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Course curriculum

  • 1

    Before We Begin

    • Drums Alive Basic Verification

    • Parts of the Membership

    • Disclaimer

  • 2

    Membership Survey

    • Membership Survey

    • Membership Survey

  • 3

    Business Templates

    • Drums Alive Logos

  • 4

    Instructor Series

    • Instructor Series 2-Warm Up

    • Instructor Series 2-Cultural Drumming

    • Instructor Series 2-Cardiovascular

    • Instructor Series 2-High Intensity

    • Instructor Series 2-Wellness Beats

    • Instructor Series 2-Cool Down

    • Instructor Series 3-Cultural Drumming Intro

    • Instructor Series 3-Cultural Drumming

    • Instructor Series 3-Cardiovascular

    • Instructor Series -High Intensity Workout 2

    • Instructor Series 3-Finale

    • Instructor Series 3-High Intensity Intro

    • Instructor Series 3-Wellness Beats

    • Instructor Series 3-Cool Down

    • Instructor Series 4-Warm Up

    • Instructor Series 4-Cultural Drumming

    • Instructor Series 4-Cardiovascular

    • Instructor Series 4-Finale

    • Instructor Series 4-High Intensity

    • Instructor Series 4-Wellness Beats

    • Instructor Series 5-Warm Up

    • Instructor Series 5-Cultural Drumming

    • Instructor Series 5-Cardio

    • Instructor Series 5-Finale

    • Instructor Series 5-High Intensity Cardio

    • Instructor Series 5-Wellness Beats

    • Instructor Series 5-Cool Down

    • Instructor Series 6-Warm Up

    • Instructor Series 6- Cultural Drumming Intro

    • Instructor Series 6-Cultural Drumming

    • Instructor Series 6-Cardiovascular

    • Instructor Series 6-Finale

    • Instructor Series 6-High Intensity Intro Karen and Taylor

    • Instructor Series 6-HIgh Intensity Karen & Taylor

    • Instructor Series 6-Cool Down

    • Instructor Series 7-Cultural Drumming

    • Instructor Series 7-Cardio

    • Instructor Series 7-Finale

    • Instructor Series 7-HIGH INTENSITY With Tayler Law

    • Instructor Series 7-Wellness Beats and Cooldown

    • Instructor Series 8-Welcome

    • Instructor Series 8-Warm Up

    • Instructor Series 8-Cultural Drumming Introduction

    • Instructor Series 8-Cultural Drumming

    • Instructor Series 8 HIGH INTENSITY INTRO Angela & Marie Elaine

    • Instructor Series 8 HIGH INTENSITY Angela & Marie Elaine

    • Instructor Series 8 Cardio

    • Instructor Series 8 Finale

    • Instructor Series 8 Wellness Beats

    • Instructor Series 8 Cool Down

    • Instructor Series 9-Warm Up

    • Instructor Series 9- Cardio Intro and Part A

    • Instructor Series 9- Cardio Part B

    • Instructor Series 9-High Intensity

    • Instructor Series 9-Finale

    • Instructor Series 9- Wellness Beats

    • Instructor Series 9-Cool Down

    • Instructor Series 10- Welcome

    • Instructor Series 10- Warm Up

    • Instructor Series 10-Cardio Part A

    • Instructor Series 10-Cardio Part B

    • Instructor Series 10-High Intensity

  • 5

    Drums Alive classes

    • Live Class with Carrie Ekins

    • Live Class with Yolanda Brown

    • Live Class with Dean Ownes

    • Live Class with Cindy Wasilewski

    • Live Class With Carrie Ekins 2

    • Live Class with Dean Owens 2

    • Live Class with Dorie Phillips

    • Live Class with Romeyo Weiss

    • Live Class with Dorie Phillips 2

    • Live Class with Eric Spar

    • Live Class with Deborah Shanks

    • Live Class with Teri Lund

    • Live Class with Romeyo Weiss 2

    • Live Class with Katherine Farfan-Selim

    • Live Class With Katherine Farfan-Selim 2

    • Live Class with Eric Spar 2

    • Live Class With Yolanda Brown 3

    • Drums Alive Live Class with Dorie-Christmas

  • 6

    Music and Rhythm Webinar

    • The Power of Music Beholds the Power of Drums Alive!

