Drumdin
the original North East Samba band
About
Drumdin has been making a noise for 15 years - originating from a request for 100 drummers to perform at the Tall Ships gathering in 1993.
Over the years we have had members from many countries including; Brazil, Portugal, Holland, France, Germany and Ireland.
The band has played many and varied gigs across the country including:
- The Madventurers Ball
- Beach party to celebrate the Birthday of someone famous!?! (Chris Jackson from Inside Out was there}
- Dublin Festival
- Many Lantern Parades
- Stockton Festival
- Keilder Castle Festival
- Durham University
- Durham Miners Gala
- Hartlepool
- Alnwick Gardens
- A wedding in the middle of a field complete with roasting pig on a spit.
- Gloucester Festival
- Saltwell Park, Gateshead
- Newburn Country Park
- Sunderland football ground
- Middlesbrough football ground
- Tall Ships Gathering
- Edinburgh - Make Poverty History Rally
- Fish Quay Festival
- WOW Festival
- L'Afrique Street Carnival
- Vamos
- Gateshead Thunder Rugby
- Brampton Carnival
- Giles Peterson gig, Cosmic Ballroom
- Tyne Wear Metro
- Blyth Fireworks Display
- Hexham Park
- Hexham Abbey Festival
- Corporate Games, Baltic Square, Gateshead
- Washington Kite Festival
- Childrens tv CBBS
- Harrowgate Carnival
- Amble & Gateshead Christmas Lights
- Great North Run
- Green Festival, Leazes Park
- Richardson Dees Park
Individual members of the band have performed alongside other drummers and performers such as:
- Transe Express - with performances in Stockton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Brittany and Paris
- Afoxe Loni - with performances in Berlin and Alnwick
- Streetbeats
- Dance City
- The Baghdaddies
- Dodgy Clutch
- and a Bagpipe Player!
Drumdin has arranged workshops for the band and guests, which have been lead by eminent percussionists:
- Dudu Tucci, Berlin
- Claudio Kron, Brazil
- Ille Aye, Brazil
Drumdin has also acquired funding through the "Year of the Artist", which enabled our director at the time, Brendan Murphy to set up and run a children's drumming band, Percussion Posse.
This was very successful. Many of the children, now young adults, are still participating in drumming bands. Some have set up their own bands, some have gone on to play and perform with the stilt walking group Neighbourhood Watch, another is working as a professional musician and regularly performs with Soznak (you may have seen them perform on Northumberland Street). Also, one member is attending University and has regularly played in Nolberto Solarno's band the Geordie Latinos among others.