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Looking forward to another Birthday Bash. Join the RDC as we celebrate it’s 12th birthday! Free. Raffle tickets available at the ticket booth.

Pullen Park, 520 Ashe Ave, Raleigh, Nc 27606
6:30 Pot Luck
7 – 10pm Performances and Drum Circle

RDC started as the World Percussion Club at NCSU. Within six months we partnered with Lake Johnson Park to meet the demand for a public rhythm event in Raleigh. We met on their shores for many years before the launch of the Raleigh Hoop Jam at Pullen Park as a collaborative occasion for drumming and flow arts. The community has evolved and grown over the years. Many fantastic teachers and performers have sprung from and grown with this community of rhythm enthusiasts.

The Raleigh Drum Circle Birthday Bash has been an annual occasion to showcase some of these talented folks and their great work out in the world. We hold this party at our regularly scheduled hoop jam, but it’s a very different occasion from the regularly scheduled programming.

In years past we’ve set up the stage with lighting and sound systems where folks can strut their stuff in front of the community, but this year there’s SOMETHING NEW! Instead of putting performances on the stage, we’re putting them IN THE DRUM CIRCLE!!! Dancers and drummers will bring their talents right to the heart of the community. Performances will be limited to one number. Microphones will be available if you need one. To sign up as a performer, contact GREG by email to gregory@drumforchange.com

As always we’ll start at 6:30. We’re also having a POTLUCK — bring something yummy to share (we’ll take care of plates and utensils, but bring your own beverage). Please include a label with contents so folks with restrictive diets will know what they can eat. The park will provide tables and chairs. Munch when you feel like it; there’s no particular timetable.

WE’RE GIVING AWAY STUFF! There’s a raffle to support the cost of maintaining our website, marketing materials, hoops, and instruments. It’s our only fundraiser of the year. Be on the lookout for a list of awesome stuff you might win. If you’d like to donate to the raffle, contact TONY by email to info@drumsticktony.com

At 7pm we’ll start lacing performances into the drum jam, so be ready for transitions: you might be invited to play along, you might be invited to simply listen for a few minutes. Around 8pm we’ll shift things again and open up the drum circle in a SOUL TRAIN STYLE dance-down-the-middle shake-your-groove-thang hoop-your-heart-out prance-your-poi and strut-your-staff event! EVERYONE is invited and encouraged to take a turn down through the groove and to get to the heart of the matter — literally and figuratively.

We hope to see you there….