Celebrating Stuart Dempster at 90

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Coming together to listen deeply; to move and to sound playfully, and to attend to a performance in tribute to beloved master musician and teacher, Stuart Dempster . (Please note that the celebration takes place over the course of several hours. No food or drink will be offered at the event, so please plan accordingly.) LISTENING TOGETHER (4 – 4:30 PM) Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center (4th floor) Deep Listening session with Brian Pertl and Leila Ramagopal Pertl PLAYING TOGETHER (5 – 6 PM) Picnic shelter in Meridian Park , directly behind/west of Good Shepherd Center (weather permitting; if not, we’ll meet in the Chapel) Please note, no amplified sound permitted in the Meridian Park area. MERIDIAN EVENT for Stuart Dempster on his ninetieth birthday (for best results, join us for Deep Listening in the Chapel before MERIDIAN EVENT!) To celebrate Stu, YOU ARE INVITED To come together To sing To play To dance To listen Spontaneously, improvisingly, Or Premeditatedly, composedly, choreographedly, YOU ARE INVITED In whatever mode you choose, to remember what he taught us: YOU ARE INVITED To always listen To enjoy the silence To play the silence To leave space To let your doing be transparent to what everyone else is doing To direct your energy To play with love To listen deeply To direct your energy and play with love towards a specific person or specific persons To listen for the ending ATTENDING TOGETHER (6:30 – 7 PM) Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center (4th floor) Poem, “Gold and Oak” reading by Brian Komei Dempster livingROOM , with original ROOM performers Sheri Cohen , Stuart Dempster, Renko Ishida Dempster, John Dixon and Tonya Lockyer , plus guests Loren Dempster , Neal Kosaly-Meyer, David Knott , Margaret Paek , and Steve Peters . Video by Robert Campbell . All are invited to linger following the performance to continue the celebration! $5 – $20 suggested donation at the door (NOTAFLOF)