Dear BC Burning Man Community,

I was looking for burners in BC and found this tribe. While this post is not directly about the BC burn, it is hopefully related enough and targetted to the right people in the community who could help me generate some ideas.

I am one of the directors for Gamelan X, a group from Oakland that has participated at burning man for many years. We give workshops in Kecak (aka monkey chant), play shows, use solar and veggie fuel, and have been the group (along with the Loyd Family Players) who have processed with the lamplighters to burn the man on Saturday for the last 2 years. We have also been the headlining act on the main stage for SF Decom for the last 2 years. We are an ensemble of 11 people and samples of our spankin' new album (to be officially released on Feb 22nd) are available at www.gamelanx.com.

Anyways, we are playing in Portland on March 2nd with the March Fourth Marching band for their annual birthday blowout and we are looking for a way(s) to continue our trip up the coast to Seattle and BC. This is an open letter to anyone who might have an idea (big or small) or general interest in helping Gamelan X get a gig in BC on March 6,7, or 8.

Please eel free to pass on any of this info to anyone who may be able to help bring a taste of the Oakland Burning Man community to BC. My direct email is danbales@gmail.com.

Thank you and Happy Holidays,

Dan