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You can now read the latest Naflute Blog entries here on the NCFC website:

NEW: Yosemite Flute Festival - September 26, 27, 28 - 2008

The Yosemite Flute Festival is happening this month in downtown Oakhurst, CA. Oakhurst is just outside of the south entrance to Yosemite National Park. This is the first annual event, and we want to make it HUGE SUCCESS. There is no cost to attend the event and visit the vendors and hear the open mic music. There are also a ton of great workshops happening throughout the weekend and the best part will be the concerts on Friday and Saturday evenings, featuring Mary Youngblood, Vince Chafin, Scott August, Jeff Ball and Mark Holland. Some of the best flute makers in the country will be there selling their crafts.

If you are planning to attend, then we need your help to volunteer for an hour or two. The Norhern California Flute Circle is co-sponsoring this event and we need your help and your time to make this a success. All of the volunteer information is available on the Flute Festival website.

If you haven't considering attending, I hope that you will give it some thought. This will be a memorable event.

Voice of the Circle Summer 2008 is now online

This newsletter includes Part 1 of a special interview with Mary Youngblood.
NOTE: We are delayed in mailing the paper copies of the newsletter to our membership. NCFC Central is still recovering from Mary's B-Day party. The newsletter will be in the mailing following the July 4th holiday weekend.
You can download and read your copy here.

NCFC History Page is now online: click here

Join the NCFC Collective and participate in discussions: NCFC Collective

You will need to request an online membership in order to participate. This is free for NCFC members, follow the instructions online.

Exciting Events coming up:

The calendar format has changed, we are now using an interactive calendar for all of our activities. You'll find the calendar here: http://ncfc.collectivex.com/calendar. (be sure to change your bookmarks)

NCFC Classifieds are back up

NEW LISTINGs UP!!Check out the classified ads:

Check the Calendar for the latest in local flute circle events:

Anyone is invited to join the regional flute circle events, regardless of your skill. Come join the fun, learn something new, meet other fluties.

About the Northern California Flute Circle

We are a group of friends who love Native American Flute music. We range from total beginners to exquisitely talented musicians, and all are welcome. We gather once a month at the home of a member (the location rotates around). Check the calendar for our upcoming flute circles (meetings) in different geographic locations.

During our flute circles we further our understanding of the Native American Flute-how to play it, how to make one, it's history, etc. We often experiment with playing with other players and we sometimes do exercises that expand our skills a bit. We also bring food to share and have a really good time! Click here for photos of some past flute circles.

There are usually a few guests at each flute circle-a friend someone brought along, or someone who is curious about the Native American Flute but may never have even played an instrument before. Guests are very welcomed and encouraged! We can teach someone to sound good on a Native American Flute in about 3 minutes so guests often get hooked on their first try.

While the Native American Flute is obviously a traditional instrument from Native American culture, it's enjoying a rapidly growing popularity among people from all demographic groups and very few of our members have any Native blood in their family history at all. Most of us were instantly drawn to the hauntingly beautiful sound of the Native American Flute, and came to learn how surprisingly easy it is to play. It's much easier to play than a traditional silver "transverse" flute that you have to position perfectly below your pursed lips to play. Anyone can play a Native American Flute and we encourage you to join us and give it a try.

New! Mike Oitzman is "blogging" again about the Native American Flute. Check it out here