Drum Jam in the Community
We run regular drum circles in London..
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recent community event..
"I wanted to say thank you so much for Drum Jam’s participation
in our recent Music Festival last month. Justin and his assistant were
absolutely fantastic. They were so patient and extremely enthusiastic…
and boy, did they work hard, especially as it was a really hot day! The
whole event was wonderful and added such a nice touch to the whole Festival.
We will definitely have you back, if you’ll come! I know the audience
thought they were just terrific and everyone really enjoyed themselves
(myself included, especially as I got to play on the big drums!) We were
also delighted to have several parents and teenagers in the audience,
one of whom came up to me at the end and raved about the workshop."
Anne Hatton - All Saints Church Music Festival
At Risk Centres, Prisons, Community Centres & Festivals
- During festivals we are the perfect all round entertainment
- loud, funny and colourful.
- We work in community centres with different age groups.
- In prisons - Drumming helps inmates with confidence and relationship
issues. Responsibility and Respect for Others metaphors
are experienced.
- Children at risk have somewhere to go to enjoy off the streets.
- Improves confidence and self-esteem.
- Tobacco, drug and alcohol education is easily taught in the
relaxed space of a drumcircle.
No community too large, we are very flexible with our programs
and will work in consultation to produce a great result.
Read about Drum Jam
in the METRO News (London)
Article Printed in April 2004 The Metro News has a readership
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A Community Drum Circle
by Arthur Hull - Founder of Village Music Circles™
“A
community drum circle is a group of people coming together
and playing various drums and percussion in various pitches to create
a percussion melody and drum/rhythm song.
The
spirit and magic of rhythm expressed on drums and percussion
instruments cuts through all ages, sexes, religions, races and cultural
boundaries. The quality of the music produced in an event like this
is not based on the rhythmical expertise of the players, but on the
quality of their relationship with the other people in the
circle.
The result is those magical musical moments where one powerful
voice is created out of the many. In those moments, the players stop worrying
about keeping time because time, as they know it, has stopped. In its
place is a living breathing entity, expressing timeless joy,
passion and release through the power of rhythm. That is the
beauty of a community drum circle” - Arthur Hull
Photo's from the First Community Drum Circle put on by Drum Jam and Somesh
in February 2001..
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