Project idea - Drums?

Lynne · **Joined:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:35 pm **Posts:** 1343

Hey

Got this e-mail today:

Hiya,
My name is Michelle Giesbert and I was wondering if you would be interested in having a free drum circle at forest's? I could bring up to 70 drums or so, plus small percussion. What would be needed is chairs (easier for djembe drums than sitting on the floor) and a place somewhere dry:) My phone number is *REDACTED AND SENT TO LUKAS*. Two colleagues and myself have held several drum circles in the borders and had courses on facilitating circles to help musicality arise.(Oh it would have to be at a weekend). It's a fun way of building community, it's safe and easy to join in. It normally takes 2 hours, but we'd need some time to set up and tidy after.
xx Michelle.

Do we want more drums?

milk · **Posted:** Tue Apr 27, 2010 1:13 pm

a drum workshop/circle/whatnot would be fantastic!

i'm not sure that he's offering to give us the drums though, sounds more like just the use of them.

Jane · **Joined:** Thu Sep 16, 2004 2:10 pm **Posts:** 1557

this sounds like my idea of enforced hell, but I am aware from my time at forest that other people think otherwise....!

I would suggest KMs get a say in this if it's going to be during the day, or is it just a one-off?

milk · **Posted:** Wed Apr 28, 2010 12:24 pm

or could be in the hall?

Jane · **Joined:** Thu Sep 16, 2004 2:10 pm **Posts:** 1557

that would be better, yeah

neil · **Joined:** Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:50 pm **Posts:** 944

drums = pain

ken · **Posted:** Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:36 am

a great way of falling out with the neighbours. K x

Shannon · **Posted:** Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:35 am

There have been drum groups in both the hall and in the Cave before, and neither really worked out - although Cave was better, just because less could fit there. You can hear it all over the building and it's impossible to have any other events happening at the same time.

chris · **Posted:** Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:34 pm

i don't like the idea.

ravanwin · **Posted:** Tue May 04, 2010 8:56 pm

day - upstairs / cave. small. rather upstairs than down. limit to 8 drummers at a time. could work. at night will interupt events....
r

Shannon · **Posted:** Wed May 05, 2010 9:48 am

Good idea.

Lynne · **Joined:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:35 pm **Posts:** 1343

Okay, I think I will tell her it's a no go then as she wants to bring up '70 drums or so'.

Thanks guys.

milk · **Posted:** Wed May 05, 2010 12:53 pm

lynne; she said "could". 70 drums are not inevitable. ryan's syggestion could work.

Lynne · **Joined:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:35 pm **Posts:** 1343

Milk, can I pass this one over to you?

I will PM her e-mail address to you.

Thank you!

milk · **Posted:** Wed May 05, 2010 1:11 pm

no worries, ~~i'll lay out the options for her!~~ (passed onto lukas, workshop-coordinator)

actually, it sounds like she wants to run a workshop at the forest so i'm goin to pass this over to lukas.

i'm also going to move this thread to a public forum. i don't think there's any reason it should be private.

ChaoticReality · **Posted:** Wed May 05, 2010 2:50 pm

Paolo yesterday told me he would like to start up DrumStation again.

nix · **Joined:** Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:49 am **Posts:** 1231

just to let you know the AFWG is opposed to this as a free event in the Cave. sorry.

dan · **Joined:** Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:04 pm **Posts:** 1410

ongoing drum workshops = bad idea i think. one off things can be ok, if they done at right time in right place...

milk · **Posted:** Thu May 06, 2010 11:49 am

nix; why's that?

swithun · **Joined:** Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:24 am **Posts:** 2451

Say what you like about moose fuckers, but at least they do it alfresco. If only there was some big park in Edinburgh where people could do this sort of thing.

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