The Dandelion Daily

Recent gatherings across the area have left local participants eager for more. In Ashburton Town Hall, singers joined the Over the Moon (Drop-in Community) Choir, where local people gather to practise singing in harmony. Those who came along appreciated the supportive teaching in the spacious room, noting how quickly they felt at ease making music together on a welcoming afternoon.

Meanwhile in a field at Yeoland in Totnes, From the Ground Up: Soil Workshops at Yeoland offered community members the chance to explore the earth beneath their feet. Led by an expert ecologist, attendees used a specialist three-dimensional microscope to study living nematodes, mites and springtails. Participants found examining the hidden ground life informative and eye-opening, and their only recommendation was for organisers to hold more sessions of the same kind in the future.

A trio of local dance and movement events has been listed for the area. At the Jamming Station on Coronation Road in Totnes, Trancendance: First Contact promises four hours of tuneful progressive beats for those looking to come stomping. Nearby at Harberton Parish Hall, the Friday Night Dance Festive Drop-In offers a special seasonal session blending somatic movement with music and improvisation. It welcomes past dancers from the last thirteen years alongside newcomers thinking of joining next term’s regular series.

Meanwhile, at the Moor Imagination Centre on Chapel Street in Buckfastleigh, Relational Reflections Across Plural Worlds provides an exploratory movement workshop. Welcoming participants of all backgrounds and physical abilities with no previous dance experience needed, the gathering uses creative movement, guided improvisation and sensory exploration to look at how languages, geographies and identities shape the ways people relate to one another and the living world.

Local stages and meeting spaces have several gatherings lined up for the coming weeks. In Totnes, women are invited to mark the shift into winter at WILD POWER: A SAMHAIN GATHERING, hosted at The Hairy Barista. Guests can dress as their inner witch, goddess or wild self for an evening featuring an ancestor altar created with Anouska Beckwith, a seasonal plant-based feast by A Taste of Nutmeg, and music from DJ Kelda.

Just up the road in Buckfastleigh, the Moor Imagination Centre hosts HEATHENS!, a double bill of poetic chaos starring slam winner Jackie Juno and comedian Edward Tripp, where non-pagans are also welcome. Back in Totnes at St Mary's Church, Martha Tilston and Dartsong Chorus come together for a night of song and Christmas cheer, raising funds for a local charity.