35 Maryhill Museum Dr. Goldendale, WA 98620</DIV>
<DIV>or e-mail to <A title=mailto:tim@maryhillmuseum.org
href="mailto:tim@maryhillmuseum.org">tim@maryhillmuseum.org</A> (509)
773-3733</DIV>
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<DIV>If you would like any further information or have questions I have not
addressed in this e-mail please feel free to contact me at <A
title=mailto:drumwench1@msn.com
href="mailto:drumwench1@msn.com">drumwench1@msn.com</A> or by telephone at
503-584-1093. As a final note, if you get this e-mail several times,
please consider it as a compliment - it means that several people think you are
a person who is willing to support a cause worth pursuing. As Willy Wonka
said, "We are the makers of music, We are the dreamers of dreams!" We have
the dream, Maryhill Museum has the site we need to make it happen and Dr. Till
has the knowledge to bring the two together to the greatest result.</DIV>
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<DIV>In hopes of Rhythm and Magic!</DIV>
<DIV>Gwyn McKenzie</DIV>
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