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School Starts on Monday

As of this coming Monday (7/7/2008) I am a college student once again. I am taking 6 hours worth of classes here at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2nd summer session. I also have other huge news to write about, but everything isn't quite nailed down yet so I don't want to jump...

Posted to protected virtual void jaysonBlog (Weblog) by Jayson Knight on 07-06-2008
DrumSTRONG 2008: A Smashing Success -- Thank You Scott and Mason!

Three years ago, a friend of my family's teenage son was diagnosed with cancer, and was given fairly bleak chances of making it through the ordeal. It was a crushing blow to the family. For the full story, read the ESPN piece on Mason (he's the last story). Mason would go on to conquer the cancer...

Posted to protected virtual void jaysonBlog (Weblog) by Jayson Knight on 05-06-2008
Fire Dancer: Long Exposure

Another shot of a fire dancer at drumSTRONG 2008. This shot turned out a lot cooler than it looked through the lens due to the blue hues of the hotter temperatures towards the center of his ropes.

Posted to Photos (MediaGallery) by Jayson Knight on 05-06-2008
Fire Dancer: Long Exposure

drumSTRONG 2008 wouldn't have been complete without some fire dancers. Here's one practicing his craft, shot at a longer exposure.

Posted to Photos (MediaGallery) by Jayson Knight on 05-06-2008
Percussion Instrument Made by a Local Artist

A local artist and friend of mine made this interesting percussion instrument which I'm attempting to play in this shot. I did manage to find some tonal progressions and hammered on it for a while once my hands started to hurt after about 5 hours of drumming. The artist's name is Paul Sires for...

Posted to Photos (MediaGallery) by Jayson Knight on 05-06-2008
Bucket Fort Demolition

The bucket fort lasted about 5 minutes before it came tumbling down. Bucket fort v2.0 would be engineered and constructed shortly thereafter.

Posted to Photos (MediaGallery) by Jayson Knight on 05-06-2008
Bucket Fort Construction

The orange buckets at drumSTRONG 2008 were provided for folks who didn't bring something of their own to beat on. Of course, the kids had different ideas for the buckets and proceeded to build a fort. Of course, what goes up, must come down...

Posted to Photos (MediaGallery) by Jayson Knight on 05-06-2008
Part of the Festival Grounds

This photo is part of the festival grounds that drumSTRONG 2008 was hosted at. The drum circle itself is front and center, with the soundstage behind it. The circle had about 100 drummers in it at this point.

Posted to Photos (MediaGallery) by Jayson Knight on 05-06-2008
The 'Heartbeat' Drum

The large drum in the upper left hand corner of this photo was the 'heartbeat' drum, and was the one drum that played non-stop throughout the entire 26 hours of drumSTRONG 2008. It was handmade by a Charlotte percussionist and sounded amazing. The circle at this point had about 50 people playing...

Posted to Photos (MediaGallery) by Jayson Knight on 05-06-2008
Christopher and Me Drumming

My brother Christopher finally found a comfortable position and settled in for the long haul at drumSTRONG 2008.

Posted to Photos (MediaGallery) by Jayson Knight on 05-06-2008

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