Springtime in the TN Mountains! aaaahh....
TN Mountain UNtensive- Knoxville- Leadership Exchange- April 21-23
Masankho Banda and
Diane Saliba Ault
east of Knoxville, TN
Fri-Sat-Sun 3 Full Days April 21-23rd
April 21-23rd, 2006
Riverdale School, Strawberry Plains, TN
3 Full Days of Fun in the Mountains!
Our second big leaders exchange is happening! We'll have 20+ workshops, opportunities for performances, focus sessions, a Leadership Graduation Ceremony, and lots of time for rest and relaxation! Masankho Banda of Oakland will be coming back with his master-full, play-full gift for facilitating, as well as dozens more InterPlayers from all over.
A sampling of the workshops includes: African Inspired Dance, Drumming IS Dancing!, HeArt Play, Lightening Up withYoga, FLOWetry, Simply Stories- Building Cross Cultural Community through Play!, Embodying the Enneagram, The Spiritual Spoken Word, Music 4 the Moment!, and many more. Details, registration, directions, program descriptions, and leader biographies available at WWW.INTERPLAYTN.ORG. (Registration ranges from $100-$250- don't let cost be a barrier)
We have space for a few more workshops by InterPlay Leaders. Send your ideas for workshops you would like to do to diane@interplaytn.org by March 18 and be included on the roster! The cost for workshop leaders is just $100 and there is camping at the school or motels nearby at a discounted rate.
The format will be a large morning group with Masankho and then four concurrent afternoon playshops led by experienced InterPlay leaders. There will be nightly gatherings with an opportunity to perform for the large audience and a closing celebration on Sunday evening. Camping is available at the school and motel accommodations are nearby.
(some barter available- please don't let $$ be a barrier!)
Folks who have already signed on for the workshops are Ed Haggard of The Love Drums, Anna Matheson doing an enneagram workshop, Marquetta Dupree leading African Inspired Dance, Emily Green, Lee Renick, Garth & Sandy Whitcombe, Candy Paull, Montanez Wade, Anna Moore, Katherine Correa, Shanti, and several more... We''ll have a great group!! Come be part of the magic. It''s a great opportunity to try out a new workshop with lots of WILLING, experienced InterPlay people!
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Cost: $100 presenters, $175 leadership program people, $190-250 general
Registration/Information: Call Diane Saliba Ault at 615-884-8074, diane@interplaytn.org to submit your workshop proposals. Please help spread the word in your community.
Venue
Riverdale School
east of Knoxville, TN
there is an airport in Knoxville you can fly into, but there will also be transportation available from Nashville if you choose to fly into there... we had an InterPlay Open Space event two years ago in the fall in this venue and really loved the interplay with NATURE... beautiful big oak trees in the schoolyard meadow and camping available inside and out... the school has a large gym with a good hardwood floor, and 4 high ceiling classrooms that also have good floors... get directions and more detail at www.interplaytn.org soon...
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.
Masankho can also be reached at these phone numbers: +265 99 255 5338 or 88 113 8655 (available on Whatsapp / FaceTime)
Also: Skype : kamsisi
Facebook / Twitter: storytelling4u
Diane Saliba Ault
Diane is a longtime community organizer, activist and artist who wears lots of hats! Her roles are many but her vision is one: wholeness for all.
She has served on the boards & staff of many church and community non-profit organizations, locally, regionally and nationally and has a passion for community-building across lines of race, class and culture.
She loves the simplicity and elegance of the InterPlay forms and shares them with other adventurous souls in Nashville and other parts of TN! She has organized over 350 InterPlay gatherings in the last 6 years and is building a strong mutual support network of community artists. She is in the fifthyear of teaching the InterPlay Leadership Program.
She has recently become the grandmother of twin boys and then another baby girl and enjoys the multicultural nature of her family. Her Moroccan son-in-law and daughter Sara live next door and between them they speak 5 languages.
She is interested in supporting the development of InterPlay in more areas, especially in the South. She is available for travel and exchange (body barters!) with other InterPlayers in other communities.
Cell phone is 615-594-4410