Djembe-L FAQ - CALIFORNIA West African Drumcircles

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Los Angeles Every other Saturday Night closest to either the Full or New Moon 8pm to after midnight!! Yoruba House 5803 Washington Blvd. Los Angeles, Ca. 90034 310-475-4440 email Yoruba House Drum & Dance Events Location: Motherland Music Los Angeles, WWW.YORUBAHOUSE.NET West African: Afro-Cuban: Afro-Haitian: Afro-Brazilian: Tribal: Rhythmaculture: Facilitated by: Ayo & Carole Adeyemi Cost: $20 Directions: Off I-10 - Santa Monica Freeway between La Cienega and Fairfax north side of Washington Blvd east of Adams west of Fairfax Drum Circle Description: Traditional Call and Response chants, dances, and rhythms lead by Master Yoruba Drummer Ayo Adeyemi and the Yoruba House Ensemble. All levels of drummers, dancers and observers welcome!!!!! Now in its 11th year of creating drum events!!!! Saturdays: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Watts Towers African Drum Circle Workshop (Los Angeles, CA) This is an ongoing free workshop demonstrating various West African and Afro-Cuban rhythms. For additional information, please contact the Watts Towers Art Center: 1727 E. 107th St., Los Angeles 90002 (213) 847-4646, FAX (213) 564-7030 E-mail,	San Luis Obispo - Cuesta Park Community Drum Circle Noon - 2 pm 1st Sunday Loomis St., Zip 93401 West African & Rhythmaculture Facilitated by: Steve Campbell and THE DRUM CIRCUIT email (805)543-0338 FREE Directions: Driving South on 101 from San Francisco, enter San Luis Obispo area and exit Monterey St. At the end of the off-ramp turn right onto Loomis St. Take Loomis St. North bound paralleling 101. Drive until Loomis St. dead-ends at Cuesta Park. Drum circle is under sycamore trees by the creek. Driving North on 101 from Los Angeles, enter San Luis Obispo area and exit Grand Ave. Turn left onto Grand Ave. and drive under bridge. Take your first right which is Loomis St. Stay on Loomis St. until it dead-ends at Cuesta Park. Drum circle is under sycamore trees by the creek. Drum Circle Description: This is a beginning-intermediate drum circle that covers West African rhythms and songs. It is from 12-2 pm on the first Sunday of each month and is FREE to the public. It is sponsored by the local drum shop THE DRUM CIRCUIT-280 Higuera St. SLO, CA 93401 (805)543-0338. Djembe technique is the focus, but all drums are able to participate. This drum circle is a balance of intensive instruction and free-form rhythmical expression. All levels of experience are welcome!!! Come join us under the sycamore trees by the bubbling creek to embrace the rhythm connects us all!!!	SANTA BARBARA Saturdays, beginning about 5 pm to Sundown every week. Gather on the strip of grass on the ocean side of Cabrillo Blvd., across from Chase Palm Park. Everyone's welcome. People dance, tourists shoot video and drummer groove. The group has to pay the City a permit fee of $29/wk to play drums in a park and so we pass a hat to collect donations to pay the permit. When daylight savings time goes into effect, the circle starts an hour earlier, around 4 pm. This circle used to be on Sundays. It's been going for at least 10 years. I've seen anywhere between 15 to 40 people drumming. With dancers and other people that hang around, there's usually quite a good sized crowd there. For info: "Ron Liechti" <> California Drum Teachers

STANFORD

Every Friday from 7-10 PM

Come to the New Guinea Sculpture Garden to drum, dance, and sing. This is a beautiful, sacred place very conducive to good vibes. The circle meets during the warm months, usually May through October.
Everyone is welcome.
Please pass this invitation on to other drummers and dancers. Also, if you or they would like to be added to the local drumming email list, send a message to me.
Future messages will be sent there.
Yours in rhythm,
Steve Rice
Directions:
New Guinea Sculpture Garden:
Santa Teresa Street (off Campus Drive West) and Lomita Drive,
near Roble Hall. Outdoor sculpture garden open 24 hours a day,
http://www.stanford.edu/home/visitors/campus-map.html

VENICE BEACH
www.venicebeachdrumcircle.com
noon Saturdays.
Contact Sondra Tatum sondra.tatum@venicebeachdrumcircle.com for more information.
Listen to Harmonious Mayhem / Absolutely Live. You will hear something new. The extravagant rhythms of the Venice Beach Drumcircle have been captured so well that the CD seems to almost exude salt air and other sensations of the beach as well as the beautifully complex rhythms of the drummers. Check it out a bit go to our website at www.crazybeach.com and then go to the Drumcircle website at www.venicebeachdrumcircle.com .

Other Southern California Drumcircles:

BAY AREA	CULVER CITY	HUNTINGTON BEACH
Weekly, Saturday 2 pm Bay Area African Drummers ASHBY AVE. ASHBY BART STATION BERKELEY, CA West African, Afro-Cuban: Afro-Brazilian: Tribal: Rhythmaculture: Directions: HY 80 TO ASHBY AVE TO BART STATION	Saturdays, 8 pm Motherland Music Center 2921 La Cienega Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 888-419-0515 info West African: Afro-Cuban Location: between Santa Monica and downtown LA Culver City, 90232 Contributor_Email: URL Map Location: $10	Sundays 2- 7 pm Huntington Beach, Ca., on the north side of the Huntington Beach Pier, on the concrete steps. Averages 10-20 players. Notes: This is an open to the public drum jam (Most attendees sit on large steps vs a circle..) and includes afro-cuban and african inspired rhythms. Ongoing for many years, expect a wide range of interesting and unique guests, instruments and onlookers - it can rock and is worth going to! Usually goes till Sunset.

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