Welcome to DGAS drumming for women
African Drumming for women
Welcome to DGAS drumming for women
African Drumming for women
NEW year - where we are at with DGAS
Due to the current situation we were unable to hold our women's drum camp at Bungay last summer, or indeed run any monthly workshops and groups as we'd hoped. There are a few opportunities at the moment to do some online drumming through zoom and if you keep an eye on our news page on the website or the Facebook page you should find details there if you are interested.
We are all missing our drumming and socialising and hopefully we may be able to organise something later in the year. In the meantime, we are looking for new members for the DGAS committee, we are particularly seeking a new treasurer and secretary as both these roles are currently vacant and vital to our decision making about the future of this group in bringing hand drumming to women across Norfolk. We usually meet about once every two months and currently we're doing this on zoom. If you feel you could commit a little bit of your time to keeping this group running then please don't hesitate to contact DGAS if you would like to chat about this or volunteer yourself for this opportunity.
I do hope that we are all able to meet again soon and make some noise on those skins.
About Us
Drumming and percussion for women
DGAS is a group of women who make music with djembés (African hand drums) and other percussion instruments. We run drumming afternoons and evenings for women who are interested in learning more about rhythm or just want to hit that groove for a while. We also hold an annual weekend camp in Norfolk where we host three solid days of workshops and other activities(scroll down for more details).
Get involved with DGAS
We meet about four times a year to arrange drumming sessions, workshops, and our DGAS drum camp.
Our committee is small and informal, you can be as involved in the running of DGAS as you like, or just dip your feet into being on a committee and helping DGAS make things happen. If you want more info click here to contact us.
Beginners' drum sessions
A start-up group where there is plenty of time to become familiar with techniques and some of the more simple rhythms. We run these dependant on numbers.
For beginners women's drumming contact DGAS here.
How we got here
How did we get started?
In 2003 a group of friends decided to form DGAS and pay a weekly subscription so that we could hold workshops for other women interested in drumming. We held our own beginners' workshops and later invited respected tutors to run workshops on our behalf for more experienced drummers. With the help of Awards for All lottery funding and Norfolk County Council we were able to buy instruments so they could be used at workshops by those who did not have their own.
About Women's Drum Camp
About our annual drum camp
Our yearly drum camp is on hold for the time being
We're on Facebook now, check our page out for more info on our drumming
and drumming things generally.