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Jeff Stewart Book/DVD Release 'The Spirit of World Drumming, Drum Circle Fun for All Ages"

Spirit of World Drumming Book+DVD by Jeff Stewart Product Description: A spirited global tour of drum circle instruction for the classroom and community; my book includes a comprehensive DVD showcasing school and community drum circles. People who want to discover their spiritual need to drum are welcome to let me take them on a journey of WORLD MUSIC. My book begins with the African forms of drumming and moves through diverse cultural forms of music/drumming from all around our world. Africa… Continue

Added by Jeff Stewart on July 19, 2009 at 2:04am — No Comments

Paul Dear Post Playshop 2008

What an amazing experience that all was.... I really believe our community has reached a whole new level of maturity..it was so heartening to see such integrity, support and playfullness all combined...New facilitators werer all awesome, brave, creative and taught us oldies a thing or two (On many levels) I have uploaded a couple of videos from my time in Senegal in response to a few requests..they are on my page in the my videos bit...can't figure out how to get them into the main video bank???… Continue

Added by Paul Dear on September 11, 2008 at 10:21am — 1 Comment

Mark J DeMaio a 3rd wheel

Hello to you reading this.

My name is Mark and my alter-ego is Third Wheel. Third Wheel offers support services to people, ideas, things, art, etc. A large part of my time is spent mentoring or tutoring at risk youth in the Orlando area. Something I'm thankful to provide for them is introductions to the spirit of the drums and drumming. I believe that to overcome our demons, we need models of positive repetitive behaviors. There is something very true to that saying about idle hands. I… Continue

Added by Mark J DeMaio on January 15, 2008 at 6:16pm — No Comments

Jim Donovan DVD for your drumming events

Dear DCF friends,
I hope that you all enjoyed the holiday season. Personally I'm ready to jump in to 2008!

As some of you may know, I have just released my first instructional DVD entitled Rhythmic Foundation : Interactive African Drumming for Everyone which is designed to serve the beginner to intermediate drummer.

I've been thinking of creative ways to bypass traditional distribution channels to be ab… Continue

Added by Jim Donovan on January 5, 2008 at 7:27pm — 1 Comment

tim wow

is all i can say about a drum session i had this morning with a Autistic child high on the spectrum,to cut a long story short hes has been in rest bite all week,so i dare say missin his mom and dad lots.well anyway i set lots of instrument stations all around the class,and waited for him to initiate,well it was good and we were having lots of child led interactions,well then it came to the resonance board,he sat on it and then i placed 2 djembes on it and started a slow heartbeat rythum,well

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Added by tim on October 20, 2007 at 12:24am — 1 Comment

Paul Dear UK Facilitaor Playshop

so how was it guys and gals?
Learn anything new?
Re learn anything old?
How about anyone who was there posting a brief synopsis of your experience...warts n all please.
Pablo

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Added by Paul Dear on October 10, 2007 at 8:55pm — No Comments

Pete Ellison The lagging Blog

I must admit, I am not real good at keeping blog posts up to date....so if this page does not update as frequently as it should...I apologize in advance.

Anyone have a good lead on inexpensive wooden frogs? I have a set that I need to release into the wild as they suffer from broken legs or worn out backs....kids can be harsh on this stuff.

What do you call a wooden frog with 4 broken legs? -> A wood block?


What's your answer?
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Added by Pete Ellison on October 2, 2007 at 8:59am — 1 Comment

Kaoru Check out my new website!

EXTREME KAOLIMBA WEBSTE http://dr.kaolimba.com/ Continue

Added by Kaoru on September 30, 2007 at 3:45pm — No Comments

Steve Hill Auto MP3 playing on main page

I can go to photos and videos and groups and forums when I choose (and, likewise, not when I don't); but, uniquely, the mp3 starts playing as soon as I log on - I don't get the choice to listen or not.

I'm usually listening to something terribly interesting on Radio 4 when I'm online, and find the 'auto play' intrusive. Irritatingly, the 'stop' button doesn't work straight away - I have to stab at it in an irritating sort of way. Anyone found a way of not having it start unbidden?

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Added by Steve Hill on September 15, 2007 at 9:27pm — 2 Comments

John walter Everybody Rumble........

