Glasgow’s Morning Dancer Party and Exhibition!
November 24th, 2011 § 0
Broomielaw Protest/BBC Appearance/Party!
November 23rd, 2011 § 0
Some updates of upcoming events over the next few days! Please spread the word as you deem(ing) fit ha ha!
Thursday 25 November 2011 – noon-2pm
SAVE THE BROOMIELAW – PROTEST
After £7.7 million (completion 2009) invested in the beautiful Broomielaw space I’ve been dancing in the past 20 months Glasgow City Council will be tearing it up to make way for a rather horrendous development costing the taxpayer millions of pounds. On Thursday the 25th November from 12-2pm there is a protest organized.
For more info follow this link:
http://www.newglasgowsociety.org/events/save-broomielaw
Friday 25 November 2011 – 1030am-noon
FRED MACAULAY SHOW – BBC RADIO SCOTLAND
The Broomielaw Dancing Queen will be making her appearance once more on the Fred MacAulay Show. This time there’s a live studio audience, and mayhaps even… dance instruction..??? Have a listen! Things kick off at 1030am.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017cqtp
Sunday 27 November 2011 – 5-10pm
LEAVING PARTAY – Open Mic/Exhibition!
Things are getting organized for Sunday’s Party, we’ll start with a chilled out vibe, with Miss. Electric Gypsyland leading the way…feel free to come for some food or drinks and watch as an eclectic mix of music, film and theatre unfolds… still open mic spaces for planned or spontaneous performances! Please email or call if interested! deemingdreaming@gmail.com
It is also the opening of the Exhibition “Glasgow’s Morning Dancer” by Chris McNulty and Julie-Anne Barnes that will run until the 27 December.
If you can’t make it please consider donating to the Edward Starr Trust, whose aim is to support projects that make children smile!
http://www.justgiving.com/Katee-Deeming
THANKING YOU!
xxxx
Open Call for Performers
November 10th, 2011 § 0
OPEN CALL FOR OPEN MIC NIGHT!
PERFORMERS/ENTERTAINERS/MUSICIANS/POETS…
‘Feel Good Factor – Goodbye Dancing Lass!’
Charity Event to Benefit the Starr Trust
Sunday 27 November – 5-10pm
Café Hula – 321 Hope St. – Glasgow G2 3PT
This is the going away bash for Kate E. Deeming, Glasgow resident for 12 years, Broomielaw Dancing Queen, Green Faerie of Pollokshields and Mad Gal!
(http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/last-waltz-for-broomielaw-s-dancing-girl-1.1132394)
If you’d like to perform please email deemingdreaming@gmail.com, with a description of your performance, each slot will be between 5-20 minutes, we will be scheduling some in advance, in addition to there being open 5-10 minute slots on the night!
The Evening is to be MC-ed by the marvellous Paul English and confirmed acts include San Fran and the Siscos, Miss. Electric Gypsyland, and the premiere of the film ‘Scotland Dances’ by Benoit Moulanier! In addition there will be an exhibition of photographs by Chris McNulty (pictured above) featuring my Broomielaw dancing….
I am raising money for the Edward Starr Charitable Trust (http://www.starrtrust.com/), I hope to raise £4520 before I leave for Argentina (to study dance and write my book ‘Hope Dances’!) representing £10 per day of the 452 days I’ve danced since 1 March 2010, in all weather, witnessed by thousands of people.
The Starr Trust’s aim is to support projects that make children smile. I have personal experience of this organization having been generously supported by them when I was doing dance work in Sri Lanka. The way I see it, it’s like paying the smiles forward!
http://www.justgiving.com/Katee-Deeming
Suggested donation for the event is £5 at the door, however you are free to give more (or less if you are struggling). If you can’t make the event please consider making a donation!
It’s sure to be a fabulous and fun evening, would love to see you there.
Thanking you!
Peace and love and love and love
Kate E. xxxx
Party invite on Facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=294704007220562
*Pictured film by Rob Casey & Annie Brown
*Images by Chris McNulty as part of the paper camera project
A New Capitalism? and PARTY announcement!
November 7th, 2011 § 0
Hello lovelies!!
Had a house sale on Saturday. It would appear my pricing in regards to items in my home is not much better than my Ebay sales. On Ebay I kept under pricing my objects and end up making 10p (or less) for 2 hours of work.
Over the weekend I set my house up like a ‘shop’, attempting to de-personalize it as much as possible, like a pop-up shop. To be honest however with all items on display there is probably not a more accurate representation of my life in things anywhere, save going into one of my 127 diaries I’ve kept since the age of seven (they are not for sale).
