“Hi Gavin and Rose. Many thanks for organising the drumming workshop today. Tom was a fantastic choice as a teacher and motivator. He really put us at ease and made us feel confident to try. He found the ‘rockstar drummer’ within us. We left feeling rooted and connected to drums of Africa. What an excellent day.”
Jackie Livingston (Jazzanne Arts)
Today’s ‘drumming and networking’ event is still pretty near the beginning of the Newham Mosaic journey. People are just beginning to get to know each other and some attending were new to the mix. I appreciated the sensitivity and expertise of workshop leader Tom Morley in delivering not only an enjoyable event but one that went a good way towards making us feel part of a family working together in our different ways.
Tom is part of that family and its development. His involvement is also evidenced in our use, with his kind permission, of his fantastic AI generated art on our website and on some of our promotional material. We look forward to continuing to work with Tom in the future as the Newham Mosaic collaboration develops.
Update
It’s a week since the NEWHAM MOSAIC African Diaspora event. It has taken me awhile to process how profoundly moving it was to drum and sing with such a wonderful collection of people and their voices.Everyone who came does work and study in North East London. The rhythmic drumming, call and response, of our Tribes resonated with the Irish, Caribbean, French, Nigerian, British Community Activists. We visioned, we uplifted and we learned.
Shona Pollock (Transformative Tutors)
In addition to being a fun event for the individuals The Drumming and Networking workshop brought the Our Community Cares, the Jazzane Arts and the Transformative Tutors community projects together in a common activity, sowing the seeds of potential future collaboration.