Have you ever wanted...

...to learn to drum, sing gospel harmonies, dance under the stars to live rhythms from around the world, find your animal spirit, be immersed in a world of cultural sharing, stretch yourself and let your spirit soar?

Come to the 2011

Tribe of Doris

...where we stretch the boundaries.

Find out about Tribe of Doris and our plans for the summer here on our website.

Keep up with the latest developments by visiting us again as the summer approaches.

Are we a festival?

Not quite, but it's a wild time we have...

This event is all about participation. There are only about 1000 people on site and we have an inspirational time bringing together people of all ages, all abilities and all kinds of backgrounds to express, explore and share your own and other cultures....

We offer full on, fun and high quality workshops in drum, dance song and ceremony with experienced and award winning teachers from all around the world. If you are an advanced drummer, dancer, singer or musician we will have inspiration for you and give you the opportunity to play with others of calibre. If you have never played before we will make sure you go home with confidence, experience and satisfaction. The camping facilities are more pleasant than festivals can offer and there are cafes with fresh coffee, juices and delicious food, a sauna, wellbeing area, dedicated workshops for young people and a safe and creative Children's area and much more.

If you are new to this sort of thing and you like the sound of our event be assured there will be plenty of chances to try everything, surprise yourself and maybe take a new direction in life whatever your age or cultural background. Read what people have to say about the Summer School on our testimonials page.

Find out more by reading about this summer's event and the other things that we do, here on our website on the Summer School page and all our other pages.

NEW WORKSHOPS!  NEW EVENING ENTERTAINMENT! Due to popular demand we will be introducing more performances into our celebratory evenings, with the likes of Denise Rowe, Nansady Keita, Nii Tagoe, Idrissa Camara's Guinean Ballet Nimba and more.

Have a taste of our celebratory evening where the participants show each other what they have learnt in the week

DOWNLOAD LAST YEARS DAILY PROGRAMME , PARTICIPANTS INFO and SPECIAL NIGHTS INFO

A rare chance to experience authentic Gnawa music from Morocco...

Thanks to popular demand we are excited to announce that along side many other fantastic teachers and musicians we have invited Jil Gnawa back to the Intercultural Summer School. If you came last year you will remember how inspiring they are. If you know nothing about this music, Doris is the place to find out!

The group JIL GNAWA is composed of Moroccan musicians who are authentic Gnawa dancers and singers. Imbued with this music since childhood, they offer a repertoire of ritual music composed of a mixture of secular African songs and sacred songs from the great Sufi tradition......

See the Announcements page for more information about Jil Gnawa and a link to their myspace page.

Summer School Slideshow

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