Author Archives: Alan

Sunday Drumming Started!

Last Sunday, May 6, 2012, there was an impromptu drum jam at Goose Spit, with about a dozen drummers. We met on the leeward side of the Spit, where the sun beat down on us nicely. So Sunday afternoon drum jams are happening, as long as the weather is decent, which it was last Sunday. Time: 2:30 [...]

Drum Circle on May 5, Sat.

Hello Everyone! This Saturday, May 5th, 2012, from 10:00 – 11:00 am at the Simms Pavilion in Courtenay (just down from the 5th Street Bridge, by the river), I will be facilitating a community drum circle. This is a spontaneous drumming and rhythm event with no specific rhythms being taught – simply an opportunity to [...]

Exciting drum/dance event: April 27-28

Mark your calendars! Master drummer Kocassale Dioubate and partner Sasha Belle will be back in the Valley at the end of April, offering a full two days of workshops!   Kocassale Dioubate, from the Mandingo tribe of Guinea, West Africa, is a descendant of his tribe’s griots – traditional story-tellers, entertainers, musicians, praise singers, counselors, [...]

Sunday Afternoon Drumming

  Sunday Drumming April 15th, 2:30- 5:00 Greetings everyone-hopefully spring has finally arrived. We’ll be drumming again in the Salish Building in Lewis Park (Courtenay) on Sunday. Please join us.