Classes
Level I - Beginning Hand Drumming
WHEN: Monday Nights beginning May 9th from 7pm to 8:15pm
WHERE: Sacred Groves
HOW MUCH: $15 drop in, or $40 per month
Level II - Ensemble Playing - Intro to Dialogues
WHEN: Contact me for details
Level III - Advanced ensemble playing and phrases
WHEN: Permission required - Contact me for details
Weekly Classes
Join us every Monday night at Sacred Groves from 7 pm to 8:15 pm for a lively Hand Drumming Class. I provide limited drums (Djembes, Ashikos, Dununs, etc.) The class is a $15 drop in, or $40 per month.Sacred Groves Drum Dance
We start with a drum circle and instruction for beginners at 5:30pm. At 6:30 we share a potluck dinner, then spend the evening having some rip-roarin’ fun for anyone who can keep up with us. Suggested donation: $10-20. Open to men, women and children who want to drum and/or dance."No one knows when our ancestors were first inspired to tap out a beat, but what is known is that each of us innately understands how to drum! You spent about nine months curled up in your mother’s womb listening to her heart beat a steady pulse... lub, dub...lub, dub...lub, dub. This natural rhythm was entrained — literally downloaded — into your nervous system and can be tapped into once again, no matter how musically challenged you think you are. Lots of adults learn through drumming that they have creative abilities that were repressed. Children discover new talents …"
Dr. Stephen Koc in "This is Your Brain on Drums … Any Questions?"
Anansi is the central figure — a trickster spider — in a series of stories that originated in West Africa and has been retold and recreated in many other cultures, including the Caribbean. In oral cultures, the telling of stories often is accompanied by hand drumming. Anansi has become such a familiar part of oral culture that it now is a word that represents all sorts of stories and the colorful way in which they're told.
