Drum Circle

Welcome to the Drum Circle Club at Solivita!

We started in autumn of 2012 as an event and by the end of January had formed a club.

We meet monthly on the full moom for an hour outside at the Cooperstown Pavillion in Freedom Park. Cooperstown is the covered open air structure adjacent to the softball field.  Our purpose is to use percussion instruments primarily drums to create a rhythm that is healing and meditative. No skill is required.  We are not performers of music but participants in a communal experience. There are no dues. HERE IS OUR MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2013:                         

Sunday                    February 24, 2013        7:30 - 8:30 PM                    Cooperstown Pavilion

Wednesday                March 27, 2013            7:30 - 8:30 PM                    Cooperstown Pavilion

Thursday                April 25, 2013            7:30 - 8:30 PM                    Cooperstown Pavilion

Saturday                May 25, 2013            7:30 - 8:30 PM                    Cooperstown Pavilion

Sunday                    June 23, 2013            7:30 - 8:30 PM                    Cooperstown Pavilion

Sunday                    July 21, 2013            7:30 - 8:30 PM                    Cooperstown Pavilion

Tuesday                    August 20, 2013            7:30 - 8:30 PM                    Cooperstown Pavilion

Thursday                September 20, 2013        7:30 - 8:30 PM                    Cooperstown Pavilion

Friday                    October 18, 2013            7:30 - 8:30 PM                    Cooperstown Pavilion

Sunday                    November 17, 2013        7:30 - 8:30 PM                    Cooperstown Pavilion

Tuesday                    December 17, 2013        7:30 - 8:30 PM                    Cooperstown Pavilion

 Sound (vibration) is the organizing principle of the universe.  Scientists have documented that our planet, Earth, has a unique very low frequency that is below our perception but is, in fact, necessary to our well being.   In order to facilitate the health of the astronauts, NASA added a simulated Earth frequency "heartbeat" to the space shuttle. 

In 1991, during testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Aging, Grateful Dead drummer, Mickey Hart stated:

"Typically, people gather to drum in drum "circles" with others from the surrounding community. The drum circle offers equality because there is no head or tail. It includes people of all ages. The main objective is to share rhythm and get in tune with each other and themselves. To form a group consciousness. To entrain and resonate. By entrainment, I mean that a new voice, a collective voice, emerges from the group as they drum together."

ALL ARE WELCOME!

For more information on other gatherings that use drumming and other instruments to promote healing see the Dare Paper in our club documents section.