A small group of us gathered last night for the first “adult-only” session of Forest Drums. We were joined for the first time by Alicia and Ben – and Suzie was very happy not to have to keep an eye on her two little-uns! Susie’s two children, Andrew and Vicky joined us – as did old-timer Anne.
We had a great time jamming and a few set pieces with drums, shakers, didgeridoos, boomwhakers, flutes and just pure singing. Suzie helped us to chant our first song – and we all played the world’s premiere of a new drumming round which Lorne composed called “Drumming the Elements”. As if by magic, we managed to skip the rain – keeping our record-to-date of having no rain during the sessions – though Andrew was sure that the drumming actually encouraged the odd raindrop towards the end!
The Forestry Commission have asked us to set up a stand at Bedgebury’s Forest Discovery Day on 11th September – which we are now planning. More to follow in future posts.
Our next session will be on Friday 1st July (children welcome again). Please come along, bring a drum if you have one – but if not, don’t worry – we can lend you one!
