June 21 - National Day Of The Gong

Happy National Day Of The Gong! On June 21, today honors the gong’s unique history among instruments of sound, creativity, and healing. 

Mighty and gentle, earthy, and celestial, this extraordinary instrument is a conduit of Creation. With an international cultural history, the gong offers sensory and multi-dimensional sounds.  

Thanks to artisans worldwide, gongs come in an array of sizes, designs, and origins. As an instrument, they are both beautiful in design and performance. 

While gongs originate in the East or Southeast Asia, they also have an ancient history in Rome. 

Stonehenge of Texas in Ingram

Percussionists play these circular metal discs by striking them with a mallet. The tones or pitch vary depending on the size and shape of the gong.  

Other factors impact the tone as well. For example, gongs may be rimmed or rimless, shallow or deep. They may also be flat or bossed or knobbed in the center. The mallet also influences the resulting music and is used to play rhythms, creating melodies. 

While the gong is an ancient instrument, it has become a profound presence within diverse performances and ceremonies. It also offers modalities for the Mind-Body-Spirit.  

Traditional and contemporary artists bring the gong alive through imaginative and effective spectrums of expression. 

HOW TO OBSERVE 

The celebration encourages us to enjoy, explore, create, and collaborate on this powerful day. Listen to the gong and its fascinating sounds, vibrations, and work in the world! 

Other ways to explore on #DayOfTheGong include:

 

• • Discover the different styles of gongs and the sounds they make. 

• • Attend a performance. 

• • Learn to play the gong. 

• • Find out how a gong is made. 

• • Meditate or attend a spiritual session using a gong. 

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HISTORY 

 
GongtoGo.com founded National Day of the Gong to celebrate the extraordinary ways the gong can impact the Mind, Body, and Spirit. 

Since 2009, GongtoGo.com has been taking the gong where no gong has gone before.  

Dedicated to expanding the outreach and applications of the gong, Anne Marie Dorsa enthusiastically shares her gong in unique, engaging, accessible, and transformational ways.  

Her tagline for GongtoGo.com is: The gong is more than a dramatic effect: the effects are dramatic! 

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Anne Marie Dorsa 
Central Texas…and Beyond~! 

https://www.gongtogo.com 

Anne Marie of Gong to Go performing at the Texas State Capitol

In 2017, the Registrar at National Day Calendar® proclaimed the National Day of the Gong to be observed annually on June 21. 

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June 21 - National Peaches 'N' Cream Day

Happy National Peaches 'N' Cream Day! Observed annually on June 21, today recognizes a sweet way to eat ripened peaches. 

It’s also a perfect way to begin and end the summer solstice. (See National Daylight Appreciation Day for the meaning of summer solstice.) 

https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-daylight-appreciation-day-june-21/ 

Peaches’ n’ Cream is a simple, traditional and delicious summertime dessert. Of course, the Georgia peach is in season during the month of June, as are those grown in Florida, California, and South Carolina.  

Make some homemade vanilla ice cream to sweeten the deal, and your peaches’ n’ cream will be all the cooler.   

Almost any seasonal fruit goes well with chilled cream, and peaches are no exception. The sweetness of the fruit combines with the silkiness of the cream for a refreshing summer treat. It’s so delicious, we keep coming back for more!  

It’s interesting to note that doctors theorize Typhoid Mary may have spread the bacteria through cut up raw peaches in frozen ice cream. So wash those hands vigorously!  

With peaches just coming into season, it’s a good time to keep an eye out for them. Generally speaking, there are two types of peaches – freestone and clingstone.  

The flesh determines the kind of peach. How the flesh comes away from the stone or the pit in the middle of the peach gives it the name. 

When the meat comes away freely from the stone, the peach is a freestone peach; if the flesh clings to the peach, it’s a clingstone. 

HOW TO OBSERVE 

What’s your favorite kind of peach? A great way to celebrate the day is by visiting your favorite fruit stand or orchard and picking up some fresh peaches.  

Afterwards, give these peachy recipes a whirl: 

Peaches 'n' Cream 

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/22753/peaches-and-cream/ 

Peaches and Cream Muffins 

https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/peaches-and-cream-muffins/ 

Plus, this Southern-style recipe book, The Peach Truck Cookbook: 100 Delicious Recipes For All Things Peach (2019) is perfect too using those peach stand wonders. 

https://www.amazon.com/Peach-Truck-Cookbook-Delicious-Recipes/dp/1501192671/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=Recipes+for+peaches&qid=1592494689&sr=8-2&linkCode=sl1&tag=zoovioinc.-20&linkId=b697e0dec40cffa3c998b5be7e075c50&language=en_US 

Use #NationalPeachesnCreamDay to share on social media.  

 

HISTORY 

National Day Calendar® is researching the origins of this peachy holiday. However, next month is National Peach month, and you don't want to miss out!

 

https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/peach-month-july/ 

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