Part Theater Performance. Part Shamanic Ceremony.
Final performance! December 22nd- Sunday)
Location: The Minnesota Opera Center, 620 N 1st St., Downtown Minneapolis, MN 55401 Click here for a map
The Box Office opens at 6:15. The House opens and drumming begins at 7 PM. Show starts at 7:30.
Tickets: $25 (plus about $3 in fees from the ticket service).
Contact: drummingthesoulawake@gmail.com
It's year 17 of this wondrous alternative holiday event!
Final performance! December 22nd- Sunday)
Location: The Minnesota Opera Center, 620 N 1st St., Downtown Minneapolis, MN 55401 Click here for a map
The Box Office opens at 6:15. The House opens and drumming begins at 7 PM. Show starts at 7:30.
Tickets: $25 (plus about $3 in fees from the ticket service).
Contact: drummingthesoulawake@gmail.com
It's year 17 of this wondrous alternative holiday event!
"You've created a perfect "spiritual but not religious" alternative holiday event.
It's at once funny and mystical, silly and poetic, irreverent and authentically devout.
And ultimately very moving. Thank you!" -GM
It's at once funny and mystical, silly and poetic, irreverent and authentically devout.
And ultimately very moving. Thank you!" -GM
Participatory. Communal. Solstice Sacred Wahoo
You'll be inside the thunder of 100+ drummers (and be one of them, because everyone drums - bring your own, or borrow one from the "Great Mound 'O Wahoo." You'll laugh out loud at least 11 times. You'll open your ancient connection to the Great Mystery as you hear the chorus of singers chant shamanic songs inspired by Celtic and Nordic tradition, and powerful mythic stories that teach us how to reconnect with our soul power in these confusing times. The evening culminates in a joyous visionary ceremony in which the "Antlered One" - an embodiment of the divine feminine and powers of the earth, comes to give you a blessing of life force at this, the darkest time. Dancing and ecstasy are encouraged (but not required).
Tickets are nonrefundable after December 10.
You are absolutely free to enter the experience in any way that is meaningful to you. You don't have to believe anything or do anything that is not authentic to you. You are free to see it as a theatrical performance, as a sacred ceremony, as surreal dance-spoken-word-art, as worship, or as a lucid dream. Wahoo, indeed.
The performance space is wheelchair accessible. There is parking across the street in the parking lot, and down the street at a ramp. We love children, but this event is not suitable for young children (extended silence and darkness, deep ceremony and the storytelling is aimed at adults.) Teens accompanying parents are welcome! This Year's Wondrous Musicians
What audience members say:"Dear Jaime Meyer, I don't know who you are or how you learned this, but you blew my mind in exactly the way I've been wanting. I haven't felt this alive in years. Thank you." -- RF
"A fabulous night of merry making and blessing—as always. Thank you Jaime" - KL 'Loved loved loved it! So powerful and healing. Just what I needed. Thank you for offering this profound event." - JT "I feel compelled to tell you that this event had a profoundly positive effect on me...the repercussions of which I am still processing three months later...I have taken this experince into every day since, and the structural shifts have been powerful, and visceral. Thanks for what has been a catalyst in a beautiful, and sometimes intense, exploration." Thank you for the fantastic Sat eve winter solstice event. I have never attended a drumming event--much less a winter solstice event and I loved it---felt renewed and blessed. Thank you. Looking forward to future events....and I especially loved dancing with you!!" "Crazy Amazing. It's like church on acid." "Just wanted to say what an amazing experience last weekend was. I felt the reindeer goddesses coalesce into a sisterhood as you rattled around the reindeer hide and antlers. It was a transcendental moment for me in which I loved my life and felt incredibly grateful for everything of every flavor that has led me to where I am now. So Be It." "Wow! What a great night with so many blessings for all beings in all realms! Such beauty and a good feast for the Ancestral World! We both felt deeply blessed and healed by the ceremonies and the magic that you and the team wove for us!" "I want you to know I found the service Friday night to be powerful, authentic and healing. I know shamanic shape-shifting and merging when I see it. I encountered the spirits in a powerful way through your leadership, Jamie. And I thank you!" "Thank you so much for Sunday night: beautiful show, great stories, needed ritual." "The wonderful energy created by your storytelling, the singing and the vibrations from the drumming was magical. Thank you for blessing us with this ceremony!" "We had an awesome time at the Solstice Ceremony. Jamie you are such a great storyteller. It was beautiful and entertaining. Thank you Jamie and the reindeer ladies for the healing." "Dear Jaime, one of your gifts with spirit is being able to open peoples hearts. At least for me that's true! The way you bring the reindeer to bless us in the Winter Solstice Ceremony, your drumming, your singing and storytelling - the way you hold a place for Spirit to show up and work with us- thank you." |
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Photos from past years' Winter Solstice Blessing:
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Here's a little snippet of the pre-show drumming...