Below please find a listing up upcoming circles.
Joachim
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Hoboken Community Rhythm Jam/Drum Circle
Date: Wednesday, August 4, 2004
Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Description: Hoboken Community Rhythm Jam/Drum Circle
August 4, 11, 18, 25 starting 6:30 pm
Free Hoboken Community Rhythm Jam/Drum Circle on Wednesday nights before Movies Under the Stars at Pier A Park, Sinatra Drive and 1st Street at the Southeast corner of the park, towards the Hudson River.
http://www.joniwellness.com/drumming.html
Joni Yecalsik
Hoboken, NJ 07030
(425) 829-JONI
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Drummers Alley Circle, Red Bank, NJ
Date: Thursday, August 5, 2004 and every Thursday
Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm
Description: Drumcircle in Red Bank NJ, behind Drummers Alley Shop
For and directions click your way to http://www.drummersalley.com/default.htm
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Sunset Jam on the Hudson; Manhatten NY
Date: Friday, Augy 06, 2004
Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Fridays, Jul - Aug
6:30-8:30PM,
Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park
Lower Manhatten,Battery Park area
Join others for a drumming circle led by a master drummer. Improvise on African, Latin, and Carribbean rhythms. Instruments provided, or bring your own. It's FREE.............dom !
info@...
call 212.267.9700
Sing on brother...Play on drummer... TommyPurpleHaze
Public transportation is highly recommended for your convenience.
Ferry: The Trans Hudson ferry runs direct from Hoboken to the World Financial Center in Battery Park City.
From Manhattan and the Bronx, use either the southbound Westside Highway, or the FDR Drive to West Street.
From Queens and Long Island, use either the Queensborough Bridge or the Midtown Tunnel to the southbound FDR Drive. Take the FDR to West Street. From Brooklyn, use the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel to West Street, or use the Brooklyn Bridge to West Street via the FDR Drive or Chambers Street.
From Staten Island, take the Staten Island Ferry to Battery Place. Battery Place wraps around Historic Battery Park and enters Battery Park City between Pier A and the Ritz Carlton. From New Jersey, use the Holland Tunnel and follow the signs to West Street heading downtown. From West Street, turn west onto Chambers Street, Murray Street, Vesey Street, Liberty Street, Albany Street, West Thames Street, or Battery Place.
Public parking garages are available throughout Battery Park City and at the Battery Parking Garage between Greenwich Street and West Street. Entrances are available on Morris, Greenwich and Washington Streets.
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Community Drum Circle, Basking Ridge NJ
Date: Friday, Auust 6, 2004 & every Friday
Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm
Somerset Hills YMCA
140 Mount Airy Rd
Basking Ridge NJ 07920.
A $5 donation is requested. Light refreshments are served. We have plenty of drums to share, if you don't have your own or would like to try something new. Open to all.
For more information, please call Carolyn 908 766-4755 x 34
Cflynn@...
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Peace and World Friendship Fair; Cranford, NJ
Date: Saturday, August 7, 2004
Time: 1:00pm-5:00pm
Description: Meet the Hibakusha (Hiroshima/Nagasaki survivors)
Learn Origami and Make Paper Peace Cranes
Hear Music and Poetry
View Art by Local Artists
Get Informed About What You Can Do
Bring a Drum and Join a Drum Circle*
Downtown Cranford
(Eastman Plaza & Post Office Park, North Ave. West)
* The day’s festivities will end with a drum circle.
Sponsored by the NJ Hiroshima/Nagasaki Remembrance Day Committee and Union County Peace & Social Action Committee.
For more info, e-mail
fyrekat@...
or call 908-289-3584.
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"COMMUNITY IN RHYTHM" DRUM CIRCLE;Weehawken, NJ
Date: Saturday, August 7, 2004
Time: 2:00pm-4:30pm
Description: !!!SPECIAL OUTDOOR EVENT!!!
DATE: Saturday, August 7, 2004
TIME: 2 PM - 4:30 PM
Whether you've drummed with us in Weehawken before, or you've just been
curious about our circle, this is a great time to join us! Weather
permitting, we'll be making our joyful noise OUTSIDE in the play area
next to our usual venue (we'll simply move inside if necessary) This is
a relaxed but energetic circle which is open to everyone who loves
rhythm and would like to share in the communal spirit of drumming
together. Some drums and percussion instruments will be available, but
please bring your own if you have them. Light refreshments will be
available. This event is FREE!
This is an ongoing circle usually scheduled for the first Saturday of
every month.
PLACE: Good Shepard Lutheran Church, corner of Park Ave. & Columbia
Terrace, Weehawken, NJ
DIRECTIONS: From New Jersey, take New Jersey Turnpike or Route 3 to 495
(approach to Lincoln Tunnel); get in the right lane, and take the last
exit before tunnel ("Hoboken/Weehawken"); at second traffic light, take
a left onto Boulevard East (you'll be heading north); continue on
Boulevard East for about 3/4 mile, then turn left onto Columbia Terrace;
church is at the end of the second block, on the near right corner. Park
on the street ( try Columbia Terrace or Park Ave.), and enter play yard
next to church on Park Ave. See you there!
>From New York, take Lincoln Tunnel, then go up ramp in New Jersey,
staying in the right lane; take first exit
("Weehawken/Boulevard East"), then proceed as above ("continue on
Boulevard East for about 3/4 mile...").
