3. Telephone, fax, and e-mail __________________________________________________________
4. Professional interests
__________________________________________________________
5. Special interests in Indonesia __________________________________________________________
6. Health problems, if any __________________________________________________________
Your Japan Airlines flight departs
from Los Angeles (or alternate city at a different time) on June 14 at 1:40 pm. You will have a free overnight and breakfast
at the Nikko Hotel in Osaka, a short
walk from the airport. Although you must pay a departure tax of approximately
$25 the next morning, the room would normally cost about $350 and the breakfast
$25, so it's actually a real bargain!
Please enclose a deposit of $200 made
out to "Center for World Music" and send to Dr. Robert E. Brown,
Center for World Music, 4417
Shade Road, La Mesa, CA91941, as early as possible to ensure a seat on the plane. High season
flights will fill up very quickly.The
number of participants will be limited, with selection made on a first come,
first serve basis. Payment is fully refundable up to May 1, 2003, if plans have to change. Otherwise, the balance is due on that
date.
Bali workshop for three weeks--international travel, hotel
roomsinJapan both ways, accommodation, 3 meals a day
as needed, tuition, two excursions, all events at the Payangan
Festival, June 30-July 6$1,995.00
Optional four-day tour in Central Java—round-trip
air from
Bali, all local travel, visits to monuments and other sites, grand
evening in the MangkunegaranPalace with royal dinner, gamelan
and court dance performances, a visit to Dalang Oemartopo in
Wonogiri village, hundredth
birthday celebration of K. P H.
(Kanjeng Pangeran Harya) Notoprojo
(Pak Tjokro, Java’s greatest
musician), the first two days of the Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival,
with an optional extended stay in Java after the tour ends$295.00
Total enclosed _____________on ____________
(date)
Balance due by May1_____________
The World Music Workshop (Bali only) ends on Sunday, July 6, with departure on
Monday night, July 7 and arrival in Los Angeles around noon on Tuesday, July 8. Those who participate in the optional tour to Central Java return to
Bali and depart on Monday, July 14, and arrival on July 15. Participants
who wish to extend their stay in Indonesia may request departure on any day (except Thursday, Friday or Saturday)
up to August 12.Please indicate first
and second choices if you wish to return after July 15. It is important to
book your return as soon as possible because return flights normally fill
up early and are difficult, if not impossible, to change once you are in Indonesia.
Return date: First choice ______________Second
choice____________
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION: Cultural tours
and workshops in Indonesia led by Dr. Robert E. Brown have been offered by the Center for World
Music since 1971. Most participants enjoy the broad scope and relaxed approach,
and there have been a number of repeat customers. The Indonesian people are
famous for friendliness and hospitality and you will quickly feel at home
there.
This year's World Music Workshop is
a development from many previous workshops, which began in 1971 with the first
organized on-site study program in Indonesia for Javanese and Balinese performing
arts that was especially set up for foreigners. The success of many of those
first participants who have used the experience to become leaders in their
fields has inspired the continuation of workshops and cultural tours over
more than thirty years.
The 2003 World Music Workshop is designed
primarily for members of gamelan clubs, dancers, and puppeteers in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia who wish to have an intense training with leading teachers. The
musicians will be able to bring back materials (notation, cassettes) to share
with their groups. The program is also designed to be flexible enough to accommodate
those who do not yet have this particular kind of background so that they
will be able to immerse themselves in a rich cultural experience through performance
study. We anticipate offering some introductory experiences with other varieties
of world music, as well: African mbira, drumming, and dance; South Indian
singing and rhythm through drum syllables; early European music, Middle Eastern
drumming and ney (flute); classical dance of India, and perhaps Turkish mehter band.
Participants in the workshop will organize
and present performances of world music and dance during the two final days
of the Payangan Festival, immediately following the three weeks of workshop
sessions.During the final week they will be
able to attend nightly Festival concerts of rare kinds of gamelan and dance
in Payangan village.Last year the
performances by workshop participants were a great success and warmly received
by the locals.This year the weekend
sessions will end with poco-poco (pronounced pocho-pocho) line dancing, for
whichlessons are available to everyone as a part of the workshop.This dance craze is now popular all over Indonesia and provides a good opportunity for enjoyable interaction with the
villagers of Payangan.
Before you can board the flight in
Los Angeles or
elsewhere you are required to have a passport valid for at least an additional
six months. Unless there is a change, sixty-day tourist visas are automatically
issued to citizens of most North American or European countries at the port
of entry in Indonesia. No shots are required, but you may wish to check with your doctor
for his/her recommendations. Malaria has been eradicated from the areas we
visit. A detailed information sheet offering advice about Indonesian etiquette,
climate, clothing, packing, and health can be found elsewhere on the website
(Advice to Passengers).
Each participant is responsible for
personal accident, health and travel insurance and by signing below acknowledges
the intention to provide it. Your signature absolves the Center for World
Music and its Directors of any future responsibility for illness or accident
during the tour period.
Signed _______________________________Dated
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Please mail as early as possible, and
at the latest by May 1, 2003 to: Dr. Robert E. Brown, President, Center for
World Music, 4417 Shade Road, La Mesa CA 91941, e-mail:
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and telephone (619) 440-7200.
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and telephone (619) 440-7200.