Drumming is not only satisfying as a social or community event, but also as a healing experience that feeds your spirit. It drops you into a space of presence, of being in the moment, of moving towards openness, and it reminds you that it's ok to push things aside and create space for you yourself to let go and enjoy life.

The Yoga of Drum & Chant - 12:00pm to 2:30pm
"The Yoga of Drum and Chant : Drumming Meditation Workshop" is an energetic experience designed to renew your spirit and encourage transformational growth through direct positive action. Through conscious breath, sacred chant, and the healing power of the drum, you will leave the workshop feeling peaceful, grounded, invigorated, and alive. The energy exchange that comes from drumming and chanting as a group will lift you to a new level of openness within yourself that will continue to move you towards new personal and spiritual exploration.

ALL NEW!  Drumming: Ecstasy & Evolution - 4:00pm to 6:30pm
In "Drumming: Ecstasy & Evolution", Jim will teach you hand drumming techniques to play exciting rhythms and drumming songs from Africa, the Americas, and the Caribbean. You will also learn a simple yet powerful, four-step process that will teach you how to deeply connect with your drumming by learning to inject true emotion into what you play. This process will help to intensify your experience and provide a great opportunity to access both your personal connection with the drum, as well as your connection to the people around you.

"Drumming: Ecstasy & Evolution" also teaches you to drum in a supportive and selfless way, and as you do this, your drumming experience will become richer, more satisfying and cathartic. It's true community music making.

Venue: MCCLV : Metropolitan Community Church of the Lehigh Valley
930 North 4th St., First Floor (Silkwerks building) Allentown, PA 18102
Free parking is available 24 hours a day behind the building and along Whitehall Street.

Click here for directions to MCCLV

Pre-registration fee: $35 single workshop or $65 for both
Day of the event: $45 single workshop or $75 for both

Beginners warmly welcomed. Ages 17 and over. Drums provided.
All Major Credit Cards Accepted.  Pre-Registration strongly recommended. Register Today!

To pre-register, contact Stephanie Smith at 610-248-5031
or e-mail biffybeans@... with questions.

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About Jim Donovan

From 1990-2005, Jim Donovan was a founding member and driving force of the multi-platinum band, Rusted Root. Jim made countless trips around North America and abroad with the popular jam-band, sharing the stage with rock & roll legends such as Santana, Page and Plant, Sting, Dave Matthews Band, The Allman Brothers, Sheryl Crowe, The Grateful Dead, and many others. They have appeared on numerous national TV shows, including MTV, FX, David Letterman, Conan O'Brien VH-1's Hard Rock Live and the CBS Morning Show. Their music has been featured on numerous television shows as well as major motion films such as Ice Age, Mathilda, Twister and the PBS Web of Life Documentary.

Donovan studied and played African rhythms with various master drummers such as Congolese master drummer Elie Kihonia, Mamady Keita and Mbemba Bangoura. He also studied African Music with noted scholar, Kwabena Nketia from Ghana.

He has researched traditional African music for over 20 years via field recordings, and has continuously integrated his findings into all his music both as a solo recording artist and with Rusted Root.

As a solo artist, Donovan has released 5 highly acclaimed solo CD's, an instructional DVD, and 4 instructional drumming CD's. His newest releases include Drum the Ecstatic International, The Yoga of Drum and Chant, and an instructional DVD entitled, "Jim Donovan's Rhythmic Foundation: Interactive African Drumming for Everyone."

Fulfilling his desire to share the power of rhythm first hand, Donovan built a series of educational drumming workshops that he teaches across the US and Europe at universities, festivals, schools, corporations, and specialty venues. He is a full-time instructor of music at Saint Francis University in Loretto, PA, the current director of the Saint Francis University World Drumming Ensemble and the director of the annual Rhythm Renewal Drumming Retreat.