Wahlbangers Drum Circle Organization is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
(based in Los Angeles, CA.) dedicated to
“Banging down walls” of stress, isolation, and stigma
& building bridges to inclusion, acceptance, and contentment
with the therapeutic benefits of group drumming.
DONATE TODAY Our clients Thank You for your support!
Wahlbangers Drum Circle Organization
North Hollywood, CA
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ACTIVITIES & EVENTS
Recent & UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS:
Our scheduled
therapeutic & recreational
interactive group drumming activities...
Contact Us for details &
Volunteer opportunities!
June 2018 Events
June 1st, 2018
"Little Hands, Big Rhythms" Program at "Greater Emmanuel" Head Start - Lynwood
June 4th, 2018
"Resilient Rhythms" Program at West LA VA ~ serving Veterans in the Residential Rehab & Treatment Program - Los Angeles
June 5th, 2018
Fountain Care Center (SNF) - Orange
June 6th, 2018
Valley Village ~ Where adults with developmental challenges thrive! - Winnetka
June 7th, 2018
"Ohana Rhythms" Community Integration Program at New Horizons-SFV ~ serving adults with developmental challenges - North Hills
June 8th, 2018
BCR, "A Place To Grow" ~ serving adults with developmental challenges - Burbank
June 9th, 2018
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/stephanies-day-2018/
June 11th, 2018
Canyon Trails Assisted Living & Memory Care - Canoga Park
June 12th, 2018
Lynwood Heathcare Center (SNF) - Lynwood
June 13th, 2018
"World Rhythms Community Drumming & Percussion" Class
Wahlbangers Organization,
in collaboration with L.A. Dept. of Recreation and Parks & New Horizons-SFV,
is instructing an entry level community integration drumming class on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays monthly at 2pm Panorama Recreation Center - Panorama City
June 14th, 2018
"Ohana Rhythms" Community Integration Program at New Horizons-SFV ~ serving adults with developmental challenges - North Hills
June 15th, 2018
PRIVATE EVENT
June 18th, 2018
Villas at San Bernardino (Assisted Living & Memory Care) - San Bernardino
June 19th, 2018
The Help Group Autism Center Summer Camp - Sherman Oaks
June 20th, 2018
Annual "Stroke Boot Camp" - Summer Session
Two weeks of activities for 20 stroke survivors, including Wahlbangers Rehabilitation Drum Circles!
This is our 5th year providing & facilitating in collaboration with Dr. Alison McKenzie and Dr. Caryn Ito, and students of the Department of Physical Therapy at the Irvine Campus.
June 21st, 2018
"Ohana Rhythms" Community Integration Program at New Horizons-SFV ~ serving adults with developmental challenges - North Hills
Annual International Make Music Day!
June 22nd, 2018
BCR, "A Place To Grow" ~ serving adults with developmental challenges - Burbank
June 23rd - July 2nd, 2018
Office Closed
July 2018 Events
July 4th, 2018
PRIVATE EVENT
July 5th, 2018
"Ohana Rhythms" Community Integration Program at New Horizons-SFV ~ serving adults with developmental challenges - North Hills
July 6th, 2018
Windsor Gardens Heathcare Center of the Valley (SNF) - North Hollywood
July 9th, 2018
"Resilient Rhythms" Program at West LA VA ~ serving Veterans in the Residential Rehab & Treatment Program - Los Angeles
July 11th, 2018
Valley Village ~ Where adults with developmental challenges thrive! - Winnetka
July 11th, 2018
Santa Fe Lodge (psychiatric lockdown) - El Monte
July 12th, 2018
"Ohana Rhythms" Community Integration Program at New Horizons-SFV ~ serving adults with developmental challenges - North Hills
July 16th, 2018
Villas at San Bernardino (Assisted Living & Memory Care) - San Bernardino
July 17th - 26th, 2018
Office Closed
July 27th, 2018
Concord Huntington Park Senior Apartments - Huntington Park
July 30th, 2018
Santa Monica Pavilion (convalescent, hospice, and demetia care) - West Los Angeles
July 31st, 2018
Fountain Care Center (SNF) - Orange
August 2018 Events
September 2018 Events
October 2018 Events
October 6th, 2018
We invite you to take part in NAMI’s largest and most successful mental health awareness and fundraising event in the country! Join the movement to raise awareness of mental illness and raise funds to help local individuals & families!
Join us as we Make Waves in Mental Health!
