A Professional Association of Drum Circle Facilitators
Aspiring to a Global Community United Through Rhythm

DCFG Board of Directors Member: Jaqui MacMillan

Biography:
Jaqui MacMillan is a Washington DC based drum circle facilitator, drum teacher, workshop leader and percussionist. Her drumming quest began in the early 1980's, when she started playing sessions with D.C. area musicians. Since then, she has studied with many Masters, including Mamady Keita, Babatunde Olatunji, Sam Turner, Carlos Moore and at the Tam Tam Mandingue School with Mahiri Fadjimba Keita. She is a graduate of the 1999 Drum Facilitators Playshop and the 2001 Facilitators Mentor Training in Hawaii with Arthur Hull. Jaqui won the Washington Area Music Association's "World Music Instrumentalist Award" every year from 1995 through 2002 and is a REMO endorsee and facilitator. Having performed and recorded for over 18 years with some of the top names in the business, Jaqui has also facilitated drum circles for schools, summer programs for children, corporations, hospitals, juvenile detention centers and at centers for homeless and battered women. Jaqui has taught privately and given workshops around the country for over 14 years through her program called, Drum For Joy!!! and is one of the founding members of the Drum Circle Facilitators Guild (DCFG). Currently, she is working on a book about women who drum and she is featured in the November 2000 issue of DRUM! Magazine. Jaqui believes that healing happens through the arts and music. Her web site is at: www.drumforjoy.com

Mission Statement:
My mission is to bring more joy and positive energy into the world. I shine my light as bright as I can, so that others around me will shine theirs too. I do this by drumming, smiling, loving, teaching, laughing, facilitating and sharing. I serve the community with rhythm. I teach and share my rhythmical spirit in order to bring joy, fun and healing to the world around me.

My mission is also to be an inspiring role model for children and women.......

.......To encourage young people to express themselves rhythmically, so that they will grow more confident, learn to work together and help make the future of the planet better.

......To encourage women to express themselves rhythmically, so that they will build their self-esteem and self-worth, and regain their sense of power and strength in the community.

Healing happens through the power of the drums. Joy comes from sharing this together. I am a facilitator of these things in the world.

Target Populations:
Children
At-Risk Youth / Hospital Patients
Corporate / College
Adults
Women's Groups
Spiritual Gatherings / Community
Teachers

Regular Drum Circles:
"Drum For Joy!" weekly group classes and monthly 'one-time' drum workshops at various locations. Regular attendance is between 15 - 50 people.