Learning to play the Dhol - Diary/Write Up

... Universities Award Scheme Activity 1: Learning to play the Dhol - Diary/Write Up This opportunity arose from my work with the steering committee of the St. Albans Mela, which was formed to look at various aspects which we believed to help steer us towards having a Mela in St. Albans. The idea of a Mela in St. Albans is part of a larger project called Fuze which was also set up earlier this year (with lots of lottery funding!) to make people more culturally aware and to promote cultural diversity. As part of the project a music workshop called "Drumming Up A Storm" was set up, where young people could come along and learn how to play an instrument, the aim being that these young people would form their own band and play at the Mela. However, this unfortunately wasn't the case as we didn't have enough musical talent or time to

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