    • A Review of the Drums Alive Rhythm Cards

    • Adding the Stability Ball and Movement to the Drums Alive Rhythm Cards

    • Drums Alive Master Trainer Sharon Jackson Introduces Musical Beats and Its Use in Drums Alive

    • Drums Alive Master Trainer Sharon Jackson Helps You Find and Feel the Beat With Movement

    • Why Rhythm is More Important Than Strength

    • The Importance of Rhythm in Athletics

    • How To Find The Counts Of Any Dance Song Like A Pro

  • 7

    Webinars

    • December Webinar

    • February Webinar Introduction - Carrie Introduces Master Trainer Hachya Franklin and her Three-part Webinar on Speech Patterns

    • February Webinar Part 1 of 3 with Master Trainer Hachya Franklin - Creating Rhythms & Disney Speech Patterns

    • February Webinar Part 2 of 3 with Master Trainer Hachya Franklin - Creating Rhythms & Disney Speech Patterns

    • February Webinar Part 3 of 3 with Master Trainer Hachya Franklin - Creating Rhythms & Disney Speech Patterns

    • February Webinar - Carrie Wraps Up The Webinar by Master Trainer Hachya Franklin on Creating Rhythms & Disney Speech Patterns

    • PDF Handout- Creating Rhythms Disney Speech Patterns

    • February Webinar supporting research 1

    • February Webinar supporting research 2

    • February Webinar supporting research 3

    • February Webinar supporting research 4

    • February Webinar supporting research 5

    • March Webinar DRUMOLOGY intro

    • March Webinar DRUMOLOGY

    • April Webinar-Virtual Classes

    • May Webinar- Wellness Beats

    • How To Master Your Audition

    • Kelly 3 Modifications You Can Use Right Now

  • 8

    Master Trainer Interviews

    • Interview with Master Trainer Ahmed Selim Mar 19 2021

    • Interview with master Trainer Kelly Jackson May 7th 2021

    • Interview With Master Trainer Teri Lund

    • Interview with Master Trainer Yolanda Brown

    • Drums Alive Interview with Jessica Holguin

    • Drums Alive Interview with Denise Imbesi

    • Drums Alive Interview with Gayellen Davis

    • DA Interview with Carrie Ekins

    • Drums Alive Instructor Spotlight with Kelli Sipe

    • Drums Alive Interview with Dorie Phillips

  • 9

    COVID Safe

    • COVID Class set up Pt. 1-Dorie Phillips

    • COVID Class set up Pt. 2-Dorie Phillips

  • 10

    March 2023-New Choreographies

    • Kigalla-Diego da Silva

    • Tap Rumble Jack with Michele DeLong

  • 11

    February 2023-New Choreographies

    • Dots, Rhythm & Rhyme Game

    • Drums Alive - Like I Love Country Music with Michele DeLong

  • 12

    January 2023-New Choreographies

    • That's The Way I Like It-Kelly Jackson

    • Happy-Carrie Ekins

  • 13

    December 2022-New Choreographies

    • Carol Of The Bells-Michele DeLong

    • Jingle Bells-Teri Lund

    • Sleigh Ride-Katherine Farfan-Selim

    • Summer Wonderland-Steve Seth

    • Hot Chocolate-Kelly Jackson

  • 14

    November 2022-New Choreographies

    • Class Warm up with Katherine Farfan-Selim

    • Splish Splash-Carrie Ekins

    • Baila Loco-Michele Delong

  • 15

    Halloween Choreographies

    • Romeyo Weiss - Time Warp

    • Witch Doctor

    • Ghost Busters-Fit Clixx

    • Highway to Hell

    • Danger Zone-Interval Fitness

    • Uprising-Steve Seth

  • 16

    October 2022-New Choreographies

    • Bounce - Let's Have A Ball!

