SHARON-- On a recent June day, popular songs that get the toes tapping and feet moving were heard coming from the community center in Sharon. Those songs also served to release the inner drummer in ...

From hip hop to Celtic and classic rock to classical masterpieces, the music drives the movement in Drums Alive classes. “It’s a cardio fitness workout program that utilizes stability balls, ...

Grab your drumsticks and head to exercise class. Those are instructions you don’t hear very often, but participants in a new fitness class at Bel Air Athletic Club have taken to drumming as a way to ...

Classic jazz with a strong baseline erupts from speakers from across the room. Drum sticks in hand, Brenda Gjelsness reaches toward the ceiling and the class mimics her movements. "It's early in the ...

Chenango Bridge Elementary School third-graders bounced and grinned as they beat exercise balls with drumsticks Tuesday. The students were participating in their first Drums Alive activity, led by ...

With “Hang On Sloopy” playing in the background, Gurnee Meadows residents beat a pair of drumsticks on a stable ball half their height. They smile and listen to the cues: Brush the side. Cha cha.

Give a group of youngsters, drums and drumsticks and you know darn well they are bound to have fun, but how does that enhance learning? The teachers and students at Bresnahan Elementary School are ...