Drum For Joy ~ African Drumming in Ireland
with Jaqui MacMillan

Spring 2012 Weekend Intensive
and Weeklong Workshop

$100 early bird discount if weeklong paid in full by July 7, 2011.

Drum For Joy!

Come for an intensive weekend or join us for the fun filled full week.

“If you can say it, you can play it” … These are the famous
words of Jaqui’s first drum teacher, Babatunde Olatunji, and also the foundation for all of her drum classes.  The Drum For Joy in Ireland program will include classes where you will learn the language of the drum, basic  technique and how to make your drum sing.  Jaqui presents the drum songs in a way that make it fun and easy to learn.  You will learn many rhythms,  breaks, solo techniques and vocal parts throughout the program.  We will also be exploring improvisation with with drums and percussion instruments, found sounds and working with the rhythms of nature in the beautiful environment around us. We will celebrate the coming of autumn, go to local pubs to hear Irish music and create spontaneous music magic together!  No musical experience necessary/ all levels are welcome.  There are a limited number of drums by request … please bring a drum if you can.

Spring, 2012 ~ Drum For Joy! Weekend Intensive -
$450 (Euro 300) ~ Begins 7:30pm Friday  and ends after lunch Sunday  ~ Full room and board included.

Weeklong Workshop ~
$1500 (Euro 1000) ~ Begins 7:30pm Friday and ends after lunch Friday. Room included, full weekend board (same as above,  *half board during the week (breakfast and lunch) included until lunch Friday.

*The reason for half board during the week is so that we are available to go to the local pubs to have dinner and listen to music… We will also have the opportunity to make some community dinners together in the large Lios Dana kitchen. All part of the fun and adventure!

(Price does not include airfare and transportation to and from Lios Dana Dolphin Spirit Gate in Ireland (Inch, Annascaul, County Kerry).  The closest airport is Kerry, however public transportation available from Shannon airport. Let us know if you need us to arrange transportation for you. Contact Eve at dolphinspiritgate@gmail.com for information.)

REGISTER EARLY ~ SPACE IS LIMITED!

To register for the Weekend Intensive, a nonrefundable deposit of $150 should be sent to Jaqui.

To register for the Weeklong Program, a nonrefundable deposit of $500 should be sent to Jaqui.

Send deposit (made payable to Jaqui MacMillan) along with your name and contact information to:

Jaqui MacMillan, 3438 Littlestown Pike, Westminster, Md, 21158.

For more information about the program or deposit contact Jaqui at: 410-346-6884 or DrumForJoyJaqui@gmail.com.

The balance is paid directly to Lios Dana Dolphin Spirit Gate ~ Register and pay ~ $100 early bird discount if weeklong paid in full by January 15, 2012.

For information email Eve at dolphinspiritgate@gmail.com .

“I can see love and light coming from Jaqui, I could see it from the first time I met her (in the ’80’s).  She is a beautiful spirit and a very talented drummer.  As her first teacher, I am very proud of her accomplishments.  She has much love to give and gives it to many through her teaching and her drumming …this is in her nature.” -Babtunde Olatunji, (March 4, 2001)

“Jaqui MacMillan is a rare kind of musician who can both play and teach exceptionally well. Her vast training with several drumming masters is evident the moment she makes a sound on the drum. Each time I see her work, I am always struck with her ability to connect to the participants with warmth and joy. Jaqui is someone who truly loves people and wants to see them progress.” – Jim Donovan, Rusted Root, Jim Donovan Music, (September 2009)

Jaqui MacMillan found her passion for African drumming in the early 1980’s.  Over a span of thirteen years, she studied with many Masters, including Babatunde Olatunji, Mamady Keita, Sam Turner, Carlos Moore and Mahiri Fadjimba Keita at the Tam Tam Mandingue School in Washington, D.C.  Having performed and recorded with some of the top names in
the business, she began sharing her joy of drumming with others by teaching classes and facilitating community drum circles. Jaqui has taught privately and given workshops throughout the USA for over seventeen years through her program, Drum For Joy!™.  The Washington Area Music Association, (WAMA), awarded Jaqui the “World Music Instrumentalist Award” every year from 1995 through 2002 and she was featured in the Women Drummers 2000 issue of DRUM! Magazine.  In 1999
and 2001, she attended the Drum Circle Facilitators Playshop and the Facilitators Mentor Training in Hawaii with Arthur Hull.  Jaqui has facilitated drum circles for hundreds of conferences, corporate team building events, elementary and high schools, hospitals, programs for “at risk” children, juvenile detention centers and programs
for homeless and battered women.  She is a founding board member of the Drum Circle Facilitators Guild (DCFG), an organization dedicated to professionalism in the field of drum circle facilitation.  As an endorsee of Mountain Rythym Percussion, Jaqui represented the company as a guest facilitator at Summer NAMM in Nashville, TN, at the Percussive Arts Society
International Conference, (PASIC), in Ohio and as a workshop leader at the Seattle World Rhythm Festival. She is currently creating a drum program for children, which includes her own line of drums and percussion instruments and she is the director of The Drum For Joy!™ Orchestra.

Lios Dana (pronounced LIS DAWNA) Dolphin Spirit Gate is a place for transcendant living, learning and being. Located in the hills of southwest Ireland on the Dingle peninsula overlooking Inch Beach, this stunningly beautiful land has been the destination for spiritual seekers for over a quarter of a century. On a hill overlooking Inch strand, the dunes, Dingle Bay and the Atlantic Ocean ~ here you will find tranquil gardens surrounding a beautiful cream colored home with floor to ceiling ocean views. A perfect place to relax, rejuvenate, and renew.