• Encourage group fun
• Feel community connection
• Enhance listening skills and group communication
• Opportunities for hand-on participation
• Experiencing the simplicity and joy of rhythm
• Learning about something new
• Feel more relaxed
• Lots of smiling and laughing

"The Community Rhythm Circle is a fun, entry-level learning experience that is accessible to anyone who wants to participate. Drum circle participants express themselves collectively using a chorus of tuned drums, percussion, and vocals to create a musical song together having a great time." - Arthur Hull, founder of Village Music Circles

Great for Teambuilding, Fun in Community and
Multi-Cultural Rhythm Education

• Drumcircles are inter-generational family fun. Children, parents and grandparents alike feel the excitement, bonding, and satisfaction of making music in-the-moment together.

• Drumming is energizing for participants, and spectators, too. People leave the Rhythm Tent happy, upbeat, and ready to enjoy even more of what your Festival or Fair has to offer.

  

• Drumcircles offer a participatory "discovery experience." Participants may wonder, "Do I have rhythm? Can I really play and sound good? Can I contribute to our community song?" Guided by Rhythm Weavers facilitation, they discover the answer is YES! They leave with a boosted sense of creativity and empowerment, able to explore other Festival offerings with deeper engagement.

• Drumcircles are FUN! The offer a unique experience that spawns word-of-mouth promotion for your event.

Explore! Rhythm uses rhythm to create fun community building experience used effectively in a variety of environments for relaxation and stress release, refinement of motor skills, creative expression, enhancement of self-confidence and the dissolving of perceived barriers between individuals and the group.

We can assist with Community Rhythm Expression for Memorial Services and Weddings too.

Recent EXPLORE! Rhythm events:
For Teambuilding
2007 Welcome Back Events for Duke University, Mt.Olive College and UNC student athletes; Club Nova 20th Anniversary Celebration 2007; Visiting International Faculty Program Conference 2007; Camp Meadowood 2005-2007. Carrboro Athletics Club 2007.

For Rhythm Education
Montessori Community School 2008; Chapel Hill Homeshcool Co-op 2007; Chapel Hill Carrboro After-School Programs; Apex YMCA Track Out 2006; Rashkis Elementary Science Enrichmnet 2007; Cary/Apex Piano Students Rhythm Day 2006, 2007. Various Triangle area summer camps, afterschools and day cares.

For Fun in Community
Meadowmont Village Arts Festival 2007; Pinkfest at Regency Park 2007; Durham's Centerfest 2005; Duke's Nasher Museum Family Day 2008 and 2005; Raleigh's First Night 2003; NC Symphony Concert Family Event at Regency Park; Raleigh's Exploris Museum Kids' Camp; Brown- Summit Kids Camp; Charles House Eldercare Care Center; Monthly Community Drum Circles for Carrboro Parks & Recreation; Cary's Regency Park Movie Night (pre-show); See-Jane-Run, local running group; Friends Teen Regional Conference.

"How does the drum help to relieve stress? There are numerous ways this occurs. When people drum, they are generally having fun. It is difficult to be in a playful mode and be stressed at the same time."
- Robert Lawrence Friedman, author,
from "The Healing Power of the Drum"