Open
(Drum &
Dates: Many different Weekends
Cost: Free
Location: Meet at the Community Bon-Fire area
below cabin #2 at
Time: starting at
Bring your own drum(s) and / or other instruments
Coordinator: Larry Lemons, AKA Grandolf
llemons@cs.indiana.edu or by phone @ 304-788-0485 in the evenings.
Basically, the idea of the drum circle is just for a bunch of drummers to get
together and have a so called "jam session". Just have fun, and
drum together, and maybe even learn a few things from each other.
My name is Larry Lemons, AKA Grandolf, and I've been
drumming primarily hand drums, especially djembes,
and whatever other drums I can get my hands on, off and on for about 10
years I can teach some drumming techniques although I am not the
best. I'd still consider myself an intermediate. I was introduced
to hand drumming at Lothlorien, http://www.elflore.org/ at a festival they
call Elf Fest. After the first time hearing between 20 and 40 drums in an
open geodesic dome built for drumming, I was hooked. I bought a drum
within a a few years and was
attending workshops at Lothlorien held by Rythmquest members and was soon drumming with them all
night long. I've attended other Lothlorien
festivals, especially the Summer Solstice weekend, which was mainly held for
drumming, called Thunder Feast.
Some other percussion instrument ideas are egg shakers, tambourines, etc. Anything
that can be played along with drums are great.
I've seen guitars played along with the drums, but they tended to get drowned
out easily. Other things to bring would be comfortable clothing, a chair or
stool to sit on, if you want one, plenty of water, etc.
Hope that you can make it out.