Croatan Drummers

Im playing now with this drum troupe called Croatan Drummers.....

which has been coming out of the West African Drum Classes and Jay Beck's ongoing vision for a multicultural arts and education studio connected with Psalters, Circle of Hope, and all kinds of other cool things. We've been practicing three songs for our first performance:

Tiriba

Yankadi-Makru

And we're also going to sing this piece at the end of Makru called Jole. All in all its going to be pretty epic. Come by, we'll be playing in between sets:

PAPER TRIGGER ALBUM RELEASE SHOW

feb 21st9pm. johnny brenda's

with CROATAN DRUMMERS
PATTERN IS MOVEMENTand WHALES AND COPS

Hope to see you there.

There is lots to be really excited about:

-I'm in the advanced class for West African Drumming.
-I finally got the lighting plans for Circle of Hope done...the first pass at least.
-I'm feeling good about my job / getting the hang of this LEED Consulting thing.
-I'm about 90% done my bathroom project, which began last May.
-Ive got two friends of mine working on my house (mostly the 1st floor) so we can polish it up for an appraisal and refinance our mortgage....its like an episode of Flip that House!
-Ive got a new person coming to my cell this week.
-I'm even beginning to admit how much of a control freak I am (all the stuff Im doing is bringing it up...in a good way), and I think I'm ready to start letting go.

Kramo Bone

On this election day I've got my mind on hypocrisy and deception. Coicidentally, my djembe is on the way from Ghana, just in time for Jay Beck's West African Drum Class which begins soon.

The Adinkra symbol - Kramo Bone- carved into the solid Mansonia wood is a warning against deception and hypocrisy. "The bad christain makes it difficult for the good one to be noticed. The fake and the genuine look alike because of hypocrisy."