Cassandra Spellbound

✨️ TONIGHT AT 6:30!!! ✨️

✨✨✨You're Invited!!!! ✨✨✨ Looking forward to sharing another evening of sound and connection with my community. Hope to see you there!!!

I'm returning to the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes tomorrow (8/21) for their *Serenity In the Sun* event! Join us for an evening of wellness activities and other great programming from 5-8- check out their website for more details (shakerlakes.org) My Sound Bath will be under the gazebo at 6:00pm! Hope to see you there!

I had SEW much fun volunteering with for their annual Sew-A-Thon this past weekend!!!! What an awesome opportunity to connect and collaborate with Cleveland's stitching community and to work together for the greater good.

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This was a large scale social manufacturing initiative where hundreds of tote bags were made from laundered hospital curtains by many people working throughout the day. Over 600lbs of fabric was kept out of the landfill from this project and the bags that were made will be used for various community based needs and charitable programs.

I loved spending time with the group that I was paired with and meeting other amazing people in the sewing, sustainability, art, fashion, music, broadcasting, and educational worlds as well. It made me feel so proud to be a seamstress and to be part of Cleveland's sewing and creative community!

Sharie Renee has been a sewing and sustainability champion in Cleveland for ages! I first learned about her work when we first met about a decade ago. At the time, I was working at Jakprints () in their sewing and embroidery department and she would stop in sometimes and we would save her certain materials. Every once in a while I'd stop into her shop Cosmic Bobbins () where they hosted classes, offered embroidery services, and sold upcycled goods. Years later, she was at my library branch hosting a sewing class for refugee women, and we recently connected again earlier this year. It's incredible how woven together Cleveland is and how amazing she is at bringing people together and making meaningful change in our community. 💖

For more information on the work that does, go give them a follow or visit their website http://www.clevelandsews.org - There are some great articles and news features about the event too, she has posted about some of them on Instagram, or just Google "Cleveland Sew-A-Thon"

📷: and various participants of the event

🌟 IT'S OFFICIAL! 🌟 After six months of learning, experimenting, hosting three public performances, and hauling my gear all over town- I'm so excited to share that I finally came out of the sound healing closet!!! 🎶🎶🎶

I realized recently that this isn't just a hobby anymore, it's something that I'm going continue to do more of this year and beyond. I'll admit, I was kind of nervous when I first started thinking about getting into sound healing but now know that I'm on a really cool path, have a unique point of view, and people actually like experiencing it. Also, I'm excited to get WEIRD with it and incorporate pedals, sequencers, and other instruments into the mix as well.

I'm so lucky to have different platforms and supportive people to share my work with- I've reached over 75 people with the gift of sound already! It's been a really interesting process for me to put myself out there and to push myself creatively. I've learned so much throughout this journey and especially about being a business lady now, which is something that is exciting but also strange to navigate sometimes.

It's also been marvelous to meet new people, network, collaborate, and think of interesting ways to immerse ourselves deeper into the art of listening. Making those connections is something that I think has been really healing and helpful not just for me, but for others too.

I'm going to be taking a quick break from performing so I can focus on some other creative ventures and personal matters, but do have some upcoming gigs lined up for the Spring - the details just haven't been finalized yet. I'm also starting to think about performing outdoors in the summer- I've got my eye on a quarry, swamp, and beach. So stay tuned!!!

Thank you for going on this journey with me! 💖

Sincerely,
Cassandra ✨ Spellbound

Ps, thanks to my pal .subwick for the awesome first picture and for constantly being a positive influence on me. We all know you're one of the real MVPs at City Hall haha! 🙃