Sat.. 06/26 sburg, PA Jaqui MacMillan to teach two Drum for Joy Workshops

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Saturday June 26th, 2010 sburg, PA Award winning performer /teacher Jaqui MacMillan's 1st ever Lehigh Valley drumming workshop appearances! TWO great hand drumming workshops with Jaqui MacMillanWorkshop Details: "If you can say it, you can play it"…

These are the famous words of Jaqui's first drum teacher, Babatunde

Olatunji, and also the foundation for all of her teachings. In the Drum

For Joy!™ workshops you will learn the language of the djembe

drum,basic hand drum technique, and how to make your drum sing. Jaqui

presents the drum songs in a way that make it fun and easy to learn. By

building and playing drum compositions with all of their

parts,(rhythms, breaks, solos and vocals), you will experience the

magic of music making and the joy of drumming in a group! All

levels of experience are welcome. From the "beginning beginner" to the

experienced player, the Drum For Joy!™ workshops are enjoyable for

everyone! Jaqui specializes in djembe drumming, but other hand drums

are welcome at the workshops. (Ashikos, bougaraboos, congas, etc.)Eachsession will cover basic drumming technique, but the rhythms taught in eachwill be different for an enhanced experience. 12:00pm-2:00pm Drum For Joy!™ Session 13:00pm-5:00pm Drum For Joy!™ Session 2Venue: Chestnut Hill Church 6870 Chestnut Hill Church Road sburg, PA 18036-9704Advance Registration Discount: $30 single workshop or $50 for bothRegistration after June 15th: $40 single workshop or $60 for both*Note - a limited number of drums will be available for loan on a 1st come, 1st served basis. All Major Credit Cards Accepted. Pre-Registration strongly recommended. Register today by calling workshop organizer at . E-mail biffybeans@... with questions.Except in the unlikely case that we cancel the event, there are no refunds for this event. All ticket sales are final.*Also

- Jaqui will be available in the Lehigh Valley for private lessons on

Sunday June27th. The cost of a private lesson is $60 per hour. Please

contact Jaqui directly at to make arrangements for your lesson.About Jaqui MacMillanJaqui

MacMillan first found her passion for African drumming in the

early1980's and over a span of thirteen years, studied with numerous

master drummers including Babatunde Olatunji, Mamady Keita, Sam ,

, and Mahiri Fadjimba Keita at the Tam Tam Mandingue School

in Washington, D.C. In 1999 and 2001, she attended the Drum Circle

Facilitators Playshop and the Facilitators Mentor Training in Hawaii

with Arthur Hull and is a founding board member of the Drum Circle

Facilitators Guild (DCFG), an organization dedicated to professionalism

in the field of drum circle facilitation. Having performed

and recorded with some of the top names in the business, she began

sharing her joy of drumming with others by offering private lessons,

facilitating drum circles, and teaching workshops through her Drum For

Joy!™ program. For over seventeen years and throughout the USA, Jaqui

has facilitated drum circles for hundreds of conferences, corporate

team building events, elementary and high schools, hospitals, programs

for "at risk" children, juvenile detention centers, and programs for

homeless and battered women. For eight straight years, The

Washington Area Music Association, (WAMA), awarded Jaqui the title

of"World Music Instrumentalist" and she has also been featured in DRUM!

Magazine. As an endorsee of Mountain Rhythm Percussion, Jaqui

represented the company as a guest facilitator at Summer NAMM in

Nashville, TN, at the Percussive Arts Society International Conference,

(PASIC) in Ohio, and as a workshop leader at the Seattle World Rhythm

Festival. Web:http://www.drumforjoy.com/