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drumSTRONG 2010 :: May 15th & 16th
drumSTRONG™ is a unique, multicultural, musical, charity event showcasing available regional and national resources that support people with cancer and those who love them. Featuring many exhibiters, including both conventional and complementary healthcare entities, together with private practices and cancer societies. It's a gathering to rhythm. It's the beat of community, the beat of hope. Music truly is universally engaging all ages, wages and stages of health. Held in the pastures of Misty Meadows Farm, encouraging people to focus attention on cancer awareness, education, survivorship support and funding for research. The Guinness World Records organization has been informed that we will participate in the planet's longest, continuous rhythm "drum•a•thon" ever held. drumSTRONG™ raises funds to be distributed among local and national cancer initiatives. RegistrationRegistration for drumSTRONG 2010 opens on January 1st, 2010 and is $25.00 for individuals 12 and over, and $50.00 for families with children under 12. Registration is good for both days of the event (all 24+ hours). Come and go as you wish. Please remember that the registration fee is a donation to our worthy causes. So let's take it up a(nother) notch.
Get in motion with your 'per hour' drumming sponsorship and/or form a TEAM TODAY! We also have a variety of corporate sponsorship opportunities. *check this out :: raise $5,000 + and DrumsForCures will donate the proceeds you raise to the cancer charity of your choice, in your community, in your name.
Photos from drumSTRONG™ 2008
When and WhereMay 15 & 16, 2010 in Weddington, NC, (just outside of Charlotte), 4 miles south of Hwy 485 on Providence Rd. at the corner of Ennis Rd. and Providence Rd. S. 455 Providence Rd. S. Weddington, NC 28173. Please carpool. Festivities begin at 12:00 pm Saturday and drumming begins at 1:00 pm, May 15th and continues into the afternoon on Sunday, May 16th. rain or SHINE. Campers are recommended to come early & set up, check out the exhibits and vendors. Come early, stay late! Driving directions are posted on the F.A.Q.'s page.
Guest Artists Schedule 2010 To be AnnouncedThe magNANIMOUS, BIG-hearted Larry Sprinkle will emcee throughout the weekend. Hardin Minor's fun-loving shenanigans will abound. Grey Seal Puppets will amuse...
SATURDAY & SUNDAY May 15 & 16SpongeTones ? Rusted Root ? Mickey Hart ? Jon Fishman (phish) ? EOTO (String Cheese Incident) ? Steve Gadd ? Mark Schulman (Billy Idol, P!nk) ? Rick Latham (Edgar Winter, Juice Newton) ? Jeff Sipe ?
Inner Visions ? Arthur Hull ! MoonSisters Belly Dancers ! Frank Bloom :: Thunderdrums ! Jeff Williams ! Native American Drum/Dance/Sing :: Catawba & Navajo Nations MayPole Dance capoeira group Academia Aprende (in the Meadow) Jim Brock, Jim Roberts, Beverly Botsford, Rick Blackwell, Donnie Marshall, Tim Murray & Friends Late Night (all night!) DRUM CIRCLE !!! 2009 LineUpSATURDAY May 16 1:00 Special Guest Speakers 1:30 Kick Off :: Charlotte Community Drummers 4:00 MoonSisters BellyDance and the Beledi Beat Belly Dancers 5:00 The Stragglers :: Texas Swing w/a Twist (and a Spongentone, a Moody Brother and a whole lot more to boot!) :: Woody Mitchell, Tom Kuhn, Ivan Strunin, John Wicker, Rob Thorne, Trent Moody 6:15 Skinny Legs and All :: Jesse Barry, David "Mo" Cate, Avi Goldstein, Colin Hanson, Paul Chelmis 7:30 The Lamping Shades :: creative vibe, original tunes. Conor Delaney, Christopher Tuorto, Paul Gramigna, Reuben Rosado, Mason Swimmer, Timmins Mervin and Nic Aguero 8:30 Inner Visions :: SOULFUL roots reggae direct from St. John, V.I. :: Phillip "Grasshopper" Pickering,
