Playful Halloween Drum Circle Game to Inspire Social Connections
Laura Cerrano
Happy Halloween!! I had the pleasure of pre-celebrating Halloween the day before by facilitating a drum circle for "Willing Hearts, Helpful Hands" programing through the Parker Jewish Institute for caregivers and populations navigating Alzheimer's and dementia. We enjoyed some sweet treats and great beats!
To get even more into the spirit of Halloween we played a drumming zombie game! This game was inspired by Rhythm2Recovery where we had one person (me, haha) stand in the center of the drum circle and slowly move like zombie toward other drummers who are playing. The way for drummers to not become zombified was by sharing one interesting unknown fact about themselves with the group. From this interaction we learned that a couple who was drumming with us has been married for 61 years!! We also found out, both of them were born on the same day! Pretty cool!
This is a great easy and fun way to encourage social engagement through rhythmic-making fun! As you can see this game is great for a variety of ages ;)