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Since 1981 the California Traditional Music Society as held
its major traditional music festival each year on a date near
the summer solstice. A “solstice” is either of two
times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from
the celestial equator. The summer solstice occurs when the sun
is over the tropic of Cancer. To us in the Northern Hemisphere
the day of the summer solstice contains the longest period of
daylight, and the sun reaches the highest point in the sky at
noon. Thus “solstice” has become a synonym for “the
highest point”. For those of us on the CTMS Board of Directors
as for many others the Summer Solstice Festival is the high
point of the year. It was with great reluctance therefore that
the Board decided that we had to postpone the next Summer Solstice
Festival until 2010.
Although the 2007 festival was considered an artistic success
and was well received by those who attended, the festival lost
a significant amount of money, and the Board concluded after
meeting with members of the CTMS community that changes had
to be made to the festival and that postponing the Festival
will give us time to make those changes.
The root of the term “solstice” is from the Latin:
solstitium, meaning “Sun stands still”,
and while might appear that CTMS is standing still, this is
farthest from the truth! The Board has been holding many brainstorming
sessions over the past several months to create a system to
help us improve on our already spectacular festival. As part
of this process we have listened to you and have read your suggestions
and hope that you will continue to be our partner. In the next
weeks we will be setting up new high level planning committees
and will need volunteers. If you want to help please give us
a call at 818-817-7756, or an email to info@ctmsfolkmusic.org
or fill out the form below. Also, we may be calling about some
of you to share your thought with us via several surveys, and
your input will be vitally important to us.
If you would like to be involved with the planning for for
the next festival sign up for our "staff and volunteer"
email newsletter by filling out the form below.
The next Summer Solstice Festival will be upon us in the blink
of an eye. All of us at CTMS hope you will continue to be our
partners in this fine family festival in June 2010.
Look for updates here as they become available.
The Festival is supported by:
This list and all Festival
events are subject to change without notice.
Sponsorship
Please contact Lisa Richardson at 818 817-7756 about
Festival Sponsorship and Advertising opportunities,
or use our Feedback Form to contact the Executive Executive Director by clicking here.
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