    • Scream And Shout-Carrie Ekins

  • 17

    September 2022-New Choreographies

    • Bella Ciao Instruction-Katherine Farfan-Selim

    • Bella Ciao Performance-Katherine Farfan-Selim

    • Uprising-Steve Seth

    • Scarf Juggling with Carrie Ekins-introduction

    • Scarf Juggling with Carrie Ekins

  • 18

    August 2022-New Choreographies

    • Mickey-Kelly Jackson

    • Pool Noodle Easy Math-Carrie Ekins

    • Pool Noodle Easy Math with Music-Carrie Ekins

    • Can't Touch This-Steve Seth

    • Magic-Carrie Ekins

  • 19

    July 2022-New Choreographies

    • Partner Throw & Catch Part 1

    • Partner Throw & Catch with Bell Part 2

    • Corpus Rex with Master Trainer Steve Seth

    • We Will Rock You-Carrie Ekins-Clapping to Drum

  • 20

    June 2022-New Choreographies

    • Sing-Carrie Ekins

    • Shout-Kelly Jackson

  • 21

    May 2022- New Choreographies

    • Drums Come Alive with Carrie Ekins

    • For Your Entertainment with Steve Seth

    • Surface Pressure with Kelly Jackson

    • Hula Hoop Rhythm with Carrie Ekins

  • 22

    April 2022-New Choreographies

    • How To Practice Basic Drumming Skills

    • Jump That Rock

    • I Wanna Be A Rockstar

    • Twinkle Twinkle Instructional

    • Twinkle Twinkle Performance

  • 23

    March 2022-New Choreographies

    • Knock On Wood-Instruction and Performance

    • I Feel Love-Instruction and Performance

    • Sing-Instruction and Performance

    • Thank God I’m A Country Boy-Instruction and Performance

  • 24

    February 2022-New Choreographies

    • Blame It On The Boogie Instruction

    • Blame It On The Boogie Performance

    • This Is How We Do It Instruction

    • This Is How We Do It Performance

  • 25

    January 2022- New Choreographies

    • Grace Kelly Instructional

    • Grace Kelly Performance

    • Shake 3 X

    • Happier instructional

    • Happier Performance

  • 26

    December 2021-New Choreographies

    • Your Guide to the December Class Designs

    • Drums Alive-Jingle Bell Rock with Katherine Farfan-Selim

    • Jingle Bell Rock Choreo Notes

    • Drums Alive-Winter Wonderland-Teri Lund

    • Drums Alive-Jingle Bells with Michele Delong

    • Jingle Bell Drumbata extras

    • Drums Alive -Once Upon A December with Kelly Jackson

    • Drums Alive-Winter Lullaby with My Buan

  • 27

    November 2021- New Choreographies

    • Waka Waka

    • Geronimo Instructional

    • Geronimo Performance-No Equipment

    • Bailar-Instructional

    • Bailar-Performance

  • 28

    October 2021-New Choreographies

    • Uptown Funk - Carrie Ekins

    • Romeyo Weiss - Time Warp

    • Romeyo Weiss - Surfin' USA

    • Romeyo Weiss - Grease Lightening

    • Steve Seth - Drums Alive

    • Yael - Drums Alive

    • Kirsten Riedel - Walking By Myself

    • Kirsten Riedel - Never Stop the Alpenpop

    • Hanka Kuehn - I feel Good

    • Kelly Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

    • Christina Peterson - Love Runs Out

    • Ahmed Selim and Katherine Farfan-Selim - Great Balls of Fire

    • Alexandra Lauter - Safri Duo

    • Karen and Shar - Allstar

    • Sharon and Frauke Jackson - Whip It

