 100vw, 1000px” data-recalc-dims=”1″/>Lincoln County will again be welcoming the summer season this year with the Newport Community Drum Circle’s summer-long Second <span class=)
The free, family friendly community event — described as part street performance, part jam session, part neighborhood block party — is in its sixth year on the outdoor theater stage at Café Mundo in Newport’s oceanfront Nye Beach historic district. It features traditional and indigenous World Beat rhythms and Native American flutes with Thunder & Lightness, Ocean Thunder! Percussion Ensemble, and special musical guests.
 100vw, 463px” data-recalc-dims=”1″/>Drum Circle leader Chandler Davis heads up the multicultural drumming along with Skip Floraday, Gus Willemin, Lewis Smith and prominent guest drummers on traditional hand drums from Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, the South Pacific, and elsewhere.</p>
<p>Well known Willamette Valley musicians Ellen Saunders, from Portland, and Terry Filer, from McMinnville, along with Mary-Beth Nickel, from Siletz, add a haunting melodic counterpoint to the dynamic energy of the drums on traditional Native American flutes.</p>
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Davis said all ages are welcome and there will be light percussion available to encourage audience participation. “There is also lots of room for dancers, hula hoopers, jugglers, jesters and clowns,” he said. Drummers and other musicians whose material fits into the acoustic World Music format are welcome too, but need to make arrangements in advance by contacting Davis directly at chandler@chandlerdavis.com or541-272-4615
The regularly scheduled Newport Community Drum Circle gatherings at Don Davis Park, across from the Newport Performing Arts Center, are open to all every first and third Tuesday from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, through September.
