Paralounge

21st. Paralounge Drum Gathering October 12-14, 2012 Camp Kiwanis Silver Springs Florida Mark your calendars! Details will be posted as they become available.   Russell Buddy Helm is scheduled to be at the next Paralounge Drum Gathering.                 Jana Broder will bring her “Red Trailor” full of drums! [...]

A list of vendors will be posted as they register for the Drum Gathering for April 27-29, 2012.         www.goatskins.com    Shorty Palmer provides drums and percussion from around the world, along with drum building supplies and drum re-building services. You may also be interested in his “How to re-build a Djembe” DVD. [...]

!! Epic !! 20th. Paralounge Drum Gathering 10 Year Anniversary Celebration!! April 27-29, 2012 Camp Kiwanis Silver Springs, Florida Located in the Ocala National Forest  It was an amazing weekend! Camp Kiwanis was packed full of beautiful people. Everywhere you could hear children laughing and drums playing. Here are some great videos of footage taken [...]

Since July of 2002 The Paralounge Drum Gathering started in July of 2002. With one big bon-fire and one hundred and ten drum circle enthusiest from all over the region we created a drum circle space that would unify the community. With the best intentions Paralounge began to collect percussion ensembles from all over the [...]

A drum circle is a community function based on rhythm and dance. Many cultures throughout the planet have traditions that include drum circle activities. Each culture has drum circles that function differently for different purposes.   Ancient tribes used music to bring the members closer as a functioning group. The instruments they created mimicked the [...]