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About Ronnie Pulley
Ronnie has spent hundreds of hours training since 2002 with Master drummers from West Africa. These include Aly Camara, Fode Camara, Mohomed DeCosta, Mohamed Diabi,and Bolokada Conde to name a few. He has also trained with the very talented Bradley Simmons, Kevin Monroe, Ryan Camara, Beverly Botsford, and R.J Perz-Edwards. In 2006, Ronnie attended an intensive workshop in San Diego with world renowned master drummer, Mamady Keita, the creator of Tam Tam Mandigue, the only Internatinal Djembe school in the world. Ronnie has completed 4 years of Drumming Instructor Training with TAM TAM professor Bill Scheidt in Winston Salem, NC. Ronnie founded the West African and Afro Cuban performance group, Rhythmicity. Ronnie's passion for teaching and sharing the gift handed down from his teachers drives him to continue growing and sharing. Ronnie recently became a trained Health Rhythms Facilitator to take the power of rhythm and percussion to the Health and Wellness community. Ronnie has found that when people drum together and express themselves through the resonance of the drum, healing tends to occur on many levels. People become connected to one another and a magic tends to happen. As Mamady Keita says, "The Djembe knows no boundaries". "It is not restricted by gender, age, creed, social status, or religion"."The Djembe speaks a Universal language" Everyone has a heart beat. Everyone has rhythm. Fill your life with the joy of community and the power of rhythm. |