By bus from NYC (a short ride - less than 15 minutes!): From the Port
Authority Bus Terminal at 42nd St., take any bus from Gate 212 to
Boulevard East and Liberty Place (busses leave every 10 to 15 minutes).
At Liberty Place, walk north (same direction as bus) two blocks, then
take a left onto Columbia Terrace. Walk two blocks to Park Ave, turn
corner (to the right), and enter play yard next to church on Park Ave.
See you there!
E-mail: danamcc@...
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One Spirit Womyns' Drumming; Farmingdale NJ
Date: Sunday, August 08, 2004
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Description: Onespirit Womyn's Community Drumming Group is an ongoing drum circle that meets the 2nd Sunday of every month from 7:00-9:00 pm.
Camp Sacajawea,
242 Adelphia Rd.,
Farmingdale, NJ 07727.
Teaching includes: Afro-Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and West-African traditional rhythms. Frame drumming and improvisation are explored.
Extra drums are provided. $10. is required to participate.
Facilitator: Maire Tashjian, phone:732-616-0497
e-mail:virago3@...
website:www.viragomusic.com
This circle almost always meets on the 2'nd Sundays of each month, but if you are not yet on either group's mailing list it is always wise to call ahead in case a special change has been made.
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Internet Lounge Drum Circle; Fanwood, NJ
Date: Sunday, August 8, 2004
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
2ND Sunday of the month 7:30 to 10:30 PM or later
256 South Ave.
Fanwood NJ 07023
(across from the Fanwood train station)
908-490-1234
The Lounge closes at 12:00.
No Drum is required, no admission charge.
Sign up for Internet Service under $10 dollars a month, at https://signup.mybluelight.com
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Facilitated Community Drum Circle; Westfield, NJ
Date: Wednesday, August 11 2004
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Description: Facilitated Community Drum Circle; Westfield, NJ
Create harmony and experience community in a joyful way. No experience needed ! All ages welcome! Rain or Shine.
*Free Refreshments
*Face Painting
*Make Your Own Instruments!
Bring Drums and/or other Percussion instruments if you have them. Some extras will be available. Facilitators: Beth & Hany
Questions? … call Linda Christopher at the Westfield Area Y,
908 2332-2700, ext. 232
e-mail Linda @ lchristopher@...,
or Hany at hany@...
The Westfield Area Y
220 Clark Street, Westfield, NJ 07090
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Long Island, NY Second Sat. Celebration
Date: Saturday, August 14, 2004
Time: 7:30pm-11:00pm
Description: 7:30 PM Second Sat. Celebration
Just Drummin' Just Dancin' Just Jammin'
Nassau/Queens Drum & Dance
St. Mark's United Methodist Church
200 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre, NY
Jam starts at 7:30 PM $10-
No admittance after 10 PM
Rip at ripnqdd@... 718-634-2685 WWW.LOUDJOY.COM/NQDRUM
Please bring extra drums to share.
Directions From Southern State Pkwy
-Southern State Parkway exit 19 South
-Penninsula Blvd. 1.7 miles
-left on Lakeview Ave go to 3rd light
-left on Hempstead Ave.
-big stone church about 1/2 mile on left
. . . and don't forget to breathe . . .
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Drum Circle at Gaia's Gate New Age Spiritual Center, Millstone, NJ
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Description: Every 3rd Wednesday of the month. Move to beating of the sacred drum. Drum, Dance & Sing! Drumming is a great way to relieve tension & stress to raise energy and create a great feeling of community. Beginners and Advanced drummers are welcome. If you have no drum you are welcome too. Come & clap or dance, some equipment is available for loan.
Cost: $5.00 donation.
Gaia's Gate New Age Spiritual Center
33 North River St.
Millstone, NJ 08844
(Just outside of Hillsborough).
Contact: Patricia Miller
(908) 281-9222
olwensilvertree@...
http://www.geocities.com/gaias_gate1/
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RICHARD REITER¹S "SPIRITUAL DRUMMING" WORKSHOP!!!! Montclair, NJ
Date: Sunday, August 29, 2004
Time: 3:00pm-5:00pm
WHERE: First Congregational Church (sponsored by Outpost in the Burbs);
40 South Fullerton Ave., Montclair, NJ
CONTACT INFO: www.outpostintheburbs.org 973 744-6560
(Reiter¹s home phone is 973 857-2557)
COST: $5 (includes refreshments!!)
NOTE: The Outpost policy is that enrollment is limited to adults and mature teenagers.
No musical training is necessary! We supply drums, but you are encouraged to bring your own drums and percussion instruments.
Come explore drumming and percussion in a meditative atmosphere of fun, openness and spirituality. When drumming, everyone in the group can communicate at the same time by listening and responding sensitively, generating a joyous feeling of unity and power. This is our fifth year, andwe really have fun!!
DIRECTIONS: Garden State Pkway exit 151 (Watchung Ave.); take Watchung Ave. towards Bloomfield/Montclair (not towards Nutley); go about one mile, go under the railroad trestle and make immediate left onto Park St.; go about 1 mile and turn left at light onto Bloomfield Ave; make next right at light onto South Fullerton Ave; make second right onto Plymouth (just past First Congregrational Church--big building); immediately (just past the church) turn right into the small parking lot behind the church; go up the outside stairs to the 2nd floor.