This will be Wahlbangers Organization's 5th year supporting the annual NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Walks Los Angeles County! Our facilitators & volunteers will again be "banging out stigma" during energizing & team building group drumming for the thousands of Walk Participants at the Start Line & Finish Line!
Grand Park Event Lawn in Downtown Los Angeles
www.namiwalks.org/losangelescounty
PAST SPECIAL EVENTS:
May 2018 Event Summary
Wahlbangers shared joyful rhythms in 38 drum circle sessions in May serving groups of Veterans, Nursing Home & Assisted Living Residents, Children & Adults with Special Needs, and about 250 Head Start Preschoolers!
We traveled throughout the San Fernando Valley & the Greater Los Angeles area, and to Simi Valley, San Gabriel, San Bernardino, Orange County, and Tehachapi.
Highlights:
Head Start Sites:
"Little Hands, Big Rhythms" Program at "El Caminito" Head Start - Sun Valley
"Little Hands, Big Rhythms" Program at "Silva" Head Start & "Sunshine" Head Start sites - South Central Los Angeles
"Little Hands, Big Rhythms" Program at Church of the Valley Developmental Preschool - Van Nuys
"Little Hands, Big Rhythms" Program at "El Pueblo De Ninos" Head Start - North Hollywood
May 16th, 2018
Braille Institute Library / Wahlbangers' "Envision Rhythms" Program for Kids Story Time & Drum Circle - Los Angeles
May 19th, 2018
Angelman Syndrome Foundation National Walk: Los Angeles
(Click LOGO above for more information)
Wahlbangers will provide & facilitate our 7th Annual Family Fun Drum Circles for all Angels and Walkers!
(Click HERE to Donate/Sponsor TEAM DRAKE!)
May 30th, 2018
Simi Valley High School "Senior Awards Night"
Wahlbangers Org. Board Members are honored to again participate (our 6th year) on the judging committee & in Awards Night presentation of the "Henry Lauer Memorial Scholarship" at Simi Valley High School
May 6th - May 12th, 2018
NATIONAL NURSES WEEK
The Wahlbangers send out Heartfelt Thanks to all the nurses we work with!
May 13th - 19th, 2018
NATIONAL SKILLED NURSING CARE WEEK
April 2018 Event Summary
Wahlbangers shared joyful rhythms in 30 drum circle sessions in April serving groups of Veterans, Nursing Home & Assisted Living Residents, Children & Adults with Special Needs, and about 150 Head Start Preschoolers!
We traveled throughout the San Fernando Valley & the Greater Los Angeles area, and to Santa Clarita, Lynwood, Huntington Park, San Bernardino, and Orange County.
Highlights:
Also this month, we began instructing our World Rhythms Community Drumming & Percussion Class in collaboration with the City of L.A. Department of Recreation and Parks, and New Horizons-SFV!
And we continued celebrating Springtime with our 5th Annual “Spring Awakening” large outdoor Drum Circle Event at the Los Angeles Jewish Home, Eisenberg Village in Reseda, with about 50 participants from the Assisted Living, Skilled Nursing, and Memory sections combined!
Head Start Sites:
"Little Hands, Big Rhythms" Program at "Santa Clarita" Head Start site - Santa Clarita
&
"Little Hands, Big Rhythms" Program at "Azteca Dangler" Head Start & State Preschool site - East Los Angeles
&
"Little Hands, Big Rhythms" Program at "La Escuelita" Head Start site - North Hollywood
April 8th, 2018
The Help Group Autism Center's 8th Annual Special Needs Resource Fair Family Drum Circles!
April 21st, 2018
The 6th Annual 5k Run for Fragile X & Family Fun Day Drum Circle!
March 2018 Event Summary
Wahlbangers shared joyful rhythms in 22 drum circle sessions in March serving Veterans, Nursing Home & Assisted Living Residents, Adults with Special Needs, and Head Start Preschoolers!
We traveled throughout the San Fernando Valley & the Greater Los Angeles area, and to Culver City, San Bernardino, and Orange County.
In addition, Springtime brings a welcome blossoming of schedule requests from Head Start sites & private preschools for our “Little Hands, Big Rhythms” Program, and we are very proud to have served 19 different sites to date, and to have played with over 1,500 preschool students!
