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Appointment of Spring Workshops for Teachers-Trainers and IRAQ Curriculum  (April 2009)

Dr. Craig Woodson demonstrating the Roots of Rhythm Adufe in Darbandi-Khan, Iraq.

Elkhart schools' Drum 2 Change impacts academic performance, develops life skills

The ROR instructor at the Granby Elementary School in Columbus, Ohio is Leslie Ritter. World Drumming displays the class put together as well as how students help each other building and playing the drums. (Photos were provided by Granby Elementary School in Columbus, Ohio.

Chad Askim’s class from Williston Middle School in Williston, North Dakota. Chad has taken several Roots workshops and attended the first Trainer Workshop in Los Angeles in April.

Photos from the ROR Training workshop that took place on April 25-27 at the Remo RMM Center in North Hollywood, California. The first of these images shows the class with Master Trainer Dr. Craig Woodson. The last image shows the newly certified group of ROR Trainers.

These photos were taken during the recent ROR Teacher Training workshops in Washington, DC. Roots Of Rhythm is now being integrated into the Washington DC Public & Charter School district.

District of Columbia Public Schools

West Palms Conservatory

Granby Elementary