Amen
The World Festival of Sacred Music
DAY OF DRUMMINGAt MacArthur Park, October 9
Did you know that there‘s a MacArthur Park in Long Beach, too? Neither did I. So when I arrived at the one in L.A. for the Day of Drumming after inadequate schedule scrutiny and found no drums, I was disappointed at first. But then I discovered a lot of things that reminded me of drums. Flat snap of foot against soccer ball as guys half-ass kicked (too hot to compete). Kid handclaps, hollow ping of inflated rubber ball on ground. Two teens fakeboxing, dull smack of pulled punches. Mass flap of pigeon wings. Slap of dollar bills on sidewalk as 20 men bet on dice. (Dice inaudible because they’re extra-small.) And there was other music. Faraway radio wash. Snatches from mariachis in bar across the street. Brakes. Bells of ice cream cart tinkling all the time. Pretty damn sacred, if you ask me.
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