Annie Mathe, a retired dental hygienist, left, and Patricia Bauer, a retired music educator, are the drum circle facilitators for the Harmony Drum and Dance Circle.

HARMONY — With his left and right hands, Rob Kinney hit a succession of taps and pats until he struck a harmonious beat.

“I've never got to experience it,” said Kinney of Ellwood City about drum circles. “I loved it. You just pick up the rhythm.”

Kinney was one of seven drummers who thumped rhythms on different drums, including djembes, bougarabous, kpanlogos, ashikos and tubanos, to add their share to the sound in the Opera Hall on the second floor of the Wunderbar Coffee and Crepes, 253 Mercer St., during the monthly community session of the Harmony Drum and Dance Circle.

“A drum circle is a gathering of people coming together for the benefit of music and rhythm,” said Patricia Bauer, a drumming facilitator. “We have something for everybody.”

This is an excerpt from a story appearing in Friday's Butler Eagle.