So when my friends and friends of friends ask me pricing for bits of pottery or books or furniture I can’t help but be influenced by
1. my relationship to that object, it’s backstory, and the fact is that, for the most part, that is priceless and
2. My relationship to that person – they have picked out one of MY things, certainly if they want it, they shall have it, and I cannot charge them for it.
I stand to be a very poor seller.
But something quite extraordinary happened.
My friend P. brings me a collection of dvds, a plant, some minutiae… I say ‘Eight quid??’ and he replies with ‘how about ten?’ And so it continued the rest of the day – I’d start with a ‘car boot sale price’ and my friends would offer more.
Such a lovely thing really. And I wonder if this is a new kind of capitalism, wherein the exchange of goods is based upon the best interest of the other.
I certainly hope so.
ANNOUNCING
THE FEEL GOOD FACTOR OPEN MIC NIGHT FUNDRAISER
To wish Kate E. Deeming Goodbye and Goodluck!
Sunday 27 November 2011 – 5 to 10pm
Café Hula – 321 Hope Street – Glasgow
Some highlights include:
*The Premiere of ‘Scotland Dances’ film by Benoit Moulanier featuring Kate E. Deeming
*Exhibition of Limited Edition Broomielaw Photographs by Chris McNulty
* Fab Music by San Fran and the Siscos
* DJ Magnificence by Miss Electric Gypsyland
*And many other entertainments to be announced…
If you would like to be involved via performing or help organize please get in touch!
Suggested donation at door is £5, however am looking to raise £4520 for the Starr Trust (http://www.starrtrust.com/) before I leave in December.
The aim of the Starr Trust is to support projects that make children smile! They are a wonderful organization and funded my work in Sri Lanka and fund a lot of creative projects that create happiness nationally and internationally. I figure as I’ve danced 452 days since 1 March 2010 and made thousands of people smile; this is a way of paying it forward! That’s only £10 per dance! If you’d like to donate please follow this link:
http://www.justgiving.com/Katee-Deeming
THANKING YOU
Love Peace and Blessings
xxxx
Kate E.
Mirrors, Seeing and Chi on the Broomielaw
November 2nd, 2011 § 0
Man comes up to me mid-pirouette
“Did you ever think about chi”? he asks.
This random exchange is pretty usual for me during my Clyde-side dances.
“Chi“? I reply removing my ipod earphones.
“I mean, is that what they call it”? he continues waving his hands about to indicate ‘chi’, eager to share the secret.
“Well it disappears once you pass the bridge over there… I had a neck problem and it just disappeared when I walked though here…”
Ah another day on the Broomielaw – the unfolding of people’s stories, those moments I love. He went on to tell me of something good he had done for his cousin years ago, he was sure that good thing had come back to him.
‘You know how sometimes you know good people? You do, I can tell…’
Finally the subject exhausted in his mind he ended the exchange with,
“Chi, aye. Have a good ‘un’
And continues down the Broomielaw corridor.
Thinking on this I am reminded that I’ve just sold my mirror. It’s a strange thing to go from having a mirror, to not having a mirror. It makes the activity of getting dressed entirely different. Add to that I auctioned my eye glasses on ebay months ago, and you might assume I have no way of seeing, or seeing myself.
HA!
I, of course, have a different opinion on that subject, well I’d have to, I haven’t ‘seen’ in months.
Ever hear of ‘block away beauties’ – those individuals who look positively delectable from a block away but when they get up close and open their mouths, oh good Lord, it quickly fades as the less salient parts of themselves escape via their gob. Of course it works the opposite as well, as people become more attractive the more you get to know them.
Personality does count for a lot. Good to note the word PERSON is included in PERSONality, rather than LIKEEVERYONEELSE-ality,. It’s attractive to be yourself, and to be happy to be yourself.
To actually SEE the other is a gift, because that PERSONs unique self is a gift, and to recognize that a blessing.
Just because I don’t have glasses doesn’t mean I can’t see, it means I ‘see differently’. I’d like to think it’s a little bit of Matisse of the eyes.
Maybe that’s MY chi. Who needs a mirror anyway!
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: My going away party will be on Sunday the 27th November at Cafe Hula, 321 Hope Street from 5-10pm. It is going to be an open mic night and proceeds will benefit the Starr Trust whose aim is to ‘help children smile’. More details soon, mark your calendars!
ALSO: I am selling my remaining furniture on gumtree, if you know anyone who is looking for ANYTHING please forward them this link! http://deemingdreaming.com/shop/ THANK YOU!