Please join us in the Salish Room in Lewis Park on Sunday for further explorations of rhythm. Drumming, singing, rhythm instruments welcome.

Donations gratefully accepted for the hall rental. See you there!

Please register for the CRA drumming classes by phoning 250.338-1000.
Neither the beginners nor the intermediate class is full (as some of our members were told mistakenly!). The session runs from Feb 20 – Mar 26, and most likely there will only be an intermediate class as there are no registrants for beginners as of yet.
For the Fallen Alders drummers, I plan to run both a beginners and an advanced session. Same dates Feb 20 – Mar 26. I will then take a two week break with my kids (spring break). FYI: beginners normally take a beginners session anywhere from 2 – 5 times before they feel ready to advance to the intermediate or advanced stage. Please feel free to chat with me about “graduating”! Generally, as a beginners class advances together, they morph into an intermediate level class together – so there is something to be said for a class “sticking together”…

Class times have not changed:
CRA Intermediates at the Upper Native Sons, Mondays 11:45 – 12:45 pm.
Fallen Alders Beginners 5:15 – 6:15 pm and Advanced 6:30 – 7:30 pm.

Some students have asked for a dun dun (bass) drum workshop; watch upcoming emails for details! Glad to hear more folks are interested in the duns!

Some other upcoming events not to be missed are:
TaKeTiNa in March
and
African drum and dance (with Koca and Sasha) in April!

Spring has sprung – watch your emails and my blog for more news!
In the spirit of rhythm,

Monica
http://rhythm-spirit.blogspot.com

In the short days and long nights of this time we are truly in the heart of darkness Please come to celebrate the rhythm and beauty of our winter days together. 

Sunday  Jan 22, 2012 Salish Bldg at Lewis Park 2:30–5:00

Please join us for drumming this Sunday the first full moon of  2012

Salish Building at Lewis Park  2:30-5:00     January 8

The Salish Building is located right next to the Courtenay River, in Lewis Park, to the west of the Courtenay Recreation Centre. Park in the parking lot between the Centre and the swimming pool/ kids water park.

Hello All Drummers:

Pre-Christmas drum jam:

Salish Building in Lewis Park, Dec 18th, 2011, Sunday afternoon, from 2:30 to 5:00.
Open to beginners, intermediate, and advanced drummers.

Drum Dance Sing Joy.

Djembe Drum

Sunday Christmas drumming: Salish Building in Lewis Park, Dec 4th, 2011, Sunday afternoon, from 2:30 to 5:00.
Open to beginners, intermediate, and advance drummers.

Come and see if you can play along to “Jingle Bells” or some similar Christmas tune! Drum Dance Sing.

Have you seen Santa play the drums? Watch Santa play the drums – I think it IS Jingle Bells (a bit corny this is) – on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TimtUcoYoqw

Sunday drumming: Salish Building in Lewis Park, Courtenay, Nov 20th, 2011 – 2:30-5:00.

Drum Dance Sing.

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TIP: improve your rhythm by using this free online metronome: http://simple.bestmetronome.com/ This is a great tool to practise playing with, try to keep a steady beat – the metronome is exactly even, and blending your steady drum rhythm with it helps you to be a better drummer. Practise makes perfect! Let us know how it goes for you below…

Sadly there are not enough committed to Monday evening beginners lessons, so we will try again in the new year but for now no beginners class at the Fallen Alders.

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Intermediate drumming continues for another 6 weeks at the Upper Native Sons Hall in Courtenay, Monday mornings 11:45 – 12:45 pm.

There may be a beginners class running Monday mornings as well, 10:15 – 11:15 am at the Tsolum Building in Lewis Park, dependent on the number of people who sign up by Friday November 4th.

Please register for Native Sons and Tsolum drumming through the CRA at 250.338.1000. Fallen Alders registrations at the door.
Cheers!
–
Monica
http://rhythm-spirit.blogspot.com