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New Brighton Dance Jam

jeff — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:31:11 +0000

This Friday night at 7.30 Lucy is hosting another Dance and Drum jam at the North New Brighton Community Centre. The Community Centre is on Marine Parade at the ocean end of Bowhill Rd. The last dance jam was a super fun night and well attended. Here is the poster for it…

Djembefola West African Drumming Forum

jeff — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:21:12 +0000

I highly recommend spending a few minutes reading some of the posts at the Djembefola West African drumming forum.

There are hundreds of useful tips and interesting stories about everything related to West African drumming. I have learned things that have really helped me understand and appreciate the depth and richness of African drum and dance.

For example, one of the members gave this advise to a question of how to keep good timing while drumming for an African dance class, “I tell people to watch the dancers feet…the good dancers with good timing.”

Intermediate Drum Class

jeff — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:12:12 +0000

Starting on Monday July 13th, I will be teaching an ongoing intermediate drum class 7-9 pm at Abberley Park Hall.

If you are interested in coming to this new African drum class, send me an email or let me know next time you see me.

Happy drumming