Connect with your inner drumming spirit and connect with your fellow drummers in this hour and a half interactive drum circle. Learn about West African and Cuban drums such as the djembe, ashiko and the conga, as well as a variety of percussion instruments. Learn basic patterns to compliment your drumming team and share in the "spirit of the groove!"

 

Participants engaged in "Feeling the Spirit of the Drum" circle will be introduced to a fun and interactive program designed to build unity among the group. The hands on activity will be geared to develop and maintain a cohesive "groove" by working as a percussive ensemble. 

 

Prior to drumming, an ice-breaking activity titled "The Four Elements" begins the session. Each participant has the opportunity to share with the group what element (water, wind, thunder, or lightning) they are feeling like or associatied with. Corresponding instruments (rain stick, chimes, buffalo drum, and crash cymbal) are played following with a brief analogy of that element.