Highlights:
March 13th, 2018
"Little Hands, Big Rhythms" Program at "Corazon De La Familia" Head Start - North Hollywood
February 2018 Events Summary:
Wahlbangers shared joyful rhythms in 18 drum circle events in February serving Veterans, Nursing Home & Assisted Living Residents, and Adults with Special Needs.
We traveled throughout the San Fernando Valley & the Greater Los Angeles area, and to Lynwood, Long Beach, San Bernardino, and Orange County.
Highlights:
February 6th, 2018
Remo RMC Grand Opening Drum Circle in Valencia!
Chris & Judi participated in the Remo RMC (Recreational Music Center) Grand Opening Community Drum Circle Event at Remo Headquarters in Valencia to congratulate our friend, Manager Mike DeMenno!
February 13th, 2018
Mardi Gras!
(1) Providence St. Elizabeth (SNF) - North Hollywood
(2) BCR, "A Place To Grow" ~ serving adults with developmental challenges - Burbank
We provided a special drum circle presentation for BCR's Annual Membership Meeting with participation from our clients in our regular Friday afternoon drum circle classes!
February 18th, 2018
Fragile X Association of Southern CA. ~ Family Fun Day Drum Circle dedicated in loving memory of Naomi Star, Past President - Long Beach
January 2018 Events Summary:
Wahlbangers shared joyful rhythms in 14 drum circle events in January serving Veterans, Seniors, Psych Rehab Patients, Adults with Special Needs, and Children & Adolescents with Autism.
We traveled throughout the San Fernando Valley & the Greater Los Angeles area, and to Pomona, San Bernardino, Anaheim, and Orange County.
Highlights:
January 1st, 2018
New Year's Day "Resilient Rhythms" Program at West LA VA ~
Serving Veterans in the Residential Rehab & Treatment Program - Los Angeles
"Clean & Serene in 2018"
January 19th, 2018
Wahlbangers Officers / Facilitators
gave a Presentation, Lecture & Drumming Workshop -- this marks our 5th year presenting -- at
Cal Poly University Pomona
for a class of future teachers, who were joined by a class of local Jr. High students with special needs, in the Dept. of Kinesiology & Health Promotion
January 25th - 28th, 2018
In addition, Chris & Judi spent an exciting weekend networking & attending sessions at the annual NAMM Show in Anaheim with 100,000 other people! And, of course, they found time to participate in a huge drum circle event!
December 2017 Event Summary:
Wahlbangers shared joyful rhythms in 14 drum circle sessions this month serving Veterans, Seniors, Nursing Home & Assisted Living Residents, Psych Rehab Patients, Adults with Special Needs, and Head Start Preschool Students.
We traveled throughout the San Fernando Valley & the Greater Los Angeles area, and to Sylmar, Lynwood, San Bernardino, and Riverside.
Also, this year marked our 5th Annual Holiday Drum Circle Event at a Psychiatric Lockdown Facility in Riverside, jammin’ with over 70 residents living with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses!
December 2017
5th Annual Wahlbangers Holiday
Drum Circle Event at
Riverside Behavioral Healthcare Center
(Psychiatric Lockdown)
Wahlbangers Organization is proud to provide & facilitate our 5th Annual Holiday Drum Circle Day with 70 psychiatric in-patients in Riverside
November 2017 Event Summary:
Wahlbangers shared joyful rhythms in 19 drum circle sessions this month serving Veterans, Seniors, Nursing Home & Assisted Living Residents, Adults with Special Needs, and Head Start Preschool Students.
We traveled throughout the San Fernando Valley & the Greater Los Angeles area, and to Lynwood and San Bernardino.
Also, with the Fall Season comes a welcome wave of scheduling requests from Head Start sites & private preschools for our “Little Hands, Big Rhythms” Program, and we are very proud to have served 16 sites to date, and played with over 1,500 preschool students!
October 2017 Event Summary:
Wahlbangers shared joyful rhythms in 13 drum circle sessions this month serving Veterans, Seniors, Nursing Home & Assisted Living Residents, Adults with Special Needs, and Individuals & Families living with Mental Illness.
We traveled throughout the San Fernando Valley & the Greater Los Angeles area, and to Huntington Beach and Orange County.
Also, this was our 4th year supporting the annual NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Walks LAC at Grand Park in downtown LA! Our facilitators & volunteers provided energizing group drumming for the over 1,000 Walk Participants at the Start Line & Finish Line!
