Feel the rhythm, feel the vibe

of the irresistible Caribbean music

      We  Do Performances and Workshops in:

Tamboo Bamboo 

Traditional Calypso

Indigenous Traditional Caribbean drumming

 Parang / parang -soca (songs  of Spanish and French creole influence sang around Christmas time)

Traditional Gospel / spiritual songs

Traditional rhymes and jingles

Traditional folk songs  

 

Performances and workshops  are structrured for all age groups and ability including

Family groups

Early years hands on sessions / sing along groups

Special needs groups

Elderly groups 

Children using rhythm sticks to  create background sounds for a literacy activity.

      Nursery children using instruments  in a literacy activity.

 

The  African's  in the Caribbean were not allowed to practice their culture in the time of slavery, however being people of a rhythmical nature with excellent creative and adaptive skills they used bamboo's and other every day objects present at that time to replace the  traditional African drum. 

As time went by the slaves found ways of introducing the African drums into their new space.This creative talent saw the creation of the steeelpan from the oil drums. They also  created a  small drum called the 'Tambrin' which had the shape of a  tambourine . It was heated up every time it was needed for playing. When heated it plays quick rhythms as that of the Reel but as it cools it  plays slower rhythms as that of the Scottish Jig.  There were other instruments such as  the cuatro, mandalin, maracas or shac shac,box base, mouth organ or harmonica. All these  instruments were used to enable the creation of the unique Caribbean music.