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African Drumming

On Friday  October 14th Mr Steve Dawson called in to give Y5/6 an African Drumming lesson. We all had a drum and first we learnt that they made much better sounds when the holes on the bottom were uncovered.

 

After that Steve told us about the two strokes that we would be using, one was a whole- handed strike in the middle of the drum and the other was a slap with the fingers on the side.
 

 

Then we sang a song and learnt the dance move ‘The Alligator Bounce’ and did a song about an alligator. We then did a lot of routines on the drums and did some rounds with one half of the room playing one piece then the other half.

 

We then learnt another song which we performed to the rest of the school.                     

It was a great morning and we can't wait to hear the CD made of our drumming.

by Kit

Mr Steve Dawson is an Advanced Skills Teacher at Newcastle Community School and set up the African Drum band Madula with pupils from his school. They have produced their own CD and have performed  at many venues including The Symphony Hall in Birmingham.

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