Students from all over the Santa Clarita Valley gathered at the College of the Canyons on Friday,May 18,2012 along with famous drummers and people from around the community in an attempt to break the record for the world’s largest drum circle. Everyone in attendance had a drum in hand and beat their drums in rhythm for 5 minutes straight lead by Mickey Hart,best known for his former gig as drummer for the Grateful Dead. The final determination of whether or not the record was beat will take a few weeks as videos and photos are analyzed to come up with a final count.
I was in attendance initially to take pictures of my boys but,quickly grabbed a drum myself to participate in the event. Whether or not the record was broken,everyone had a great time and it showed that music and rhythm are such essential elements in our kids lives and it’s a down right shame that it is one of the fist things cut from our schools.
Just check out this picture of the thousands of kids gathering to take part in this event.
Go Santa Clarita,beat your drums!A great job was done buy all who participated and organized the event,for more information,check out the website http://www.rocktherhythm.org/.
Our fingers are crossed that the world record was broken and that we see this group in the Guinness Book of World Records this year!
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