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4 Days of Play in the Northern Cal Wine Country

International InterPlay Convergence

InterPlayers from around the world gather for creativity, connection and fun
Masankho Banda, Phil Porter, Trish Watts, and Cynthia Winton-Henry

Healdsburg, CA

May 28 – June 1, 2012 • Monday 7 pm – Friday lunch

Welcome newcomers and seasoned InterPlayers! Join us for the premier InterPlay event on the West Coast for 2012.

Come be a part of creative and visionary community—folks ready to play their way into new life and new possibilities. Need a break? Need laughter and joy? Need more ease in your life?

Inspiring Leaders from Around the World

InterPlay Cofounders: Phil Porter and Cynthia Winton-Henry
Trish Watts: InterPlay Australia leader, Voice Movement Coach, singer and songwriter
Masankho Banda: Ambassador for Peace from Malawi, African healer, drummer and dancer
and guest teachers.

New to InterPlay?

InterPlay's creative practices and ideas work magic for recovering serious people, activists, spiritual seekers, creative misfits, and shy people. Simple steps into the five body ways—movement, voice, story, stillness, and connection—quickly reveal the beauty of human experience. Workshops will blend InterPlay with writing, visual art, singing, healing, ritual and empowerment. We'll think up a million ways to reimagine our worlds.

Special Events

We'll have opportunities to play, create, perform, learn, deepen, lighten up, connect in large groups and small. We'll delight in the gifts of both leaders and community. We'll remember what is important and celebrate life events. Trish Watts will share a special performance featuring her amazing singing gifts, we'll create a US celebration in honor of Masanhko's Malawi wedding, we'll toast Cynthia's birthday (and all those other Geminis!) and there will still be plenty of room for you to create what you want and need.

Wine Country Beauty

Bishop's Ranch is a beautiful retreat center in the Russian River Valley about 75 miles north of San Francisco near Healdsburg. Comfortable accommodations, beautiful surroundings make this a delightful and healing place for getting away. And someone else will be doing the cooking! We will help you get from Bay Area locations to Bishop's Ranch if you need it.

Register early and save!

Special discount! Register before March 30 and get $75 off!

Room and Board: $450/double occupancy (for a single room add an additional $130)
Tuition: $290
Nonrefundable $100 deposit or first monthly installment required to register.

Special Payment Plans

Payment plans available  6 monthly payments (under $135) or 8 payments (under $100) by credit card. A 5% processing fee is included. A payment plan must begin no later than the month of April.

Cost: Register early and save! Check out cost details above.

Registration/Information: 510-465-2797 info@interplay.org

Venue

Bishop's Ranch

5297 Westside Road
Healdsburg, CA 95448
www.bishopsranch.org/drivingdirections2.html
Leaders

Masankho Banda

Masankho is a multi - disciplinary Performing Artist, Certified InterPlay Leader, Educator and PeaceBuilder. He brings many unique perspectives to his work around the world. He learned the fine arts of storytelling and dance from his Malawian culture spending many long days and nights listening to stories and dancing to music that captivated his mind, shaped his being, nourished his soul and strengthened his spirit. Using performing arts Masankho motivates and inspires people of all ages to work together to bring about peace, social justice and cultural understanding. In 1997, he started UCanDanc? African Healing Arts to bring his passion for dance and storytelling to communities around the world. Masankho has been a Certified InterPlay Leader since 1999.
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Phil Porter

Phil is one of the founders of InterPlay. He is a teacher, performer, writer, and organizer. With Cynthia Winton-Henry he is the co-founder of WING IT! Performance Ensemble, and has written several books, some in collaboration with Cynthia, including Having It All: Body, Mind, Heart & Spirit Together Again at Last and The Slightly Mad Rantings of a Body Intellectual Part One. Phil is particularly interested in the use of InterPlay in organizational life, and believes that InterPlay can be a powerful tool to create communities of diversity and peace.
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Trish Watts

A singer, songwriter, and educator with over 25 years experience as a performer, animator and creative arts facilitator in Australia and overseas. Creative Director for InterPlay Australia, she has completed studies in Voice Movement Therapy in the US. Trish has published over 8 collections of original music. She offers workshops and retreats in singing, creativity, spirituality and body wisdom. For more info see the International Association for Voice Movement Therapy, InterPlay Australia Association, and in the US: www.Interplay.org
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Cynthia Winton-Henry

Cynthia is one of the founders of InterPlay. She is a teacher, writer, dancer and organizer. With Phil Porter she provides leadership to InterPlayers around the world and others interested in integrating body wisdom in their life and community practices. Her books include What the Body Wants, Northstone Press, Dance: A Sacred Art: Discovering the Joy of Movement as Spiritual Practice, SkyLight Paths Publishing, and Chasing the Dance of Life: A Faith Journey, Apocryphile Press and Having It All: Body, Mind, Heart & Spirit Together Again at Last. She is certified to administer the Focused Energy Balance Indicator to people interested in the four primary patterns of movement. To learn more about her current speaking and teaching visit her blog, Mystic Tech.
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