News
- Drumming up support for the McMaster Community Campaign...more
- Corporate Bands Emerge as Executives Turn to Music for Team-Building, Stress Relief and Fun...more
- SABCnews.com - sport/olympics...more
HighLights
- Bruce MacMillan, CA, president and CEO of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), welcomed a record-breaking audience ......more
- Drum Cafe Dazzles as part of the Beijing Opening Ceremonies...more
- Nelson Mandela's 90th Birthday party to celebrity audience....more
Testimonials
- On behalf of the Texas Credit Union League's Training and Events Department, we would like to thank the Drum Cafe for their contribution to the 2008 Marketing Conference recently held at the Omni Austin Hotel in Austin Texas....more
- Fun...fantastic...energizing...engaging were just some of the things I have heard from our leaders who participated in the Drum Cafe session at our Leadership Forum....more
- The Sales Rally was a tremendous success! Feedback was fantastic. I personally received numerous comments that this is what a Sales Rally should be ... Fun, Enthusiastic, and Motivating!...more
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Mbuyiselo “Munkie” Ncapayi
Mbuyiselo known as Munkie has been drumming since the age of 7 and for the most part he is self-taught. His natural talent of drumming andpercussion has made him a very successful Master Drummer and he has played for a wide variety of Dance Companies, bands and solo performances throughout South Africa, Asia, North America and Europe.
Munkie is regarded as one of South Africa’s top ethnic drummers and is a revered drum teacher, having perfected the Djembe Drum, Zimbabwe Drum, Zulu Drum, Djun Djun to mention a few. His first performance in Canada was for the Opening of the common Wealth Games in Victoria, BC in 1994 and currently performs throughout the country.
Apart from Corporate Entertainment and teambuilding, Munkie, specifically has a passion for teaching children at a very early age, through to adults, and is exceptionally good at facilitating drum therapy work shops for physically and mentally challenged people.
Munkie is the star performer for the Drum Cafe Interactive events; and has been an integral member of the team helping to steer the company to become the success it is today. He has spent the last thirteen years perfecting the facilitation of the Drum Cafe and has trained facilitators, master drummers, employees and future franchisees world wide.
Abby Greene
Abby found her love of dance in her native Guyana, studying ballet from the age of three. As a teenager in the U.S., she studied modern dance and caught a glimpse of the world of African Dance. And though Abby has always danced to the beat of a different drum, it was her husband's gift of a dumbek that was the start of her immersion in the world of drumming and African dance. "The drum was calling me," says Abby.
Abby first experimented with composition when she co-wrote a musical about the Exodus story, using rap rhythms to help Sunday School kids memorize the Bible. Abby has since set many Psalms and Bible passages to rhythm, piano and guitar.
Studying drumming and dancing with Fana Soro at the Roundhouse and at Masabo took Abby to a new level of skill and enthusiasm. She also discovered a love for steel drums, Capoeira and Belly dancing, though she suggests her belly dancing is more of a comedy than a dance performance. Somewhere (in her spare time), Abby also took up Israeli folk dancing.
Building on her experience working on plays with Sunday School students, Abby has taught children's classes at summer camps over the past 10 years, as well as volunteering to teach African Dance at her daughter's school. "I love working with kids," Abby says. "We understand each other," she laughs.
