Drumming for Obama

We weren't sure what to expect when Arts for Obama invited us to attend a Drum Circle for Obama in the rolling hills of Loudoun County.  We arrived at a beautiful old barn that had been converted to an art gallery.  Horses grazed under the blue skies.   

"They were dancing earlier," one of the drummers enthusiastically exclaimed.  "We started to drum and the horses came out and danced."   

The drummers reassembled, and, led by Dan, they started to beat their drums.  "Vote for Obama.  Vote for Change,"  the drummers chanted, their drums echoing through the countryside.   

"Drumming is a way to bring people together," Dan said.  "And that's what this election is all about, reaching out to everyone and roping them all in."    One woman roped in was Peggy, who told us she hadn't worked on an election since Bobby Kennedy ran for U.S. President in 1968.  Senator Barack Obama inspires her in the same way.  "He has the same spirit and hope and enthusiasm for everything the country could do," she said. 

The horses didn't dance again while we were there, but they did move close.  They edged up to the fence, drawn, it seemed, by the excitement generated by the drummers who chanted for an Obama Presidency.