Let There Be Drums!

  We have seen many interesting things since
we rolled into Florida a week ago.
   But the sights we witnessed just before the
sun set yesterday will undoubtedly remain in
our memory for a long time to come!
   It was suggested, by someone, that we spend
the last part of our Sunday at Siesta Beach
Community Drum Circle!
   No one will admit to it today!
   Every Sunday, about an hour before sunset,
people gather just south of the main pavilion
between lifeguard stands 3 and 4 on Siesta Beach
in Sarasota, Florida to witness or participate in
this unique phenomenon.
    Drummers of all sorts set up on the beach
and begin a steady rhythm to which people
dance, display their hula hoop skills, play
other non percussion instruments, or do anything
else they want to that they believe "fits" the
music!
    I'm sure there's a lot of talent out there.
    But some, I think, may be rejects from
American Idol!
    There was a "full sized" woman waving
some sort of feathers as she did some kind of
"walk" around the circle. I think she thinks
it was a dance.
     Another woman slowly rotated a Hula
Hoop around her arm. I always thought
they went around the tummy.
     Some of the spectators were concerned
because a guy  tried to match the drum beats
with his base guitar.
     I actually think he was better than the
lady with the feathers!
      In time the line between participants
and spectators disappeared as one group
seemed to merge into the other.
      We left then with the sound of the
drums still echoing in our ears.
      In fact we're 30 miles away now and
I can still hear them!.
     Hope you're marching to a different
drummer and that all of your NEWS is
good!