    • Sharon and Frauke Jackson - Work This Body

    • Come Alive - Carrie Ekins

  • 29

    September 2021 New Choreographies-Drums Alive 20th Anniversary Celebration

    • Drums Alive 20th Anniversary Celebration

  • 30

    August 2021-New Choreographies

    • Viva La Vida Instructional

    • Viva La Vida Performance

    • Viva La Vida Instruction and Performance

  • 31

    July 2021- New Choreography

    • Danger Zone-Interval Fitness

  • 32

    June 2021-New Choreographies

    • Hair Up-Learn the Moves

    • Hair Up Performance

    • Hair Up Learn the Moves and Performance

    • BEAUTY & THE BEAST-Drumming & Locomotor Skills

  • 33

    May 2021-New Choreographies

    • Dorie Phillips 30 Minute seated class

    • Searching for Dreams-Creativity

  • 34

    March 2021-New Choreographies

    • DRUMWALKING Put Your Feet To The Beat

  • 35

    February 2021-New Choreographies

    • Whatever It Takes-Instruction

    • Whatever It Takes-With Music

    • Smile-Instruction

    • Smile-With Music

    • Senorita-Learn The Moves

    • Senorita-With Music

  • 36

    January 2021-New Choreographies

    • Full length DRUMBATA Class

    • DRUMBATA Class Part 1

    • DRUMBATA Class Part 2

    • DRUMBATA Class Part 3

    • DRUMBATA Class Part 4

    • DRUMBATA Class Part 5

    • DRUMBATA Cool Down

  • 37

    December 2020- New Choreographies

    • Full Advanced Class with Romeyo Weiss

    • Class with Romeyo-Part 1

    • Class with Romeyo-Part 2

    • Class with Romeyo-Part 3

    • Class with Romeyo-Part 4

    • Class with Romeyo-Part 5

    • Class with Romeyo-Part 6

    • Class with Romeyo-Bringing it all Together

    • Class with Romeyo-Cool Down

  • 38

    November 2020- New Choreographies

    • Geronimo-Teri Lund

    • These Boots Are Made for Walking-Katherine Farfan-Selim

    • These Boots Are Made For Walking-Choreography Notes

  • 39

    May 2020-New Choreographies

    • BOUNDARY BALL BOUND

    • FINE MOTOR SKILLS PART I

    • BEAUTY & THE BEAST -DRUMMING & LOCOMOTOR SKILLS #2

    • CAN'T STOP THIS FEELING

    • MILLION DREAMS

  • 40

    October 2019

    • Chainsaw Intro (Stability Strength)

    • Chainsaw (Stability Strength)

    • Stand By Me Lesson Plan (Reach Past It)

  • 41

    September 2019

    • PARTS OF A DRUMSTICK

    • SALTY DOG RAG DRUMSTICKS SKILLS (FINE MOTOR)

    • ITSY WITSY SPIDER

    • UP TOWN FUNK

    • AZUMBA

    • SENSATION DE SAMBA (BALANCE THE BEAT)

    • 1_BETTER WHEN I'M DANCING (CLIX-ZZZ COLOR)

    • 2_BETTER WHEN I'M DANCING (CLIX-ZZZ COLOR)

    • 3_BETTER WHEN I'M DANCING (CLIX-ZZZ COLOR)

    • SEPTEMBER (INTERVAL FITNESS #2 WITHOUT MUSIC)

    • SEPTEMBER (INTERVAL FITNESS #2 WITH MUSIC)

    • I AM A GUMMY BEAR (CHOREOGRAPHY)

    • I'M A BELIEVER (CHOREOGRAPHY)

    • DUCK DANCE (CHOREOGRAPHY)

    • I'M A BELIEVER (CHOREOGRAPHY)

    • GERONIMO (CHOREOGRAPHY)

    • YOU'LL BE IN MY HEART (REACH PAST IT)

    • SALTY DOG RAG

  • 42

    Bonus Videos-Drum Circles

    • AMTA Drum Circle

    • Arts Express 2016

  • 43

    Bonus Videos-Bucket Drumming

    • Bucket drumming

  • 44

    Carrie's Favorites!