Saturday October 7th, 2017
Annual NAMI Walks LA County
The Wahlbangers Organization was honored to again support
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Walks Los Angeles County
by providing encouraging & energizing drumming during the
Opening & Finish Line Ceremonies for thousands of walkers & staff
Thank you to all of our Volunteers!
@ Grand Park Event Lawn in Downtown Los Angeles
www.namiwalks.org/losangelescounty
In addition, this was our 4th year providing & facilitating Rehabilitation Drum Circles at the annual “Stroke Boot Camp” (Fall Session) Program for 20 stroke survivors in collaboration with the head of the Department of Physical Therapy at Chapman University’s Irvine Campus!
October 2017
Annual "Stroke Boot Camp"
(Not Open to the Public)
Activities for stroke survivors, including Wahlbangers therapeutic drum circles! Wahlbangers Organization works in collaboration with Dr. Alison McKenzie, PT, DPT, Ph.D and students of the Department of Physical Therapy at the Irvine Campus.
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Saturday April 29th, 2017
Annual National Multiple Sclerosis Society Walk
The Wahlbangers Organization is honored to again support the
National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Walk MS - Long Beach
providing encouraging & energizing drumming activities during the Start & Finish Line Ceremonies for walkers & staff
New Location: El Dorado Park in Long Beach
& we'll be cheering on our friends ~
"Team WOW Winners on Wheels"
Friday April 7th - Sunday April 9th, 2017
The Wahlbangers Organization is excited to be facilitating & providing drums for the Festival's "55 Hour" Marathon Drum Circles!!!
- Ventura County Fairgrounds
Saturday October 29th, 2016
Special Needs Resource Fair @ CSUN...
AND...
Deaf Education And Families Project @ CSUN...
The Wahlbangers are providing drums & percussion and will be facilitating family friendly drum circles throughout both of these events for all attendees! Join us!
Saturday October 1st, 2016
Annual NAMI Walks LA County
The Wahlbangers Organization is honored to again support NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Walks Los Angeles County
by providing encouraging & energizing drumming and cheers during the
Opening & Finish Line Ceremonies for thousands of walkers & staff
Thank you to our Volunteers!
Grand Park Event Lawn in Downtown Los Angeles
www.namiwalks.org/losangelescounty
Friday August 26th, 2016
Staff Development Day Drum Circle
June > August 2016
June 13th - July 1st & August 2nd - August 17th 
Classes, Clubs, and Camps for children & teens with Autism and other Special Needs
http://www.kidslikemela.org/camp/
Thursday July 28th, 2016
Project SAFE Event
Project SAFE is a child abuse prevention program, developed through First 5 LA’s Partnerships for Families (PFF) Initiative. With the shared vision of creating a safer, more nurturing community for children 0-5, Project SAFE collaborates with a network of agencies dedicated to serving and strengthening families in the San Fernando Valley.
Friday July 22nd, 2016
4p- Support Group
2016 National Conference
to be held in the Los Angeles area
Saturday June 25th, 2016
4th of July Family Event Drum Circle
Leaps n Boundz provides adaptive sports, recreation and social programming for individuals with special needs. We teach in therapeutic and fun environments that promote strength and growth in all aspects of life. Play and movement are used as tools to increase motivation, improve life-skills, build self-esteem and create opportunities for social interactions.
http://leapsnboundz.com/about/
Tuesday June 21st, 2016
Annual International Make Music Day!
Saturday April 30th, 2016
(Click logo for Walk Details page)
Location: Shoreline Aquatic Park, LONG BEACH
Wahlbangers Organization will be providing encouraging & energizing drumming activities for all Walk attendees
& we'll be cheering on our friends...
"Team WOW Winners on Wheels"
comprised of residents and drum circle participants from Vista Cove Care Center
("the largest M.S. Treatment Facility west of the Rockies!")
Walk MS: Long Beach
at Shoreline Park
(near Aquarium of the Pacific) on Aquarium Way,
Long Beach 90802
$ Donate to "Team WOW" (click)
Spring 2016 - Wednesday classes
Classes, Clubs, and Camps for children & teens with Autism and other Special Needs
Wahlbangers Organization facilitators are proud to
be back again this semester to instruct
8 weeks of rhythm & percussion classes for
The Help Group's Kids Like Me
Spring After-School Program--
serving children & teens who
have moderate to severe autism spectrum disorder
and other special needs
Thursday March 24th, 2016
Classes, Clubs, and Camps for children & teens with Autism and other Special Needs