A series of Free and by Donation Workshops
Finding Our Voice With SORNE
Three 2 HOUR WORKSHOPS crafted especially for All Souls
Sunday Nov. 1 -Virtual Workshop- $22/ 40 person max hour session
Wednesday Nov. 4 – $20 6pm Solar Culure Gallery 31 E. Toole Avenue
Friday Nov. 6th Dance of the Dead Concert- Free admission for workshoppers
Sunday Nov. 8- Procession Ceremony- Free
“If you can talk you can sing, if you can walk you can dance.” – Zimbabwean proverb
Experience
SORNE guides fellow singers through a series of basic vocal exercises with the intention of opening the heart and mind, breaking through inhibitions and mental barriers, allowing for the exploration of the voice.
SORNE uses harmonies from his music so that attendees can sing along during his performances if they so choose.
Virtual Workshop Register Here
Memorial Lantern Making (toronagashi) with Odaiko Sonora
Since 2005, Odaiko Sonora has strived to bring obon, Japan’s beloved Buddhist ancestor festival, as our contribution to the All Souls Procession.
Title: Memorial Lantern Making Workshop
Honor loved ones passed and decorate a cover for a lantern to be carried in the All Souls Procession at our lantern making workshop.
October 29, 5:00-7:00PM, Moto Sonora Brewing Company (1015 S Park Ave), FREE
October 24, 1:00-3:00PM, UA Poetry Center- Helen S.Schaefer Bldg, 1508 E Helen St. FREE
Decorate a lantern for the desert toronagashi (floating lantern ceremony). Draw, paint, write your story of loss on a lantern cover, which will be carried by a stranger in the Procession. In this way, we share the common experience of grief and celebration of life. We will provide lantern bases, rice paper covers, paints, markers, glue, etc. Bring photos of loved beings you’ve lost, words of letting go, and other safely combustible items to affix to the lantern covers. After being carried in the Procession, the covers will be placed in the Urn to burn at the end of the Finale.
Title: Obon Dance and Chant Workshop
Learn the dance and chant performed as Odaiko Sonora follows the urn, and walk with us in the All Souls Procession
Inspired by the Buddhist tradition of obon, an ancestor remembrance festival, and by the desert environment that we call home, Odaiko Sonora performs a folk dance and chant as we follow the Urn through its All Souls Procession journey. Learn both at this workshop, and walk with us during the Procession behind the drums providing the heartbeat of the Urn.
October 31, 10:45-12:15PM, Rhythm Industry Performance Factory (1013 S Tyndall Ave), FREE
Stories We Carry: Remembering Loved Ones with Digital Storytelling
The people we love stay with us—in the stories that still make us laugh, the traditions
we continue, the wisdom we hear in their voice, and the ordinary moments that become
precious with time. In this two-session, interactive workshop, you will bring a memory of
a loved one that you are ready to write about and transform it into a 3–5 minute digital
story, weaving together the story with photos, video, music, and other meaningful
artifacts to honor your cherished memories and their life.
For more info: dreifuss.heather@gmail.com
Schedule:
Friday Evening Sessions
When: Session 1: Oct. 23 and Session 2: Nov. 6th, 5:30pm-8:30pm
Where: Four Walls Community Center, 2585 N. First Ave.
Sunday Afternoon Session
When: Session 1: Oct. 25th and Session 2: Nov. 1st, 1:15pm-4pm
Where: The Historic Y Conference Room, 738 N 5th Ave.
Online Session
When: Thursdays, Session 1: Oct. 22, and Session 2: Oct. 29, 5:30pm-8:30pm
Registration link: https://forms.gle/x9HkUSFYtzVuzpkdA
Honoring Minab School
A 3 part Puppet and Movement Workshop in collaboration with CITY HI
Monday Oct. 26 3 pm 47 E. Pennington Street
Movement workshop (1 hour) Syncing breath and movement to move as a group
Wednesday Oct. 28 2pm 47 E. Pennington Street
Puppet making workshop- assemble and customize our puppets (2 hours)- all materials provided
Thursday Nov. 5th 6pm – Dress Rehearsal – All Souls Stage- 267 South Avenida del Convento
Sunday Nov. 8th- 6pm Finale Ceremony Performance–
We walk across the stage during the All Souls finale Procession Finale Ceremony
All Ages welcome- Students with their families preferred.
