Buckhorn Drummers

By Cheryl Jahn

The Beat Goes On At Buckhorn

Buckhorn students host drumming concert

May 21, 2019 | 2:40 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – Dozens of kids from Buckhorn Elementary put on a bit of a show this morning. For months different classes were learning different First Nations songs.

“Initially they’re a little bit, they’re always a little bit nervous, they’re giggly and wondering what’s going on,” explains Dana Schwenning, the .Aboriginal Education Worker at Buckhorn Elementary. “But in the end, you can see how proud they are to learn a song. And once they know the importance of the song and the meaning behind the song, it adds a level of seriousness to it.”

The songs celebrated everything from the importance of water to honouring women.

Joshua Seymour, a Councillor for the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation, was at the school for other business and decided to listen in to the concert. He says drums are very important to First Nations culture and music.

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“The drum connects you to your ancestors and it’s basically Mother Nature’s beating heart,” says Seymour. “So you have the wood that came from a tree and you have the hide that came from an animal. So those two spirits are also in there as well.”