    • Jumping Bands 1

    • Jumping Bands 2

    • Hand Clapping Paradidle

    • Drums Alive Chant

  • 45

    Bonus videos-Introduction lessons

    • Formations-Bubble Gum

    • Formations-Circle

    • Formations-Dice 1

    • Formations-Dice 2

    • Formations-Dice 3

    • Formations-Dice 4

    • Formations-Double Circle 1

    • Formations-Double Circle 2

    • Formations-Lines 1

    • Formations-Parallel Lines facing 1

    • Formations-Parallel Lines facing 2

    • Formations-Square

    • Ball Bounce with 360 turn

    • Bounce Ball High

    • Bucket Base

    • Karen Sticks

    • Bang on the Drums All Day

    • Bouncing Ball Lifting Legs

  • 46

    Bonus videos-Rumble Lessons

    • Jumping Bands 1

    • Jumping Bands 2

    • Slalom Obstacle Course

  • 47

    Bonus Videos-Choreography

    • Easy Beats-We Will Rock You Tx

    • Easy Beats-We Will Rock You Tx4

    • Easy Beats-We Will Rock You with Number Cards Music

    • Intermediate Beats-Drums Of Africa

    • Interval Fitness-Tabata slide

    • Fit Clixx Bodensee convention

    • Fit Clixx Bodensee convention 2

    • Fit Clixx-Can't stop this feeling

    • Carrie-Can't stop this feeling

    • Ghost Busters-Fit Clixx

    • Itsy Witsy Spider

    • Drumstick skills

    • Lion Sleeps tonight

    • Splish Splash

    • Tap Tap your Rhythm sticks

    • Azumba 1

    • Easy Happy

    • Happy

    • We Will Rock You 1

    • Wipe out 2

    • Drums of Africa

    • Ai Se Eu Te Pego

    • Ai Se Te Pego 1

    • At the Hop

    • Baila Pa Emociona Calypso

    • Baila Pa Emociona Calypso (Drum and Bucket)

