DRUMMING CIRCLE & Find Your Rhythm WORKSHOP
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DRUMMING CIRCLE & Workhop with MARK SAWASKY
This month's workshop is about Frame Drums (provided) and 'the medicine' they hold - Drumming Circle after!
Let the primordial rhythms of a wide array of drums from many cultures inspire you to re-connect and self-express in shared a community.
Join us for a lively interactive Drumming Circle with Workshop, which will lead us to our rhythm. Yes, everyone has a rhythm. Finding it, expressing it is tremendously liberating, practicing it in unison with others ~ pure joy!
Following the Workshop is the Drumming Circle where you can put into practice what you have learned or simply sit back and enjoy this magnificent sound experience!!!!
Beginners or experienced drummers are welcomed alike - No prerequisite needed!
This is for anyone who would like to:
- have fun
- improve cognitive and motoric skills
- learn how to listen to one's own energetic rhythm
- experience pure and childlike joy
- unlock mental and / or physical blocks
- enhance your neuroplasticity by introducing a new yet playful skill
- deepen your drumming skills if you already familiar with it
- make new connections in safe space
- support and be part of your community
- boost your creativity
***To Register***
**Please e-mail Iris at: TheJOY2B@gmail.com**
Payment options:
- Venmo: Iris McCray @JOY2B
- Zelle: 313-333-5903
- Checks payable to JOY2B, LLC and mailed to 7103 Token Valley Road, Manassas, VA 20112
What to bring:
Mark provides an array of hand drums and percussion instruments for your use, but please
bring your own drum if you have one.
Meet Your Instructor:
Mark Sawasky is a world percussionist, teacher, and recording artist who has been a leader in the NOVA drum circle community for 15 years. By day, Mark is an elementary school music teacher in Fairfax County, and on the second Friday of every month, he facilitates “Drum Jam Free” in Alexandria’s Ben Brenman Park. Mark’s drum circles incorporate rhythms from Africa, Spain, South America, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe, and have a signature blend of unison grooves and individual self-expression.
As a founding member of the award-winning Immigrant Suns, Mark published six full-length albums and toured nationally. He has recorded with artists such as Eastern Winds (Middle Eastern), Odu Afro-Beat Orchestra, and Musique Noir (world jazz), and has toured internationally with the flamenco group, La Chispa.
Mark has been a guest performer with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra and the 257th Army Band. He has also taught ensemble percussion courses at George Mason University and Fairfax County Parks, and has been an instructor at Northern Virginia Community College Summer Music Camp and Harmonia School of Music.
Meet Your Hosts:
The Workshop and Drumming Circle will be held at the air conditioned JOY2B Sound Works Studio on the grounds of Iris & Calvin McCray.
Iris McCray, certified in Sound Healing since 2019 provides public and private Sound Baths in the DMV area, is best known for her ongoing monthly Sound Bath series at the Workhouse Arts Center since 2023. Iris offers Personal Sound Healing Sessions, Peter-Hess-Sound-Massages® and Sound/Gong Immersions in the newly built ‘JOY2B Sound Works Studio’ in Manassas, VA. The studio space was created together with her husband Calvin to re-connect with healing energies available to each one of us, accessed through experiential classes, workshops and events to cultivate individual and collective peace & wellbeing. Walk the Labyrinth, meditate in the Medicine Wheel, gather around the fire circle or take in the cool breeze of the water feature.... to recharge and relax. Email Iris at: TheJOY2B@gmail.com