Experience the Drum, Dance & Culture
of Guinea, West Africa
on the Tropical Island of Roume
December 22, 2008 to January 9, 2009
We are happy to announce that the trip is full. You are welcome to contact us and join our wait list!
Click here for more Information
SETTLE INTO A FALL ROUTINE! Drum in Community!!! - Drum Our Souls Free Course in Oakland - Tuesdays 7 - 9 pm: September 9 to December 9 2008
Drum Our Souls Free classes are a means of tapping into your inner joy and freedom, and unleashing your Divine Destiny! Through drum journeys and intentional drum songs, we will awaken and discover SELF and empower COMMUNITY.
In this program, you will participate in a diverse community circle of women and male allies that includes all levels of drumming. We encourage everyone to come with a beginnerÕs mind as this course truly supports the embodiment of drumming as a vehicle for change.
We will create a community altar together to fortify our intentions, cleanse ourselves, and create a safe space for deep communal sharing and drum journeying. Please bring an item for this altar to help ground your life intention at this time as well as notebook / journal and pen. The sacred space we create will allow us all to transform any old outmoded values, behaviors we wish to shift, and create freedom in our minds and lives. In addition we will learn new rhythms and have the experience and support of a few Drum Master apprentices and community members.ÊThey will assist with the rhythms and sacred practice throughout the course.
Duration of Course: 14 weeks (2 hours per class; includes a final drum gathering in week 14)
Time: 7 - 9 pm Every Tuesday from Sept 9 to Dec 9
Location: Private location in Oakland. Address will be released upon registration for the course.
Level:
Open to all Levels with Beginners in mind. This course shatters illusions you have held about your potential and allows for an explosive new beginning.
Tuition:
$350* (non-refundable fee, payable in full at beginning of course; or $119 per month, beginning at first class)
*Pay for course IN FULL online until SEPTEMBER 8th, and receive a 25% discount. Your tuition will only be $262.50. That is $87.50 savings!
You are still welcome to join us! $25 per class. You MUST be in attendance with us for least 6 weeks of drumming! And you are welcome to drop in and check out the class.
How do I Confirm that I will attend Drum Our Souls Free 14 week course?
1. BOOK your space now and Invest in your Dreams by either paying on line Pay Online Now:
2. Send an Email: Spiritdrumz@mac.com with subject: "Reserve Drum Our Souls Free" OR call call (541) 273-0124. This is not a confirmation, therefore you may be placed on a ÒWaiting ListÓ if the course is over sold by Monday, September 8th, 2008.
Thursday, November 20 & Thursday, December 11, 2008
Two Special Djembe Classes in Santa Cruz, California
8:00 pm to 9:30 pm
Louden Nelson Community Center - Auditorium
301 Center Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Explore the roots of the djembe rhythms, which begin with the dunun and bells as well as the dance, song & spiritual context.
Learn and practice together to a frenzied ÒFevahÓ the techniques and rhythms of the djembe that have special magical medicines.
All Levels of drumming are WELCOME!
Register Now: $20.00 per class or $35 for two classes (additional 4% paypal service charge included for online payments)
To register contact Hiliary at 831-475-6026 or hilarytreece@comcast.net
Pay Now:
One Class: $20.80
Two Classes: $36.40
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Women's Drumming Spa Retreat
with Afia Walking Tree and Evelyn Hall
1 - 6 p.m. in Soquel
(10 miles south of Santa Cruz)
$100.00 - 125.00 sliding scale offering includes all spa goodies. (additional 4% paypal service charge included for online payments)
ONLY 6 Spots Available!!!!
REGISTER NOW AND HOLD YOUR SPACE (you will receive a confirmation email with all the details. No last minute refunds, unless weather does not permit this event from ocurring)
Do you love ritual cleansing via the warming fires, waters, rhythms of the earth?
