OAK CITY DRUMS coordinates community rhythm circles throughout the Triangle area. The Raleigh Drum Circle provides loaner drums and small percussion items for these events. Feel free to bring your own hand drums or to borrow one on a first come - first served basis.
SPECIAL EVENTS COMING UP:
***Beginner's Drum Class! Four week series begins Thursday, Aug 14, 7-8pm at my home studio in South Raleigh. Loaner drums available. Pre-registration required. Space limited to not more than ten. $50 for the series. To register, email greg@oakcitydrums.com
***Drumming with Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority at NCSU. In support of pal Scott Swimmer of DrumSTRONG. Thursday, August 28, 2008.
***Drum Circles at Simpsonville Arts Festival, SC. Drumming with pal Jana Broder of DrumMagic! Saturday & Sunday, Labor Day Weekend, 2008.
***West African-Inspired Drum Session with Heartwood Montessori School. September 11, 2008.
***Drumming at SparkCon 2008. A weekend-long creativity conference at Moore Square Park. Drumming early afternoon, September 20, 2008.
***Attunement Circle coming soon. Check back for details.
RECURRING EVENTS:
LAKE JOHNSON JAM
3rd Mondays from 7pm - 9pm
Lake Johnson Park
4601 Avent Ferry Road
For info, call the park at 919-233-2121.
$3 Admission Fee per person.
During the Winter, we're inside the
community building at the boathouse.
During warmer months we're outside
when weather permits.
DRUMMING IN THE VILLAGE
4th Sundays from 3pm - 4:30 pm
(March thru November, 2008)
Ten Thousand Villages at Cameron Village
435 Woodburn Road
For info, call the store at 919-821-1100.
Free Admission.
***Music Department at UNC-Chapel Hill, Tuesday, July 29, 7-9pm. Private event for 60 music camp students.
***Drumming at the Raleigh Community Fire and jamming with Rhythmicity, Friday, July 25.
***Free Beginning Beginners Drum Lesson, Wednesday, July 23.
***Fu Hsing Camp @ Meredith College, Thursday, July 17. A private performance and rhythm event for 35 kids from Taiwan.
***All Arts & Sciences Camp Parade at NCSU. June 26, 2008. This is where it all began for me - watching 300 kids follow a djembe player through campus! I've been volunteering to lead the parade ever since....
***DrumStrong in Matthews, NC, May 3-4, 2008. See www.drumstrong.org for details. This is a fantastic event for a fantastic cause! We averaged 80 drummers for 26 hours of continuous drumming!
***Drumming for the Hoop Jam at Pullen Park, April 21. Got a GREAT drum-based chakra alignment from Billy Two Rivers! This will be a weekly Wednesday evening event - 6:30 to dark!
***Drumming for Spirit Dance at Franklin Street Yoga in Chapel Hill, April 27. With pal Simon Tisman for this freeform movement and dance activity.
***Junk Music Theme Night at the Lake Johnson Jam celebrating Earth Day, April 21, 2008.
***Raleigh Rocks Half Marathon, Downtown Raleigh, April 5, 2008. Raleigh Drum Circle supported area runners with impromptu grooves near the finish line!
*** Attunement Circle, March 13, 2008. To attune is to harmonize. Extended grooves and unison rhythms on frame drums. Guided imagery, Native American flute, Australian didgeridoo and even violin over improvisational small percussion including shakers, bells, chimes, and gongs. More than 20 people participated and described this event as cleansing, connective, and energizing. Many thanks to MX and 10KV for lending instruments!
***3rd Annual Drum Circle Facilitators Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC, February 22-25, 2008.
***West African-inspired drum lessons with Southern Wake Montessori Middle School, Feb 18, 2008.
***Youth Group drum lessons with Wake Forest Baptist Church, Feb 10, 2008.
*** Drum Circle for Student Night @ Newman Catholic Student Center, UNC-Chapel Hill, Jan 15, 2008.
***Drumming for "Speak Truth to Power" exhibit opening reception at NC State University's African American Student Center, Nov 13, 2007.
**OCD and blue lotus yoga & movement arts were proud to host Rusted Root percussionist Jim Donovan for his Rhythm Renewal workshop, Nov 3, 2007.
*** Rites of Passage drumming with Southern Wake Montessori middle schoolers, Oct 29, 2007.
*** Drumming with friends from Rhythmicity and River Rhythms in front of Marbles on Moore Square, downtown Raleigh, to kick off Crop Walk.
*** Drumming for Flow Yoga Classes at Gateway Yoga, July, September, November.
*** Drum Tuning Class for the staff at Ten Thousand Villages, Sep 19,2007.
*** Raleigh Drum Circle's 5th Birthday Bash on Monday, Sep 17, 2007. More than 130 attended the event. The potluck was fantastic, the entertainers phenomenal, and the didge jam was awesome!
*** Universal Rhythms Workshop at blue lotus yoga, Sep 2, 2007.
*** Drumming with At-Risk Teens at Second Round Youth Center with my pal Ronnie Pulley of Drums on Fire!
*** Basic Hand Drumming Class: a four week Sunday am series, July 2007.
