December 8, 2012 3:00 PM Layne Redmond's "Priestesses of Rhythm: Past, Present, and Future" Live Streaming Event

Priestesses of Rhythm: Past, Present, Future Dec. 8 at 3pm EST Livestreaming through Google+ Hangout I'll be giving a short slide presentation on the ancient frame drumming priestesses and telling the story of how the frame drum drew me to Brazil to discover the amazing music, dance and traditions of priestesses of candomblé. Rosangela Silvestre will be joining us from Brazil to speak about the contemporary priestesses from the candomblé traditions in Bahia, Marguerite Rigoglioso speaking of Reawakening the Ancient Mediterranean Priestesshoods, Betty Lynn Schwab, who is dedicated to recapturing frame drumming for Christian worship today, Christine Stevens speaking of the healing power of rhythm, Rowan Storm speaking of spiritual traditions of Kurdish women frame drummers, Michelle Gould, an amazing astrologer on the heavenly aspects behind these traditions, Karen Tate of Voices of the Sacred Feminine and Miranda Rondeau on the frame drum and the sacred. I'll going to talk about how I was drawn to Brazil and began filming the priests and priestesses who dance the gods and goddesses down to earth to the amazing drumming of candomblé. And we'll be speaking about the process of completing this film, Axé Orixá on these fantastic traditions.From Layne Redmond: