On Thursday evening, After my usual drumming class at Newtown Community Centre (Click here for info) I decided to see if the West African Dance Class needed an extra djembe drummer to play along with the dancing. The group consisted of a few familiar faces of people who I had drummed with before, along with some new faces who were very welcoming.

The dancing is run by a young lady named Jenny who I had met very briefly before at a course I attended in Wainuomata. The class had around 20 people Dancing and six of us drumming. The drummers were very skilled and I was glad that they chose a drumming score to play that I had learned and been playing for quite a while.

All in all it was an amazing evening with the drumming finishing off on a really high tempo and the dancing flowing seamlessly into the rythm and creating a really tribal atmosphere. I guess thats what I had been looking for when I turned up and was not disappointed. I will be there next week

If anyone would like to attend the West African Dance Class that Jenny runs then please contact Jenny on 0276996918 or Email jenbloomfield[at]gmail.com Replacing [at] with the @ sign.

Classes are held at Toi Peneke, Back Room studio, 61 Abel Smith Street, Thursdays 8pm – 9.30pm (PLEASE REGISTER WITH JENNY FIRST)

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