Treeman Gathering 2009

This year’s Treeman Gathering http://treemangathering.com/ was a smaller event and and only about a third of the attendants from last year. But, it was still worth it. It was really good to hang out with everyone. I got the opportunity to get to know more people better than just casually meeting and at best remembering a few new names.

Stephen from http://www.wedidj.com/ was the main vendor. I made my only purchase from him. It was a hollowed out piece of drift wood! It will make a really nice didge when I’m all done working it. Has some nice shades of purple in the wood. Chad Butler http://bhumsiva.com/ had 6 or 7 sticks there. Jeff Lohr http://hallowedsounds.com/ was there, but nothing for sale. They had open mic before Jake on Friday and Saturday.

This year’s Treeman Gathering http://treemangathering.com/ was a smaller didgeridoo gathering than the first year. But, it was very much worth the trip. It was really good to hang out with everyone. I got the opportunity to get to know more people better than just casually meeting and at best remembering a few new names. Many thanks to Chuck Wilson for putting this together for the second year!

Stephen from http://www.wedidj.com/ was the main vendor. I made my only purchase from him. It was a hollowed out piece of drift wood! It will make a really nice didge when I’m all done working it. Has some nice shades of purple in the wood (see the driftwood didge post).

Chad Butler http://bhumsiva.com/ had 6 or 7 sticks there. Chad had a good workshop and tried to get in our heads a little by questioning our intentions with didge crafting, and using that to feed us with sort of a personal workshop in a group setting.

Jeff Lohr http://hallowedsounds.com/ was there, but nothing for sale. His didge crafting is amazing!!! Jeff also had a great didge crafting workshop. I still reference Jeff’s handout from last year’s workshop all the time.

Jake Duncan http://www.myspace.com/albanydidjeridu put on a great performance and had a decent question and answer type workshop. So that was good to get inside his head a little, and to hang out with him and others more than I could at a larger didgeridoo festival.

Chuck Wilson had a workshop with lots of good info that touched on performing and music theory and combined that with some great playing advice. Chuck also gathered us together for a morning drum circle.

I also had the privilege of learning about the Japanese Shakuhachi Flute from Jamie Orfanella. Difficult instrument, but the sound is very nice!

The schedule this year’s for TMG was more loose, and laid back. Some things were on schedule, and some things just happened when they happened. There was an open mic before Jake on Friday and Saturday. The state park where the gathering was held has awesome hiking trails with waterfalls, etc, and swimming.  GREAT FUN!!!

-Allan

Chuck Wilson - Steve Bachman

Steve Trying Out My Walnut & Gourd Didgeridoo

Jake Duncan's Sticks

TMG Pavilion

TMG Stickers - Thanks to Mike!

Hiking/Waterfall

Chuck Wilson & Jamie Orfanella Playing Didgeridoo/Shakuhachi:

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