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Behind the scenes of banging drums...
Maintenance Maintenance Maintenance.
It never ends. I'm not saying that this is a bad thing....
But the fun is in the wearing out of the stuff...
Maintenance Maintenance Maintenance.
It never ends. I'm not saying that this is a bad thing....
But the fun is in the wearing out of the stuff...
The hills are alive with the sound of …DRUMMING!
Eventually.
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Kada Ka Boom Arts drums didn’t have to travel too far today. Just north of Drogheda, up in “them there hills”, you’ll come to a crossroads and, if you are lucky, there’s a good chance you are in the village of Tenure.
There you’ll find find the wonderful Scoil Naomh Buithe. Their new school building (2016) is settling in well. Today I found Ladybirds and Caterpillars chilling out on their front wall as well as Butterflies adorning the playground fencing. You always know when a school is loved because that’s when the wildlife makes it their home! This is one of the many projects that was planned before Covid and needed to go on hold until circumstances allowed it to happen. Which, thanks to the efforts of staff in schools everywhere and the new Kada Ka Boom Arts routine of sanitising and re-sanitising of instruments, it was action stations for a whole bunch of 5-8 year olds. Tomorrow see the remaining pupils take to the drums at they start their long awaited six-week course in Samba Drumming and Percussion. |
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Heads up for next month...
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Cruinniú na nÓg
The Creative Garden
Orchestra
“It’s all about time.”
With Grainne Rafferty and Kieran Gallagher.
Droichead Arts Centre presents The Creative Garden Orchestra for Cruinniú na nÓg Louth 2021, a day of celebrating creativity for children and teenagers.
The creative Garden Orchestra is an engaging presentation where children aged 8 – 10 are invited to create the soundscape for a live story telling session. All the sounds, atmospheric as well as rhythmical, are found in the world that surrounds them. Whether you have a garden or not, nature can be found throughout the home. From rustling branches and leaves to rippling water, from stomping wellies to zipping coats. From wooden tables to wooden spoons, it surrounds everyone.
With expert guidance from start to finish courtesy of renowned storyteller Grainne Rafferty and musician Kieran Gallagher the participants will compose and record their own mini masterpiece to treasure forever. Each session is 20 minutes in duration.
Cruinniú na nÓg is a flagship initiative of the Creative Ireland Programme’s Creative Youth plan to enable the creative potential of children and young people. The inaugural Cruinniú na nÓg took place on 23rd June 2018 with over 500 events taking place in cities, towns and villages across the country and is now in its 4th year.
Funded by Creative Ireland, with support from Droichead Arts Centre
With Grainne Rafferty and Kieran Gallagher.
Droichead Arts Centre presents The Creative Garden Orchestra for Cruinniú na nÓg Louth 2021, a day of celebrating creativity for children and teenagers.
The creative Garden Orchestra is an engaging presentation where children aged 8 – 10 are invited to create the soundscape for a live story telling session. All the sounds, atmospheric as well as rhythmical, are found in the world that surrounds them. Whether you have a garden or not, nature can be found throughout the home. From rustling branches and leaves to rippling water, from stomping wellies to zipping coats. From wooden tables to wooden spoons, it surrounds everyone.
With expert guidance from start to finish courtesy of renowned storyteller Grainne Rafferty and musician Kieran Gallagher the participants will compose and record their own mini masterpiece to treasure forever. Each session is 20 minutes in duration.
Cruinniú na nÓg is a flagship initiative of the Creative Ireland Programme’s Creative Youth plan to enable the creative potential of children and young people. The inaugural Cruinniú na nÓg took place on 23rd June 2018 with over 500 events taking place in cities, towns and villages across the country and is now in its 4th year.
Funded by Creative Ireland, with support from Droichead Arts Centre
And out the door we go...
And it's out the door we go...
St. Mary's secondary school Newross.
They asked and I was keen to oblige...but, this being Ireland, by midday our backup plan was stuck into action and we we're in their hall.
Still though, there was something about it that gave you a positive feeling... Nearly there.
St. Mary's secondary school Newross.
They asked and I was keen to oblige...but, this being Ireland, by midday our backup plan was stuck into action and we we're in their hall.
Still though, there was something about it that gave you a positive feeling... Nearly there.
23 years and on we roll!
Each May bank holiday sees another year under the belt for
Kada Ka Boom Arts. 23 years of them now!
Amazing and brilliant and... thanks.
Yeah, that's the word, thanks.
Its never been a normal Monday to Friday, 9 to 5 job and that can be a bit nerve-wrecking at times. (plenty of nerves wrecked this last year).
But the folk you get to meet and chat too (and continue to learn from) the projects you get to work on..well, it would just encourage you to keep it up. So that's exactly what I'll aim to do. I hope you're some of the folk I get to meet for this next year. If not, well hopefully there'll be plenty more years to come.
Roll on Summer 2021.
Kada Ka Boom Arts. 23 years of them now!
Amazing and brilliant and... thanks.
Yeah, that's the word, thanks.
Its never been a normal Monday to Friday, 9 to 5 job and that can be a bit nerve-wrecking at times. (plenty of nerves wrecked this last year).
But the folk you get to meet and chat too (and continue to learn from) the projects you get to work on..well, it would just encourage you to keep it up. So that's exactly what I'll aim to do. I hope you're some of the folk I get to meet for this next year. If not, well hopefully there'll be plenty more years to come.
Roll on Summer 2021.
Ready to roll.
Sanitising-Tastic!
Into school we hop again with the start of a special percussion project in St. John's national school... Drogheda!
(I could have nearly walked to work this morning)
Senior infants no less... No settling in gently with this age group. Best get some stretches in now....17 weeks away.. might do a quick lap round, just to be on the safe side.
Into school we hop again with the start of a special percussion project in St. John's national school... Drogheda!
(I could have nearly walked to work this morning)
Senior infants no less... No settling in gently with this age group. Best get some stretches in now....17 weeks away.. might do a quick lap round, just to be on the safe side.
Last Clown on the Shelf
From
The Absurdist Pipe Band
The Absurdist Pipe Band take stock of a year with Covid 19 and a global pandemic. As usual, their uniquely absurd ways ensure that they stay true to their motto… "No rest for the ridiculous".
“On line we go”
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Hi Folks and welcome to the worlds of Kieran Gallagher and Kada Ka Boom Arts.
Here you will be able to find out about all the different elements that go into making
Kada Ka Boom Arts including the
Samba drumming and Percussion workshops
Zoom Body Percussion Workshops
Costume Creation Workshops,
&
The Mad Hatters
The Absurdist Pipe Band
The Funky Pirates
The Skeleton Crew
+
More Seasonal performances.
Also find out about the
Musician and Entertainer,
Kieran Gallagher
and the many different antics that he gets up to that don’t quite fit into the usual categories.
