Street Festival '19 / Drum Circle

Benjamin Bergey, the conductor of the Rapidan Orchestra, got his doctorate in music at JMU, and the subject of his thesis was "Music and Peacebuilding", the idea being to bring people together through music making. One way to do that is Drum Circles and he leads some at the Music Room from time to time, including at the street festival.

Here's a shot of the group as the circle got started

Here's Don, Pam, and Benjamin

Here's Judy (who volunteers everywhere and just received a lifetime achievement award for her many years teaching music in the public schools), with her granddaughter Sydney and her daughter Kelly.

And here are a couple of shots of parents and children drawn into the Music Room by the sound of the drums