CENTRAL PARK HAITIAN DRUM CIRCLE SUN. AUG. 29 2010

THERE ARE 3 DRUM CIRCLES IN CENTRAL PARK, ALL IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE BANDSHELL (WHITE, IN THE BACKGROUND) IN THE HEART OF THE PARK. THIS IS THE HAITIAN DRUM CIRCLE. AS THE CAM PANS THE AFRICAN/BRAZILIAN CIRCLE CAN BE SEEN IN THE DISTANCE. THE HAITIAN DRUM CIRCLE IS CHARACTERIZED BY FASTER RHYTHMNS AND MORE HIGH FREQUENCY HORNS & METALLIC SOUNDS, VS. THE AFRICAN/BRAZILIAN DRUM CIRCLE SHOWN IN THE DISTANCE, WHICH HAS A SLOWER, FUNKIER TEMPO AND A MORE ORGANIC SOUND COMPRISED LARGERLY OF BONGOS, SHAKERES, ETC. THE 3rd AND MOST HIDDEN DRUM CIRCLE HAPPENS SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS AWAY FROM THE BANDSHELL, WEST ALONG THE 72ND ST. TRANSVERSE THEN UP TO THE END OF CHERRY HILL ON THE BETHESDA FOUNTAIN SIDE NEAR THE WATER. THIS IS THE CUBAN DRUM CIRCLE.

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• DRUM
• CIRCLE
• CENTRAL
• PARK
• AFTER
• PARTY