For any enquiries or an obligation free quotation -
contact us.
Where do we operate? - we offer drumming
team building & entertainment services throughout
SA (South Africa) and abroad. We have drummers operating
in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban.. and where
ever required.. we gladly travel to any other areas. Enquire for more info.
We also subcontract to Team building and Events companies. Client Feedback:
"They said it was absolutely great and would make
use of our services again, which is wonderful to hear.
Thanks."
The Drumming Guys - High Impact Showstopper
Performance.
Featuring African Drums, Percussion & Zulu Dancers.
Get into the groove with interactive drumming!
Interactive
drumming sessions
We come to you, bringing with us all the necessary drums
and instruments. And soon you'll be making music facilitated
by our professional drummers - ideal for year-end functions,
team building, parties, tour groups, conferences, schools,
weddings, family gatherings...
We use djembe drums which are easy to play, highly responsive,
and our drum facilitators will have any group drumming
together in minutes. Which creates synergy - bringing
diverse energies together to form into one team.
We deliver awesome team experiences!
Client feedback - CCI SA:
"The drumming was great, everyone enjoyed it so much!
After the conference we needed an activity to release
energy."
The Drumming Guys
We always bring our best to every performance.
Our team of facilitators have years of international
experience.
Here in action, for a Team building event for Heritage
Day with Exxaro.
5 Ways to build winning Teams
People are the most important part of an organisation
- human capital. Losing staff can be a huge cost to
business, in terms of capital, talent and the cost of
replacing and training people.
Here are the 5 top tips for building teams, from a leading
business consultant.
1) Show appreciation for your staff. Recognise
and reward.
2) Create a sense of belonging - Build a culture
so that people feel part of a unique community - where
they can come to work and be part of a community, sharing
similar values - and make connections with people they
like. Socialise.
3) Management should challenge people individually,
and their teams. Develop people and give feedback
- both candid and inspirational - but keep it honest,
people are quick to identify disengenuous motivational
talks and it creates problems. Management should develop
people and talent - to mentor people, and take them
to the next level.
4) Celebration. The Team that celebrates
together - stays together. Don't wait until year-end,
celebrate the "process wins" - celebrate the
small results achieved along the way. As you do that
it creates energy and momentum - and people resonate
with your vision and objectives.
5) Large organisations. Everyone on your team
needs to feel like they make a difference. Your job
is to constantly communicate your vision
for the future so the team can rally around your vision,
and invest their talents, energy and loyalty.
Drumming Team building Activities
We address many of the points above during our
drumming team building activities, organising team builds
shows appreciation, bringing a group together to socialise
and create a community - strengthening social bonds;
learning new skills and working together to achieve
a common goal; and - celebrating together.
Team
Building Drumming Session
Still the most popular choice. Our drumming team building
sessions are high energy, interactive, fun and effective.
We have many years of expertise in producing succesful
events, and aim to bring you a memorable, unique &
rewarding team building experience. click here for
more detailed information.
Interactive drumming Performance
This is a combination of both an African drumming performance
and an interactive team building event. Our Professional
drummers are also our team building facilitators.
Let us take your team on an interactive musical journey,
and unite everyone with music.
Beginning with a performance on West African djembe
drums & Doun Douns (Bass drums), that evolves into
the entire group making music together, while the audience
have no instruments but their hands, feet and voices.
A truly interactive Performance!
The audience is encouraged to express themselves creatively..
singing, clapping and dancing!
This is ideal for events with large groups where drums
are not required for participants, but audience interaction
is a priority.
Client: PKF Octagon - Heritage Day 2024 Client Feedback: "Your team is excellent
- they really delivered a great performance! Everyone
loved it!"
Remote team building
A highly memorable group event using found percussion
and kitchen utensils to make music together.
Client: Food and Trees for Africa Client feedback:Your team was amazing!
They interacted so well with the team in the office
and online. Not an easy thing to do, but Khensani made
it look so easy!
Boomwhackers!!
- A high energy session with sounding tubes, this team
building activity can be combined with interactive drumming.
Interactive
Gumboot Dancing This Team building activity utilises the uniquely
South African dance form of Gumboot dancing, where rhythm
and dance combine to create a unique experience. Within
minutes we will have your team working together - and
utimately, collaborating in creating a dance routine
together.
Gumboot dancing was initially developed in South African
mines, and used for communication.
Belly
Dance & Middle Eastern rhythms workshop A drumming and dance team building session
using middle eastern rhythms and belly dancing, Our
facilitators will begin by teaching basic rhythms for
belly dancing, the belly dance facilitator will teach
the accompanying dances. The team can be divided into
drummers and dancers, and swap roles during the session.
There are also different accompanying dances specifically
for males (which don't require too much dexterity).
Percussion & drum making team build
We teach your team to make their own drums & percussion
instruments, the workshop concludes with an interactive
drumming session - since you have to experience playing
your own drums & instruments once you've completed
making them. This workshop which can be extended over
a few days and can include other team building activities
imbetween.
Paint drumming
A unique new concept introduced by popular demand. Enquire
for more details. It's an amazing experience of sound
and colour!
This activity has been postponed until after lockdown.
From interactive team building drumming sessions for School
staff or learners, to regular (weekly or monthly) drumming
workshops where the aim is to teach the subtleties of
percussion techniques and rhythms - and set learners on
a path to discovering the joys of music.
Hand drumming is suitable for all ages - from Pre-primary
to High School and University students - and has numerous
benefits, including developing cognitive, memory and motor
skills. [Learn
more here]
Team building drumming
session encore - "We want more!" Rayban:
"Thank you so much to you and the team for an excellent
drumming session on Friday at our team building event.
