When people think about the therapeutic effects of music, they might imagine pianos or harps. They don’t usually imagine the percussive thwacks and bangs of drums.
Two sixth-graders in a hand-drumming circle at Kirk Elementary School in southwest Fresno weren’t feeling like drumming. But as their peers’ drumming got louder and more enthusiastic, the girls ...
The smiles began with the first drum beat. The giggles showed up about five minutes later. Within the first 15 minutes, someone joked, "All we need are margaritas." Welcome to the Music 4 Life Drum ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Staten Island Urban Center, Alkebulan Consciousness Rising and the Staten Island Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society recently celebrated Black History Month ...
They've got the beat and they want others to join them. The West Michigan Drum Circle (WMDC) invites anyone and everyone to take part in the monthly circle held at Shore Acres Park in Laketown ...
You don't need mad skills like John Bonham to have fun slapping some skins or tearing up the tubs. As it turns out, the only information you need in order to join a drum circle can simply come from a ...
The Gullah Geechee Family Foundation will hold its 8th annual Gullah Kwanzaa Celebration on Tuesday afternoon. Organizers say ...
PORT ANGELES ­– Approach the Longhouse a little late on a certain night, and you hear thunder. Come inside, and you’re enveloped in vibration between hands and skins, wood and beating hearts. This is ...
Every Sunday at 3 p.m., as long as the whether permits, at the peak of Meridian Hill Park in D.C., an oasis of people from all different walks of life come together to create a drum circle. There are ...