Greg Whitt has just joined as the 50th member of the forum.
What do you like about it?
I like seeing everyones faces and picking up little threads of conversation that lead nowhere.
I like hearing the mp3's with many different flavours.
What would you like more of?
I'd like less grey ghosts and more faces
I'd like more videos.


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Added by John walter on September 11, 2007 at 10:37pm — 2 Comments

Eric Stuer Sept 10 2007 - Eric's first ning drumming activity blog

hello World,
We have been this week to the Irving Main Library, to do a program, and Alassane, Deb and I had a wonderful time there with J'Ann Alvarado, a friend and a kids' librarian we met in Dallas, at Kalani's 2006 Drum Circle Music training.. J'Ann has started a little rhythm class, a 4 week series, which now, several months later has a waiting list, and we are so proud of her. Great work,J'Ann. Alassane brought Sabar and… Continue

Added by Eric Stuer on September 10, 2007 at 6:59pm — 3 Comments

Paul Dear Not another bloody forum???

Only kidding.....I am more than happy to waste away what precious free time I have on another internet forum...are there any smilies here????
So for those of you who don't know me here is a short intro.
For those of you who do here is the truth:)

I have been drumming for a long time now, mebbe 30 years or so.....I have worked with many different teachers from many different cultures and in many different styles...I am happy to report that I am still learning...I trained in techn… Continue

Added by Paul Dear on September 10, 2007 at 5:05pm — No Comments

John walter UK Playshop only 4 weeks away

The bookings are rolling in and the energy is hotting up. If you have booked but not paid, then pay soon by emailing Yasmine outreach@drumcircle.com so that we can start fitting you into the accomodation list. This is me:

So now you know who I am when you arrive at the venue. Do contact me with any queries
John Continue

Added by John walter on September 9, 2007 at 6:42pm — No Comments

Jeff Stewart Spirit of World Drumming, Drum Circle Fun for All Ages

My objective in life is to provide my World Community opportunities to participate in a variety of community oriented drum circles. Drum circles are to promote education, health and well being. Most importantly an environment for everyone of all ages, cultures and especially ability to participate.

I was chosen for good reasons to struggle with major health problems so that I can relate and help people who are struggling with

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Added by Jeff Stewart on September 7, 2007 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Jim Oshinsky Here are some music samples:

I put two music samples on the playlist: One is a good example of what happens at Music for People events, the other is a song I wrote about what happened in New Orleans with Hurricane Katrina two years ago. The first example: Hang Drum, Guitar, Violin and Voice - an improvised quartet from a recent Music for People event outside Philadelpia, PA, USA. Ron Kravitz on Hang, Lynn Miller on voice, Frances Miller on violin, Jim Oshinsky on guitar. The ensemble takes the first 30 seconds or so to pla… Continue

Added by Jim Oshinsky on August 30, 2007 at 5:52pm — No Comments

Jason Isla Hello DCF Forum

I am fairly new to drum circle facilitation, but have been drumming for 10 years and playing music for 25. I hold drum circles for many types of venues and help other DCF's in the area. I love helping others enjoy the creation of music and hope to spread the community building power of drum circles.

I am quite actively playing with multiple bands and dancers in the Central Florida Area. I will add more drum circle mp3's to the page in time.

I hope to see you all in action! Continue

Added by Jason Isla on August 29, 2007 at 4:35pm — No Comments

John walter Scouts Centenary

Over two days we ran about ten hours of drumcircle at an international scout camp in the New Forest. At one point there were 6000 scouts on site. We had kit for 100 and people came and went as they pleased. The tent filled when it rained and thinned out when the sun shone. The highlight for us was the Ghanain Scout Troupe coming and joining us. First a couple of boys turned up and pumped up the drumming then a few more and after half an hour we had the whole troupe plus their leaders all drummin… Continue

Added by John walter on August 7, 2007 at 10:02am — No Comments

Laura Cousins Here's an extract from my usual Blog

I run a regular once-a-week session for mothers with children at a nursery school in Bournemouth. It's been quite hard going to get them going, if you see what I mean - lots of false starts and never more than 5 participants. Challenging!


"Had more participants this week, including the mother and daughter pairing. The mum is in her 50s and her daughter is in her late 20s, I guess.

I followed a similar format to last week, starting off by asking about the difference between… Continue

Added by Laura Cousins on June 26, 2007 at 1:41pm — 1 Comment

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