    • Ballroom Blitz

    • Come Alive

    • Cotton Eye Joe

    • Crocodile 1

    • Crocodile 2

    • Crocodile Rock

    • Daddy

    • Diablo Rojo

    • Drum Core China

    • Drumming Song

    • E O Zumba

    • El Timbal China

    • Eye of the Tiger 2

    • Fit Clixx floor & Ball Sit Ups

    • Geronimo

    • Greatest Showman

    • Hair Up

    • Hair Up Short

    • Hair Up with Carrie

    • Hanka Augsburg

    • He's a pirate

    • He's a Pirate with Carrie

    • He's a Pirate 2

    • I believe in a thing called Love

    • I Don't Care

    • I Feel Good

    • I'm a Believer

    • I'm Your Venus

    • Jailhouse Rock

    • Mind the Drum

    • Mind the Drum with Carrie

    • Old Town Road

    • Pata Pata

    • Pata Pata Steve

    • Poland 1

    • Pompay

    • Cotton Eye Joe

    • Iko Iko

    • Staebe

    • Rock-n-Robin

    • Spirit of the Hawk

    • Splish Splash Pool Noodles

    • Stomp & Drum-New Mexico

    • Chim-Chim-Cheree

    • Sun Ice in the Sunshine

    • Rhythm in Motion Workshop at American Music Therapists Conference

    • Tight Rope

    • Up Town Funk

    • Viva

    • Viva 2

    • Wari Wari Boom Boom

    • Where no one goes

    • Witch Doctor

    • Witch Doctor

    • Alexandra

    • Sweta 1

    • Sweta 2

    • Sweta 3

    • Fit Clixx 1

    • Fit Clixx 2

    • Fit Clixx 3

    • Fit Clixx 4

    • Fit Clixx 5

    • Fit Clixx 6

    • Fit Clixx 7

    • Fit Clixx 8

    • Fit Clixx 9

    • Fit Clixx 10

    • FIBO Fit Clixx

    • Fit Clixx vibrations

    • Fit Clixx Manuella

    • Fit Clixx Germany Master Trainers

    • Fit Clixx Nadine

    • Fit Clixx Sweta

    • Fit Clixx Fun Choreo

    • Fit Clixx-One Less Problem

    • Fit Clixx-Papaoutai

    • Progressions

    • Highway to Hell

    • Carrie Choreo

    • Street beats

    • Street Beats Natasha

    • El Timbal Hamburg

    • El Timbal Hamburg 2

    • Get Low

    • Gimmi Gimmi

    • Hand Clap

    • In Zaire

    • Five More Hours

    • Fit Clixx-Get Low

    • I Like to Move it

    • Get Low

    • Gimmi Gimmi

    • Girlfriend

  • 48

    Bonus Videos-Latin Music Choreography

    • Choreo 6

    • Choreo 7

    • Choreo 8

    • Choreo 9

    • Choreo 10

    • Choreo 12

    • Latin Instructor training

    • Latin Instructor training 3

    • Papi

  • 49

    Bonus Videos-Interval Fitness

    • Carol

    • Carol 2

    • Strength China

    • Drumming Strong

    • Serba

    • Serba 2

    • Serba 3

    • Serba 4

  • 50

    Bonus Videos-Brain Beats

    • Drums Alive Chant

    • Shark Attack

    • Brain Beats

    • Brain Beats 2

  • 51

    Bonus Videos-Music, Rhythm and Drumming

    • Drum Cirlce

    • Drum Circle

    • Drum Circle

    • Sound Shape Stomp Basic Moves

    • Sound Shape Stomp Right and Left

    • Sound Shape Stomp

    • Batacada

    • Echo 1

    • Echo 2

    • Jack be Nimble

    • Rhythm Card with Movement

    • Salty Dog Rag Hands and Feet

    • Tom and Jerry Number Cards

    • Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

    • Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 2

    • Four Corner echo

    • Four Corners Group Rhythms

  • 52

    From DRUMS ALIVE Live Trainings

    • ABC Choreography

    • Ball in the Middle Formation

    • Bubble Gum Formation

    • Bubble Gum Formation 2

    • Training Choreography

    • Training Choreography

    • Training Choreography

    • Line Formation 1

    • Line Formation 2

    • Line Formation 3

    • Small Circle

    • Split Ball Formation

    • Bucket Drumming

    • Call and Response

    • Drumstick Skills 1

    • Drumstick Skills 2

    • Drumstick Skills

  • 53

    Bonus Videos-Wellness and Cooldown

    • Remedy

    • Corpus Rex

    • Cry of the Celts

    • Cry of the Celts 2

    • Drumming Song with Scarves

    • Drumming Song

    • You'll be in My Heart

    • Nara

    • Spirit of the Hawk

    • Te Amo

    • Te Amo No Music

    • We are the Champions

  • 54

    Bonus Videos-Just for Fun!

    • He´s A Pirate

    • Hes A Pirate

    • He's A Pirate 2

    • I´m A Believer

    • Up Town Funk

    • Basket Weave

  • 55

    Bonus Videos-Holidays

    • Santa Claus is coming to town

    • Ghost Busters-Fit Clixx

    • Witch Doctor

    • Witch Doctor

    • Jingle Bells

    • Rockin Around the Christmas Tree

  • 56

    News and Research videos

    • Inside the Story Utah students are drumming their way to better focus better grades

  • 57

    PDF Research articles

    • _1 DGSP_2012_Wright_en (Children)

    • _2 DGSM_2011_en (Seniors)

    • _3 Concentration & Awareness ECSS Poster 2011_DA

    • Clem Burk Original Study

    • Drums Alive-Summary-en (1)

    • Mental Health Benefits of a Service-Learning Group Drumming.....

    • REMO Research Summary

    • Texas State Drumtastic Article 1

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