Official: Drumming is good for you!

Subject: Official: Drumming is good for you!
From: GUEST,Ed
Date: 20 Feb 04 - 04:49 PM

Well maybe not 'official' But see this article from BBC News.

Bring on the bodhrans!

Subject: RE: Official: Drumming is good for you!
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 20 Feb 04 - 04:59 PM

John Paul will be pleased about this endorsement of the rhythm method.
John

Subject: RE: Official: Drumming is good for you!
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 20 Feb 04 - 05:02 PM

I suspect you could achieve the same results with any kind of 'play time' introduced into the work place... Drumming... finger painting... even a story time... LOL

Some people need to be told to let thier hair down from time to time...

:-)

Subject: RE: Official: Drumming is good for you!
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 20 Feb 04 - 05:16 PM

I sort of agree, Clinton, but I've done drumming, bookbinding, "new games", origami, "ice breakers", etc with my staff and other groups, and drumming is by far the most exhilarating and satisfying activity that can be learned quickly- instantaneously, in fact!

Allison

Subject: RE: Official: Drumming is good for you!
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 20 Feb 04 - 06:29 PM

It's all right so long as you're doing the drumming.

I suspect if there were any people there in the home who for any reason weren't involved - stuck in bed, or trying to read, or do some paper work, for exanple - they'd have a different take on it.

Subject: RE: Official: Drumming is good for you!
From: JennyO
Date: 21 Feb 04 - 08:16 AM

I've known this for a long time. I run drumming workshops, and the effect on the participants at the end always seems to be increased energy and a feeling of well-being.

The last time I did one, at a festival, a lot of people asked me to put another one on the next day. We found a space in the program and a spare room, and off we went again!

Jenny

Subject: RE: Official: Drumming is good for you!
From: mooman
Date: 21 Feb 04 - 09:01 AM

Yep...I agree!

I have a workout on my Latin percussion setup for at least 20 minutes every day and it definitely is a stress reliever.

Thank goodness my neighbour is tolerant and hard of hearing!

Peace

moo

Subject: RE: Official: Drumming is good for you!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 21 Feb 04 - 10:41 AM

Unless of course, you live on certain streets in Northern Ireland.....

LTS

Subject: RE: Official: Drumming is good for you!
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 21 Feb 04 - 11:23 AM

Yes Moo, but was your neighbour hard of hearing BEFORE you started drumming?
John

Subject: RE: Official: Drumming is good for you!
From: open mike
Date: 21 Feb 04 - 11:53 AM

it was probably the RESIDENTS more than the staff (or at least as much as the staff) that could have benefitted from drumming...to ease the
boredom of sitting around day after day...24 hours a day while the staff is probably there for 8....now there is a story i would like to see-- music therapy offered to the poeple who LIVE in the place...I can imagine the residents thinking: we pay these people to take care of us and they are playing bongos?