April 13, 2022 Joule L'Adara

We're going to 🌸SUPER BLOOM: A Women's Handpan Gathering in May!

Join us next month at SUPER BLOOM: a Women’s Handpan Gathering taking place May 13th-15th located at Peace Temple in the Catskills Mountains near Hancock, New York.

“We aim to bring women handpan players and enthusiasts together for a relaxing weekend in the woods. Steeped in nature, with the handpan as our guide, we invite women looking to awaken, explore and expand their divine inner-compass. We are grateful for this opportunity to Super Bloom inner abundance into life … together.”

WE PLAY WELL TOGETHER will be providing Metal Sounds Spacedrums to try out and we’ll be giving away a Zenko Drum, Hokema Kalimba Sansula and other goodies to some lucky participants. We're looking forward to getting to know our handpan community up-close and personal at this gorgeous location for their inaugural gathering! (And wow, this is the first in-person event we'll be attending in 2 years! It's been a looong pandemic...)

The SUPER BLOOM Weekend Retreat will include:

🌸Intro to Handpan 🌸 Skills & Techniques 🌸 Composition

🌸How to Jam 🌸Singing with the Handpan 🌸 Sound Healing

🌸Soul-Crafts 🌸Cold Plunge in the Pond 🌸Relaxation

🌸Communing with Sisters 🌸Open Mic 🌸Fire Circle Jams

🌸Exploring the Land 🌸Try out WePlayWellTogether Instruments!

Super Bloom Interview

We chat together with the team behind

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Last week, We Play Well Together's Joule L'Adara hosted an Instagram Live session with the creative team behind Super Bloom. The women share why they were drawn to work with the handpan, how this gathering came into being, and why time in nature with music and sisterhood is so nourishing and especially needed at this time. You can check out the YouTube version of this long-form IG interview on our channel below:

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We're going to 🌸SUPER BLOOM: A Women's Handpan Gathering in May!

Join us next month at SUPER BLOOM: a Women’s Handpan Gathering taking place May 13th-15th located at Peace Temple in the Catskills Mountains near Hancock, New York.

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