Have you always wanted to make your own hoop drum?
Now you can!
Day long drum making workshop on Feb. 23, 2008
here in Portland, OR.
This is an example of the drums that we will make in the workshop
Justin Hoffman will be in Portland OR offering his enjoyable
hoop-drum making class,
followed by a ceremony and group drumming session.
--This is a Mother Drum that Justin recently made for a customer.
~ Testimonials ~
"I made my fist hoop drum in the early 80's and it has remained a powerful ritual and personal tool. There is nothing more intimate and magical than beating, and hearing the voice from, a drum of your own creation." -- Wind Hughes
"What a privilege to spend a day with you, let alone being able to put together a drum. I am still awed by the experience". -- Marge Perry
"I really enjoyed the workshop and your generous way of helping all of us novice drum-makers through our various levels of uncertainty, confusion and fear that we'd mess it up!! I now have a very special drum that I've made with my own hands in the same way that many other hands have made drums for eons. You've truly given me, and others I'm sure, a very special gift. -- Lesly Ivy
JOIN US for a day to remember.....
Sat. Feb 23, 2008 Portland, OR
Exact time and location to be announced
Cost: $100 - includes materials for a 15" hoop drum and beater, the class instruction,
ceremony and drumming circle.
The wood that Justin uses in the hoops is Port Townsend Yellow Cedar, a rare wood.
This wood was harvested after one of the forest fires in Takilma, Oregon,
in the 80's, and
is a very special wood.
To pre-register call 503-313-3007
See you there!
"In the old days, there was peace and harmony in the
mountains where our people (the Cherokee) lived, struggled
for survival, and raied the young ones. There was respect
for the elders, and they were honored in our ceremonies.
Don't get me wrong, we were not without our difficulties,
'cause there were plenty with just surviving a winter in the
mountains. We were a people who shared all things, and we
did not own the land. It and we were free to be responsible
to care for others who also shared. We had everything in
nature, and Mother Earth gifted us with plants for food
and for our ills. We beat our drums, sang our songs, danced,
and worked for survival of the family, clan and tribe.
We were one with each other and the Universal Circle of Life.
-Oscar Rogers, Cherokee Elder, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
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