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Not only does Kerig play the drums, she also makes them. When making a hand drum she begins with the base, which is made with ceramic, and then stretches the head of the drum, which is usually made of goat skin, over its top.
“Drumming is a passion,” said Kerig who has been a dancer and musician for much of her life.
As a child in an Air Force family Kerig spent three years in Damascus, Syria which she described as, “the land of belly dance.” The environment took hold of something in Kerig and she got her first drum at age nine. When the family moved, Kerig’s drum was lost and her father replaced it with a clarinet.
“I didn’t really want to play it, but I did,” said Kerig adding, “they didn’t encourage girls to play drums when I went to high school ‘that’s for the boys’ they said.”
It was roughly 30 years before she picked up a drum again. “I am attracted to the beat because the drums can move people to dance,” said Kerig.
Kerig is now a very skilled drummer and she has studied diligently over the years. Darrell Rose, Olumide, Kevin Monroe, Madu, and Mamadi Dekeita have been some of her teachers.
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