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1. Drumcircles
There has been quite a substantial movement of Djembe drums into Southern Africa over the past 10 years and the popularity of drumming increased immensely filtering into suburbia and the corporate realms. There was a time when at certain festivals like Rustlers Valley one could hop onto a drumming workshop and experience the joys of group drumming, without owning a drum or having ever played one. Then as the drums became more popular and accessible locally, workshops started popping up in the suburbs and more people started getting their own drums as they got exposed to this form of self expression. At the same time the concept of teambuilding with drums was introduced into the corporate world which steadily gained popularity introducing more and more people to the joys of drumming. Soon there were many drummers around who wanted to drum with others and the community drum circle was formed. The community drum circle is not dominated by one person nore is it like a workshop but more free flow where everybody gets to contribute with the goal being to synergise and reach a state of group mind. You could say this is a more a jam session than a precise rhythmic articulation. This is a place where drummers and like minded people gather• People play improvised rhythms. Music is created in the moment. In the Drumcircle, there is no audience. Everyone is part of the performance. You can always learn some new rhythms and every circle changes with different drummers from different cultures and backgrounds bringing their own rhythms.
Johannesburg's main drumcircle has been going for over 6 years and was originally held in Robert Bruce st Fourways hosted by Bj with many good memories. But then as a result of Neighborly complaints was moved to Riversands where we had some awesome sessions down in the forest but after a couple of moons it left Riversands for 1 last session at Robert Bruce st. Dreams of Fire then became host and it moved on to White Shadow Lodge, Muldersdrift where Dreams of Fire was based at the time. With this change it saw the introduction of UV Decor and funky lighting. Lots of great memories were made there but After 18 moons it was once again forced to move as a result of noise intolerance by the Neighborhood. The time was right for change as what more appropriate place for it to move to than to the edge of the Cradle of Human Kind. Basecamp was the first venue, another beautiful piece of land with an open space and country feel in the muldersdrift area, where it continued to grow in popularity.Unfortunately it was lacking adequite facilities for the growth of it. Then the time came to get a Newmoon circle going and another venue in the area - F & T was considered. The newmoon circle was born and got well supported and the venue being more suitable for the winter we decided to move the Fullmoon drumcircle there to. We had some good sessions there with healthy growth of supporters and a lighting and decor extravaganza unfolded unique to Dreams of Fire.
Drumming is known to be very therapeutic and if one follows the rhythms of nature like the moon cycle then you will know that the waxing period before fullmoon is the creation or manifestation time hence the growing larger of the moon to full. After that it is the waning time a period for release of old and out dated patterns and habits. |
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Your Host Adrian Dreamweaver
Photo's of the drumcircles
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www.dreams-of-fire.co.za
Note: Please respect the rights of the artist. All artwork, designs and photographs appearing on this website belong to Adrian McLeish remain his sole property and as such are protected by the Copyright Act No. 98 of 1978. Included in that is all fire equipment design light design and all choreographed fire shows. All rights reserved. No part of his artwork/designs, choreographed shows or images may be reproduced, transmitted or modified by any means whatsoever, electrical or mechanical, including photo reproduction, photocopying and recording, computer scanning, or by any information storage or retrieval system without the written permission of the copyright holder. Such permission is subject to a fee if granted. |
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