The
drum circle takes place on Casey Key Public Beach,
Nokomis,
Florida. Starts about an hour before sundown, every Wednesday and
Saturday.
Depending on the weather, the drum circle has an attendance between
several hundred to several thousand people. Everyone is welcome.
Nokomis Beach Drum Circle
When drummers
meet for the Nokomis Drum Circle
Finding a
parking space is a miracle
Hundreds
gather on the beach before sundown
People coming
from near and out of town
The Shaman
draws a large circle in the sand
Decorated
with shells and flowers by a helping hand
Giving
blessings and blowing his sea shell
All watchers
present are under the spell
He walks
around with the smoking cleansing sage
Anyone can
join the circle and is welcomed at any age
After the
ceremony, the drummers begin to play
Once you hear
the beat, you just have to stay
Drumming
rapidly and waiting for the setting sun
When it sets,
it's time for dancing an having fun
Some drummers
and dancers like to teach
Making the
circle complete on Nokomis Beach
Written By Reble Mae Smith Melle 04/21/2009
Reproduced
with kind permission from the author.
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Gathering Crowd
The Celebration of Sundown
Pictures where submitted by the members of our audiece.
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The Drum circle features Drumming, Dancing, Playing, Spectaing,
Communicating and ... Belly Dancing. What can be better than sitting on
the beautiful beach, listening to drums and watching the gorgeous belly
dancers? Well ... bring a djembe, a
drum, a cowbell, a
shaker, a flute, a guitar, or anything that makes noise, and enjoy. Its
free, fun and everyone is invited.
There are
always new images
in our
gallery
page. You may always post your messages and announcements to the
Nokomis Drum Circle mailing list on our
mailinglist page
... keep it relevant to the drum circle.
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This month was a very busy
month for the Nokomis
drum circle. If one arrived late, the parking spots were all filled.
The beach parking lot, the parking on the other side of the road, and
the barrier island was packed full of cars. Wow!
Christmas weekend,
the weather was perfect, the audience was great and the drumming
pounded hard. Thank you all for coming.