The response from our staff has been overwhelmingly
positive. Everybody thoroughly enjoyed the drumming
session and it was very well conducted.
Job well done !!!"
Drumming and Dance Performances | Drumming Entertainment
West
African drumming
High energy West African drumming and dance. From welcome
drummers for events and conferences, to on-stage performances.
African drummers ensemble - can include dancers and
other performers. Performances can be combined with
interactive drumming. Gumboot Dance Showcasing the dance form that was invented
in South African mines. Also offering other SA dance
forms.
Cuban and Afro-cuban Percussion
Cuban rhythms and instruments have their origins in
Africa, but have evolved over the years into a distinct
latin sound that is associated with Salsa, Jazz and
more.
Salsa, Latin and African Jazz bands also available.
Middle Eastern Darbuka and Zaffa drummers
Can be combined with Bellydance. Very popular with Middle
Eastern themed events and weddings.
Marimba band
Playing traditional Southern African marimba classics
and contemporary songs. The band also performs with
dancers for more visual effect! Popular for wedding
entertainment.
Obini
is the Yoruban word for Woman. Bata drumming is the oldest drum tradition of Cuba,
descended from African traditions.
Obini Bata was formed by Director Eva Despaigne and other
members of the Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba -
Cuba's national folkloric music and dance company.
In Cuba the Bata are traditionally played only by men,
but Obini Bata have challenged centuries of tradition
and taboo by becoming the first all-female bata drumming
ensemble in Cuba.
See their documentary
on youtube - Una sonrisa para el tambor / A smile for
the drum -
Excerpt from an interview Ruben Yizmeyian conducted with
Giovanni Hidalgo (Puerto Rico) in Montevideo, Uruguay
-
RY: What do you feel when the understanding is and
most of your colleagues say you're the best Percussionist
in the world?
GH: Is that true?! We have millions of creatures
on this earth with different gifts, I try to do my best
in my instrument ... there are many very good Congueros
and Percussionists, but in that giant diversity in life,
teach and learn is an infinite cycle that goes together...
then, it is impossible to be the best in the world.
View: on Youtube - Power
of Rhythm Podcast (2021) - Interview with Giovanni
Hidalgo.
We
offer a variety of traditional and modern drums and
percussion instruments. Be it factory produced or hand
made - try us for great value and excellent quality.
We specialise in hand carved african djembes,
doun douns (West African bass drums) and other
african drums and instruments.
Souvenir Drums for gifts, or promotions
also available.
Custom Drums - we hand make professional quality
drums and instruments for the stage and studio - djembe,
douns, quinto, conga, tumba, bongos and more - contact
us for further info.
DRUM REPAIRS
We undertake repairs to a variety of hand drums and
percussion instruments.
We repair and re-head Djembes, Bongo drums, Congas,
Doun Douns (African Bass drums), Frame drums etc... [Go
here for more information on drum repair]
Drumming Lessons
Learn to play Djembe, Congas, bongos and other African
and Cuban percussion instruments.
Private and group drumming lessons offered. The best way
to gain confidence in playing, learn rhythms and improve
your technique is through personal tuition. Contact
us for more information.
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Drumming Therapy
Numerous
medical studies have shown the health benefits of drumming,
as well as a wide range of applications.
From group drumming sessions to individual therapy - hand
drumming has been proven to be highly effective and very
versatile, and has been used in a variety of therapeutic
contexts.
Contact us for further information. [More about
drumming therapy here]
Our Approach to Interactive Drumming Team Building
We can custom make team building experiences to address
your specific organisational needs.
We like Musicality,
strong rhythm, good groove and tight playing.
We have a passion for percussion!
We are results driven - and have every intention of making
your event a success.
We treat everyone with equal respect, regardless of their
position in the organisation.
Our sessions are designed to bring out the best in your
team - uniting people and demonstrating the benefits of
co-operation. While offering a unique
and memorable experience.
Because that is what facilitates real
team development - and makes the team stronger.
Client feedback -
Johannesburg Stock Exchange:
"Thank you very much to Johan and his team for coming
to host our drumming team building event. The drumming
was fun, energising and had the whole team dancing and
singing. Their performance was brilliant and well enjoyed
by all in the team. The drumming brought the team together
to all have fun together without considering which person
performs which role in the office, and outside we were
all just a bunch of people having fun and making music
together.
Thank you again!"
Nativa Healthcare (Pretoria):
"As a Social Psychologist I can tell you this form
of team building (drumming) really works. People normally
take much longer to begin socialising the way they are
now- and it was catalysed by your drumming session."
SAPREF (Durban):
"Just a quick note to say thank you for the great
afternoon.
Everyone had such fun and it was wonderful to see our
whole department join in.
It definitely was a positive step towards Building our
Team."
Corporate Learning Consultant (Jhb):
(Drumming workshops for team building during Lockdown
- theme: Synergy)
"We appreciate your exceptional service delivery
and reliability.
Looking forward to building a long lasting relationship."
Performance
The
Drumming Guys were selected to arrange & perform the
live drumming soundtrack for the official FIFA
2010 World Cup theme song.
The FIFA 2010 World Cup took place in South
Africa, the official song and video was commissioned
by the SA Department of Sport, Arts and Culture.
The video was flighted on all SABC TV channels prior
to and during the World Cup. Here we are at Lesedi Cultural
Village - filming the live performance.
The
Drumming Guys
West
African drumming
We
offer a variety of traditional and modern drums and
percussion instruments. Be it factory produced or hand
made - try us for great value and excellent quality.