Let's slow down into Thanksgiving and share in drum journeying and ritual bathing at Evelyn's beautiful Sacred Garden and Sanctuary for our 2nd annual women's drumming spa day. This day will be rich with drumming and ritual to create a sacred time together. You will be guided by Afia's playful intentional drumming journeys, inviting you to relax into your deep intuitive nature. We will then go into ritual bathing, sweat and relax in the outdoor round sauna & hot tub, with special salt and sugar scrubs using aromatherapuetic essential oils, all at your own pace, in Sacred time, in a safe place. This day will replenish and renew you as you let go of layers and layers of stress and tension and come home to your own heartbeat. A luscious day to treat yourself to before the holidays, to remember to slow down and play! All levels of drumming are welcome and drums will be supplied if you need one!
For more info and where to send your check, if you are not paying online, call Evelyn 831- 239-2085 or email us at: Evelynh@baymoon.com
Evelyn Hall is a hypnotherapist, bodywork therapist, and creator of ceremonies. She has been leading women's spirituality circles and rituals for the past 23 years.
Hope you can join us for this luscious afternoon!
On Going Drum Master's Program: San Francisco Bay Area Location (TBA) & BEYOND!
Are you interested in excelling in the areas of performance artistry, percussion technique, rhythms, and play with other drummers who want to be ambidextrous as drummers, dancers, singers, and performers as well as ceremonialists in our craft?
Course Description & Materials
Explore deep inquiry into your personal drumming journey; multi-drum technique in the performance elements of Afro-Cuban, Afro-Haitian, Afro-Brazilian, West-African bells, shekeres, other percussion, congas, bongos, djembes, and dununs with emphasis on technique drills, breaks, dynamics, precision, and timing will be hi-lighted. The introductory Drum Masters Course will require you to create your own drum songs, improve left and right hand independence, and develop stamina, strength, flexibility, dance, and increased power in your drumming.
Drumming will be integrated with singing and soul speaking on various rhythms we will learn. The culmination of this course is an individual and cohort performance. Materials: Digital recorders, journals, workout gear are required. Bring your own drums, or use ours.
Contact us Email: Spiritdrumz@mac.com or (541) 273-0124.
Attendance to all scheduled classes, rehearsals, and gigs (unless you have previous scheduled appointment) is crucial to continuation in the program. Maximum absences: Two per semester. Additional weekly or bi-weekly private classes are available for those who wish to go even deeper.
What Do I Need To Register?
Willingness to grow in your drumming and personal development
Commitment to ONE Saturday per month (9am Ð 5 pm) for 8 months
1 year of previous continuous study
Live anywhere in the world (local travel and lodging arrangements available at additional cost)
Completed Application Packet with non-refundable registration fee of $25 due upon start of program
Phone or in-person interview/audition (up to 30 minutes)
Join our online community at: DrumMastersGroup
Contact us Email: Spiritdrumz@mac.com or (541) 273-0124.
Tuition
Tuition: $200 for 8 hours of instruction
Additional Weekly or bi-weekly private sessions available at $35/ hr (regular rate is $75/hr)
Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California - Location (TBA)
Online payments accepted, click here now. Service Fee included.
Phone us at: 541.273.0124 for details
Email us at: Spiritdrumz@mac.com
Tuition Protocol
Tuition is due monthly workshop either in cash, check (payable to Afia Walking Tree) or via Paypal.com (small user fee of $5 for this service).
All tuition is non-refundable.
Tuition rate of $200 is due for scheduled classes, regardless of whether you miss a class
Late payments accrue a late fee of $15 per month.
All payment arrangements other MUST be confirmed with Afia Walking Tree
Want Drum Masters Course or Drum Our Souls Free Course in your city this Fall and Beyond?
That's right, have the same program in your town and design to your specifications.
What do you NEED: You coordinate the space, a small group (minimum of 10 participants), and cover travel, lodging, food costs of the instructor: Afia Walking Tree and she will come to you! And YOU get a deep reduction in tuition!
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Photos from: Drum & Dance Intensive, Oakland, October 2005