Paul "Ras Paul" Samms,
Alvin "Jupiter" Pickering, 9:30 PowerHouse! :: Horn-driven Funk, Soul, R&B :: Kevin Jones, James "Bull" Canty, Brandon McCotter, Ryan Saranich, Bob Berg, David Lail, Andre Ferreri, Jim Hunt, Sanford Hayes, Dave Yelverton 11:30 Frank Bloom :: Thunderdrums Late Night (all night!) DRUM CIRCLE SUNDAY May 1710:00 Alexander Home Drummers
11:00 MoonSisters BellyDance 12:00 Jeff Williams ~ percussive guitarist 12:00 Sponsors BRUNCH – MayPole Dance 1:00 capoeira group Academia Aprende (in the Meadow) 1:30 Jim Roberts, Beverly Botsford, Rick Blackwell, Donnie Marshall, Tim Murray & Friends 2:30 Frank Bloom :: Thunderdrums 3:00 Native American Drum/Dance/Sing :: Catawba & Navajo Nations
Health FestWe feature exhibiters including both conventional and complementary cancer healthcare entities, together with private practices and cancer societies. Vendors of quality food, drums and souvenirs and lots of kids activities create a festive environment. The music brings many people to an event where questions about health (particularly cancer) can be addressed. People receive guidance from the exhibitors and familiarize themselves with some of the cancer health resources available regionally and nationally that help address cancer concerns. Tai chi, Reiki, massage and yoga practices will be on-going throughout the weekend. On-site percussion instruction available. Please contact Scott Swimmer at scott@drumstrong.org or call 704.375.7177 if you are interested in being an exhibitor at our event. View This Year's Exhibitors and Vendors
Drum Circle FacilitatorsWe have world class, professional drum circle facilitators present to play with us and direct our rhythmical interchange. Arthur Hull www.drumcircle.com, the venerated 'godfather' of drum circle facilitators will be directing traffic in Koala Lumpar. Some of the most fun, energetic (crazy) facilitators on the planet are coming to play with us all weekend :: Greg Whitt OakCityDrums, Jonathan Murray fundrumrhythmcircles, Tomoko Yokota (Tomtom from Japan) 'Orange BoomBoom', John Fitzgerald REMO Drum Co., John Yost Rhytm Revolution, David Drum, Heather DeRigo www.drummagic.net, Ann O'Neill drumbeatangel@aol.com, Matt Zavadil Village Events, Roger Johansen rjohansen@sc.rr.com, Caren Knox-Hundley, Cathy Kielar MusicExplorium, Andy Spraggins, Robin Leftwich. There will be on site, in motion hand drum rhythm instruction throughout the weekend. See below for drumSTRONG's Global Drumming connections *
VendorsLots of really nice drums and cool percussion toys for sale. Beautiful books and music as well. GOOD food and snacks. (oh yeah, did I mention ice cream?) Please contact Scott Swimmer at scott@drumstrong.org or call 704.375.7177 if your company is interested in being a vendor at our event. The Event Grounds Misty Meadows Farm is a privately owned horse farm whose owners have generously donated their pastures for our event. Please respect the property and remain within the distinctly marked boundaries. These are very nice people. The horses are nice. Be nice people and only do nice things. Do not approach, touch, spook or feed the horses. They will like you just the same. And PLEASE keep it clean! Place all trash in receptacles And RECYCLE!!! The Rules
* KEEP IT CLEAN :: recycle and PLEASE, KEEP IT CLEAN! YES! Have a Great Time in the meadows and at the DrumCircle but do it withOUT artificial enhancement.No! alcohol or drugs allowed on the porperty. It will be confiscated.
