Drum Circle Facilitation: Building Community Through Rhythm

This comprehensive handbook includes:- Full curriculum presented in the Village Music Circles 6-day Drum Circle Facilitators Training Intensive- Facilitation exercises- Complete map of Arthurian Triplications- Facilitators shorthand- Starting, producing and marketing drum circles- Stories by Arthur and contributors in the facilitators' community- The relationship between drum circles and the science of complexity- Interview with Babatunde OlatunjiArthur Hull's Drum Circle Faciliation;DVD (852598) is available separately.

CONTENTS:List of Stories Foreword (Barry Bitman, M.D., Don Davidson, Cameron Tummel) Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Birthing a Rhythmical Community Drum Circles Logistics of Reading this Book (The Stories, The Exercises, Teaching Without Teaching, Triplicity Elements, Facilitators' Shorthand)Chapter 2: We Speak Arthurian A Bit of Perspective A Facilitation Sequence Described in Arthurian Arthurian Words and Phrases Chapter 3: TriplicititesPresentation Skills Triplicity (Vocal Skills, Group Leadership Skills, Body Language Skills) Body Language Triplicity (Readability, Telegraphing, Congruency)Facilitating Toward Self-Facilitation Strengthen Your Triplicities into Balance Chapter 4: Arthurian Facilitation Triplicity Tools Techniques IntentionChapter 5: Facilitation Concepts What Can I Do to Serve This Circle? Create Small Successes Work with What They Give You Respect and Use the Transition Points Get Out Of Their Way (GOOW) Constantly Use Your Radar There Are No Mistakes Critique Technique Triplicity Chapter 6: Call of the Drum Drum Circle Etiquette Advice for Beginning;Beginners Drum CallChapter 7: In the Center of the Circle Create the Orchestrational Spot and then Respect It Intervention Sequence and Orchestration Connecting Chapter 8: Percussion Ensemble Ways to Get from Here to There Instrumentation Drum Circle Song "What do you critique?" Triplicity Chapter 9: Orchestration Anatomy of a Rhythm-Based Event Achieving Alchemy; Chapter 10: Professional Aspects of Facilitation Developing a Career as a Rhythm-Event Facilitator Professional Development Triplicity Drum Circle Format Triplicity Adapting Facilitation Principles to Business Prelude to Creating Your Own Events Advertising, Starting & Producing Drum Circles Leading the Way to Learning What Comes Around Goes Around Chapter 11: Facilitating at the Edge of Chaos Chapter 12: A Cross-Country Conversation Finale Resources List of Exercises List of Stories