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"Happyness Drum Circles spent a day in our school, providing all the drums and instruments and plenty of enthusiasm and creativity to engage all our older children. The workshops were lively and enjoyable and the whole school pulsated and vibrated to the rhythms being produced. When the rest of the school came together for the end-of-day performance, bringing their home made shakers, Steve's easy management of 400+ children created an atmosphere of sound, movement and excitement few of the children, or staff, had experienced before. It was a "moving' experience in every way as all the children combined their sounds and rhythms together under the direction of their animated Drum Major - Steve. Children from P6 and P7 in our neighbouring denominational school were also included in the workshops and performance, making it an inclusive event in every sense. Next time, we plan to bring in senior members of our community to link generations in a celebration of sound and rhythm. We also want to explore dance, using the rhythms to inspire creative choreography from our pupils." David Simpson, Head teacher, Linlithgow Primary, June 2004 "As headteachers of two schools on a shared campus, we like to find opportunities for joint in-service for our respective staffs. The "Happyness" flyer came in at just the right time for the last whole day in-service of the session. Stephen worked extremely hard in his two sessions ( one for the teachers of both schools and one for the support staff of both schools) and so did we. Everybody thoroughly enjoyed the day. We were in the position of our pupils learning something completely new - which we did with great gusto and lots of laughs. Just try passing egg shakers from hand to hand while singing an African song and getting faster and faster! Why did somebody end up with five? Or "passing a rhythm" round the circle, changing direction and passing it back again. It was all stimulating, challenging activity which demanded great concentration, but a wonderful way to spend an in-service day and all staff were very enthusiastic about it. We were so impressed with our own success and efforts that we promptly booked Stephen for two days at the start of the session, as we want our pupils to have as much fun as we did! With creativity a buzz word in education, what better way to be creative than through drumming and rhythm games?" Avril Lamont, Headteacher Fox Covert Primary, Edinburgh, June 2004 See also: For more information please contact: STEPHEN SHARPE | About | Highland Xylophones | Corporate | Schools | Health | Drum Sales / Contact | |
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