Our mission is to raise cancer awareness, educate, support survivorship and BEAT cancer through rhythm. Our mission will not be compromised by potential safety concerns or bad press. Protected and Enforced by Police Services fromDELTA COMPANY POLICE www.deltacompanypolice.comTraffic / ParkingPlease carpool whenever possible. Just follow signs (and be nice to the parking/traffic control folks). Driving directions are posted on the F.A.Q.'s page. ConcessionsThere will be vendors providing great “hydration” and “fuel” on site available for purchase (very reasonably priced). CampingThere are beautiful rolling pastures designated for camping. If you plan to stay the duration of the event, bring a tent and/or sleeping bag. There are no shelters or running water. You are encouraged to bring any special food and drink items but camp fires will NOT be permitted due to the fire hazards. There are great vendors with a variety of foods including vegetarian. Lots of Port-o-Jon facilities available. And there is handicap accessability. Sun and rain protection recommended. Spring in Charlotte is beautiful :: warm days, cool evenings. This is a rain or SHINE event. Registration and Fundraising InformationRegistrants receive the following packet. If you need to download another copy of the registration letter and sponsor sheets, please click below. registration letter & sponsor sheet (pdf) Here’s a sample letter that you can send to all of your family, playmates, workmates, employees, and all of the good-hearted folk you can think of. sample fundraising
letter (word document) T-ShirtWhen you pre-register you will receive your email confirmation that entitles you to admission to the event and access to all facilities. Recruit 10 drummers (registrants) or 5 sponsors ($250. min), and receive FREE t-shirt. Children’s Health
DrumsForCures is developing programs to help assimilate children with compromised health and varied abilities into the social environments. We also bring rhythm into children's hospitals. If anyone is interested in participating in this ongoing service activity, please contact Scott at scott@drumstrong.com PerformersIf you’re a performing artist and want center stage time, please contact Scott at scott@drumstrong.com. See the Guest Artists & Schedule for Stage activity. Accommodations & Local RestaurantsAlso, if you’re a guest artist from out of town or just need a nice place to stay; contact carola@drumstrong.com for assistance with finding accommodations and local eateries, etc. InstrumentsIf you don’t have a drum we will rent or sell small djembes, tambourines, claves, shakers and other fun percussion instruments for a small donation. There will also be fine craftspeople on site in our artisan fair area with quality instruments for sale. Home Depot has donated hundreds of buckets to bang on... Serious drummers :: watch the weather; you might want to bring synthetic skins in case of inclement weather/drumming conditions. Children's ActivitiesFace painting, shaker-maker station, Smithfield the Potbellied Painting & Drumming Pig, inflatables and other children’s activities will be on site. MediaThe Great Powers will be listening – (including the Guinness World Record folk). TV and radio personalities and newspaper and magazine reporters will be present during the course of the event. The entire event will be web-cast, film and photo documented.
*Global Drum Circle :: BEATing cancer !AND :: This year, we participated in the first ever, true facilitated Global Drum Circle! So far, Seattle, Vancouver*, Montreal*, Weddington (Charlotte), Dublin, London*, Rome*, Cairo, Johannesburg, Dubais, Sapporo*, Tokyo, Sydney and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia* will be drumming with us! Tune in to these rhythm events :: http://www.yuuan.net/%7Eorange/video/drumSTRONG%20sapporo.wmv ustream.tv/channel/dslondon ustream.tv/channel/dsdublin ustream.tv/channel/dscairo ustream.tv/channel/dsmalaysia ustream.tv/channel/dsrome ustream.tv/channel/dsvancouver
*drumSTRONG Vancouver Ryerson United Church 2195 West 45th Ave. Vancouver, BC Sunday 17th May 2009 from 12 noon to 5 pm (PST) Benefiting BC Cancer Founcdation Facilitator :: Billy Knutson billy@fffit.com *drumSTRONG Dublin Facilitator :: Kelly Boutilier kelly.boutilier@gmail.com *drumSTRONG northLONDON Park Avenue Disability Resource Centre Sunday 17th May 2009 from 2 to 10 pm (BST) which ties in with Facilitator :: Steve Ball drumnasium@googlemail.com *drumSTRONG Montreal Facilitator :: Louis-Daniel Joly ldjoly@mac.com *drumSTRONG Sapporo Saturday, 16th May 2009 from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm (UTC) Facilitaor :: Noripen http://mtbbs.i.pxc.jp/orangebb/drumSTRONG.htm http://mtbbs.i.pxc.jp/orangebb/drumSTRONG1.htm *drumSTRONG Roma Facilitator :: Lorenzo Rompato orenz99@gmail.com *drumSTRONG Malaysia Yamaha Music, Jalan Perbandaran, Kelana Jaya, PJ, Selangor, Malaysia Sunday, 17 May 2009 from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm (MST) Facilitator :: John Hagedon & Arthur Hull johag@streamyx.com Organize a drum circle in your village (3 to 3,000 people). Request a donation or per hour drumming sponsorship*, TUNE IN to our 27 hour drum•a•thon (1:00 pm EST, Saturday May 16th till 5:00 pm EST, Sunday May 17th) @ http://www.ustream.tv/channel/drumstrong Get it together, hook up a webcast wherever you are so we (all) can see and hear each other. Facilitators around the world will take turns sculpting the most incredible rhythm event ever to grace the planet. How cool is that! Talk to scott@drumstrong.org for details. |
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