17-830: (Redirected from Steve Kent ) Stephen , Steven , or Steve Kent may refer to: Stephen Kent (musician) , didgeridoo/ambient musician Stephen Kent (network security) (born 1951), American pioneer of network security systems, recipient of Internet Hall of Fame Stephen A. Kent , Canadian religious scholar Stephen Kent (chemist) (born 1945), University of Chicago chemist Steven Kent (television producer) , American television writer and producer Steven Kent (swimmer) (born 1988), New Zealand swimmer Steven Kent (baseball) (born 1989), Australian professional baseball player Steven L. Kent (born 1960), American author and reporter known for his coverage of video games Steve Kent (politician) (born 1978), Canadian politician, member of
34-556: A clothing optional event, and skyclad attendance is common. Starwood offers approximately 150 workshops , on topics including alternative lifestyles , political & spiritual activism , spiritual traditions , consciousness-altering technologies and substances (such as biofeedback , sensory-isolation , mind machines , entheogenic and other mind-altering substances ), martial arts & movement systems, history , magic , folklore , art & music , metaphysics and environmental issues. There are classes on
51-573: A solo artist and appears on recordings of group projects such as Trance Mission, Beasts of Paradise, and Lights in a Fat City. He has also done session work with artists such as Airto Moreira , and Badi Assad (on her album Chameleon ). He produced and performed on the album Halcyon Days (1996) together with Steve Roach and Kenneth Newby , and performed on the soundtrack of the Terence McKenna video Alien Dreamtime with Spacetime Continuum. Starwood Festival The Starwood Festival
68-517: Is a professional didgeridoo performer, percussionist, composer and recording artist. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area . Forming the band Lights in a Fat City (with percussionist Eddy Sayer & producer/sound engineer Simon Tassano), he made the first contemporary releases of didjeridu music in the northern hemisphere (the landmark LP/CDs Somewhere and Sound Column on These Records, since reissued by City of Tribes) in 1988. With
85-471: Is a seven-day New Age neopagan and world music festival. It takes place every July in the United States. The Starwood Festival is a camping event which holds workshops on a variety of subjects. There are also live musical performances, rituals , bonfires , multimedia presentations and social activities. It is a clothing optional event, and skyclad attendance is common. The Starwood Festival
102-641: The Buckeye Trail ) in 1988 and 1989. The event moved to Brushwood Folklore Center, a private campground in Sherman, New York . from 1990 through 2009. Since 2010, Starwood has been held at Wisteria Campground in Pomeroy, Ohio . The event began as a weekend festival, and grew over the years to a seven-day event. Attendance has grown from 185 in the first year to peak at around 1800 people in 2002, and has stayed between 1500 and 1650 since 1999. Since 1982, Starwood has been
119-680: The Starwood Festival in 2006, featuring Stephen Kent, Peter Valsamis, Geoffrey Gordon, Eda Maxym and cellist Rufus Cappadocia . (Kent had performed as a soloist at Starwood the previous year, opening for Brazilian percussionist Airto Moreira . ) In the 21st century, Stephen Kent released two more solo CDs, Oil & Water and Living Labyrinths , on his Family Tree label. Recent projects include several years of combining with Tuvan throat singing sensations, Chirgilchin as Karashay, ongoing work with Moroccan musician Yassir Chadly, performing with Malian oriented bluesman Markus James and his group
136-573: The drumming and dancing styles of Africa , South America , Ireland , the Middle East and elsewhere. All-night drummers' bonfires are held each night of the event in at least two locations: the "Paw Paw Patch" for larger drums such as djembes , and the "DidgeDome" for smaller drums such as bongos and tablas , accompanied by didgeridoos and quieter instruments. There are concerts held every lunchtime, dinnertime, and evening, and all-night multi-media enhanced parties in an inflatable structure called
153-474: The "PufferDome" and in an adjacent area called the "G-Spot". Starwood provides child care and children's classes and programs in a playground area called "Kids' Village", and a schedule of classes and activities for teenagers. There are several areas devoted to multi-cultural ceremonies and rituals, and a non-Native sweat lodge . Friday night features a multi-media presentation, (often including fireworks , lasers , fire dancing , and synchronized music), and on
170-624: The City of Tribes label over as many years in the mid-nineties. After several European tours and many live appearances on the West Coast of the US, Loose and Newby moved on to other projects while Custer and Kent continued as Trance Mission, with Eda Maxym (also of Beasts of Paradise) joining on vocals and Canadian Peter Valsamis on Drums/Samples. This version of Trance Mission produced a live CD, "A Day out of Time", in 1999. Another version of Trance Mission performed at
187-543: The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Mount Pearl North Steve Kent (baseball) (born 1978), German-born baseball player Steve Kent ( Home and Away ) , fictional character on the Australian soap opera Home and Away Stephen Kent (astronomer) , American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
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#1732880333776204-860: The Wassonrai (who include Kamale ngoni master Mamadou Sidibe), Eda Maxym's Imagination Club, and the Del Sol String Quartet (with whom he plays the work of Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe ), who recently performing at the Library of Congress in Washington DC. His current projects include two trio groups oriented towards Indian music. One is Australian Bebop Ragas with Teed Rockwell ( Chapman Stick /Fretboard Tapping Instrument) and Sameer Gupta ( Tabla /Drums). The second, Baraka Moon, includes Geoffrey Gordon (Drums/Percussion) and Sukhawat Ali Khan (Vocals/ Harmonium ). Kent has released several recordings as
221-479: The band Trance Mission , he joined the ranks of Jon Hassell , Steve Roach, and Robert Rich in exploring primal, techno-tribal music. Trance Mission was co-formed in San Francisco in 1992 by Stephen Kent (Didjeridu/Percussion), Beth Custer (Clarinets/Trumpet), John Loose (Multi-Ethnic Drums/Samples), and Kenneth Newby (Asian Winds/Digital Atmospheres), making up the quartet which produced 3 globally acclaimed CDs on
238-452: The final night a torchlight procession leads to a huge bonfire. Starwood is attended by people of all ages. Followers of diverse beliefs attend Starwood. According to the event organizers, the festival is designed for members of all spiritual paths to share their customs and beliefs. Some specific groups whose members regularly appear at and attend Starwood include the Church of All Worlds (CAW),
255-481: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Kent&oldid=1050638814 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Stephen Kent (musician) Stephen Kent
272-668: Was founded in 1981 by the Chameleon Club, a recognized student organization at Case Western Reserve University , which later founded the Association for Consciousness Exploration (ACE). It has been operated by ACE since 1983 under its co-directors, Jeff Rosenbaum and Joe Rothenberg. It featured entertainment, public ceremonies and rituals, and classes on subjects such as sensory isolation , Kirlian photography , Neopaganism, shamanism , Wicca , holistic health , tarot divination , Thelema , and past life regression . The first Starwood
289-734: Was held July 24–26, 1981 at Coopers Lake Campground, the same site as the Society for Creative Anachronism 's Pennsic War in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania . From 1982 through 1985 it was held at Devil's Den Park in New Philadelphia, Ohio , a former state park run by Whispering Winds Nudist Camp . In 1986 and 1987 it was held at Bear Creek Amphitheatre (part of Bear Creek Resort Ranch KOA ) in East Sparta, Ohio , and at Echo Hills Ski Resort in Logan, Ohio (on
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