Megan Geers: Campus Drum Circle

Wow, on sep. 20th there was a Campus drum circle hosted by the pagan and earth-based spirituality club. It was the first time I had ever been to one of these before, but it was great. Just a bunch of chairs around a small camp fire with enough room for people to dance around the fire. My friend is the one who convinced me to go because she's really into all the pagan stuff. The energy upon entering the circle was thick in a good way. The drums beating in unison eventually began to somehow symbolize our heartbeats. The fire seemed to call to me, I danced three times that night. I was bouncing with energy after each time around the fire. Eventually there was chanting and singing to go along with the drums, all fit together so well creating a sense of community among strangers. Now I can't wait to go to the big Drum circle in Norfolk and see if the sense of community can translate to larger crowds.