the didgeridoo man
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| Location | Otterton, East Devon, United Kingdom |
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| Introduction | Chris Holland is a didgeridoo teacher and storyteller based in East Devon. He has been playing the didgeridoo since he met a yidaki (a proper Australian Aboriginal didgeridoo) in a shop in Bath, England, during 1993. Since then he has played didgeridoo with an eclectic mix of musicians including Baka Beyond, Hawkwind, Andy Letcher, Paul Robertson and the Joyce Band. He was a member of the band Jabberwocky. Chris started teaching didgeridoo in Cranleigh Prep School in 1997 and is now known by thousands of school children as “the didgeridoo man!” in schools across the south west of England. The didgeridoo man is aware that he is a whitefella playing a blackfellas traditional instrument, so he is respectful, wears ochre, makes a lot of his own didges and tells stories in the public domain. When he gets painted-up an extra £20 is donated to Survival International. Chris also runs WHOLELAND to reconnect the whole family with the land and all our relations through playful learning. |