Monthly Drum Events, Drumming Events & Facilitator Training
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If you’ve never been to a drum circle, you are in for a treat! Facilitated rhythm events at LAC are fun, community inspired and offer endless opportunities to feel your groove and melt away stress! Use of the instruments is included in your payment (there no discounts for using your own hand drum).
Drum Circles at Liverpool Art Center ($15 registration / Use credit card or PayPal)
If you’ve never been to a drum circle, you are in for a treat! Facilitated rhythm events at LAC are fun, community inspired and offer endless opportunities to feel your groove melt the stress away! Click the button for details, dates and cost. (We provide the instruments!) Pre-Registration is required
2024/25 Drum Circles 7pm-9pm at LAC (3rd friday unless otherwise listed)
Nov. 15th, Dec. 13th (2nd friday), Jan17th, Feb 21st, Mar 21st, APRIL GOOD FRIDAY DRUM! 4/18, May 16th, July 20th,
Creative Rhythms Drum Circle, established 15 years ago by Sandra Sabene, is the longest running drum community in the Syracuse area. Last Friday, participants gathered at the Liverpool Art Center for the first drum circle of the year. Their focus: self-care and building community through music. The full story: http://dailyorange.com/2020/01/longest-running-syracuse-drum-circle-creates-community/
RHYTHM WORKSHOPS AND FACILITATED DRUM CIRCLE FOR HIRE
LAC Monthly drum events needs a volunteer group to help with monthly events. Interested in helping? email us
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If you are seeking a unique program for your event, training or retreat/staff day….drumming is the perfect way to:
Inspire team connection.
Offer fresh perspective.
Introduce new members or leadership.
Shake up old ways of thinking.
Kick off a new project.
LAC Drum Circle Sandra Sabene (CDCF) guides the group through some hand percussion basics and the beat goes on. The size group ranges from 20-60ppl with plenty of instruments for all who'd like to express some rhythmic joy! Anyone who's new to drumming feels welcome and often surprised with how easily they pick up the groove. We start with a guided group rhythm while everyone gets in sync. Each drum session is unique and focused on building community through creative expression. It's meditative, relaxing and powerfully rejuvenating. Sandra books groups, events and private workshops for teams, schools and agencies searching for creative outlets and self-care practices.
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Organizations and Schools: Please contact our office to schedule a drum event with your community or class.
What is Drum Circle? The official definition of a drum circle is: “…any group of people playing hand-drums and percussion in a circle. They are distinct from a drumming group or troupe in that the drum circle is an end in itself rather than preparation for a performance. They can range in size from a handful of players to circles with thousands of participants.” (Wikipedia)
The LAC Drum Circle: We just drum! A facilitator guides the group through some basics and welcomes any beginner with simple ways to keep the heart beat flowing. The LAC Drum Circle Community has been drumming together every month since 2007(over a decade!). The size group tranges from 20-30ppl monthly. A percentage of the monthly circle is brand new to drumming. We love to relax, rejuvenate and ride the rhythm. Sometimes we start with a planned rhythm and everyone learns a new beat, but mostly we allow the night to take us all on a fun journey of expressing our uniqueness through rhythm. It's meditative, relaxing and powerfully rejuvenating.
Are you brand new to drumming? No worries. We will guide you through every step. And if you want a lesson before drum circle begins, we offer beginner drum class right before our monthly drum circle.
IMPORTANT TO KNOW: Please remove any jewelry on the wrists and hands so there’s no damage to your sparkles or to the instruments.
New to drum circles? Please take some time to review Drum Circle Etiquette.
Want to play along with us on You Tube? check out this video
LAC Rhythm programs offer opportunities for connection, relaxation, creativity, self empowerment and team building events. Join a creative community and explore fun ways to communicate and connect with others. Rhythm programs may help: Reduce stress, promote wellness, relax the body, awakening the inner artist, discovering new ways to communicate, expressing trapped emotions, releasing energy, and so much more...
Community Drum Circles
Drum Classes for Beginners
Facilitator Certification Training
Meditative Drumming
Drumming for Events, Corporate, Retreats, Schools
Group drumming is a unique, fun, invigorating activity to add spark to your next gathering, meeting or event. This drumming program will inspire a group in ways you never imagined: build self confidence, learn to work together, listen to others, relax with rhythm, realize potential, find creative expression and verbalize ideas.
Call to find out how our program fits your goals with group facilitation. We can offer space for groups of 45+ and we can offer programs for 100+ in your facility. Our ability to diversify the program has helped bring rhythm programs into colleges, organizations, hospitals, and rehabilitation centers. You'd be amazed at how much a drum can change the way to see yourself, those around you, and life in general.
Call for details: (315) 234-9333
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THE MAGIC OF DRUMMING CIRCLES
People from many different backgrounds are getting together to create connections through the sheer joy of drum rhythms. Drumming circles are the ultimate stress reducer, the Prozac of the natural world if you will. It is a time for everyone to get together and just be. Natural bio-chemicals in the body are released which help boost the immune system, among other things Inner chatter is instantly quieted, and a peaceful meditative state is often the result, as the drum connects with your own heartbeat. Adults re-learn how to play and have fun because remember, the drum is the ear of the Great Mystery. Peace on earth becomes a reality.
MESSAGES FROM THE DRUM
I am Mother Earth's heartbeat and the sacred gift of Creation.
I am the universal heartbeat of the seen and unseen worlds.
I put the drummer in touch with creation itself.
I speak to all people equally and peacefully.
I fulfill and create spiritual, mental, emotional and physical balance.
I am a powerful non-verbal form of peaceful communication.
I am the practice of peace.
I am renewal, re-growth and fulfillment.
I am the pulse of the Universe.
I am alert, alive and ready to move the drummer to another state of consciousness.
My top represents the sky.
My bottom represents the earth.
My stitching represents the warriors for peace who play me.
I am the ancient wisdom of the Ancestors.
The hand of the drummer is never raised in anger.
The hand of the drummer should not be raised above the heart, for I am peace, I release tension, emotional stress and mental fatigue.
I reconnect with the natural rhythms of the drummer.
I remind you that Creation is alive and sacred.
I take you to the dream world to let your unconscious speak with your conscious in safety and harmony.
When you play with me there is a synchronization of energy, a unity and a common purpose.
A Gift from Grandmother Selma - Ocali Nation