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"Wow! The Drum Cafe
certainly exceeded all expectations at our recent Camp Culture event; l
can assuredly say that WOW is the impression your TEAM left on our
Employees. [You] really hit the mark with your presentation. [The]
facilitation skills combined both learning and FUN and brought the
purpose of the...event full circle. It is our responsibility as Leaders
at Southwest Airlines to perpetuate our Culture and keep the SPIRIT
alive and well. I feel as though with your team’s help we have
successfully driven that point home with the 2005 MIT Level II
Participants."
Cheryl Hughey, Director, People
and Leadership Development Southwest Airlines, Dallas, TX.
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“People were buzzing on Thursday morning about the Drum Cafe.
They loved it. On the final evaluations, it was highlighted as one of
the best things about the conference. One of the leaders opened his
presentation highlighting his take-aways, and how well together we
performed. One woman came up to me and asked if I was "cueing" you in
your earpiece…. She used the words "astonishing" when she described the
whole process. I hope to work with you again. It was a delight!”
Kathie Magness, Shell Oil Company,
Training & Development
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"The Drum Cafe is a refreshing new alternative to interactive audience
participation. The mystique of not knowing what it is all about until
you get into the performance is enticing! Drum Cafe creates a synergy
and energy that leaves the audience shed of all inhibitions. You must
experience it to fully understand!"
Rick
Mills, CMP, Director of Event Planning and Operations Marriott
Rivercenter/Riverwalk, San Antonio, TX.
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"[The] Drum Café event was FABULOUS!!!! Dale and his team brought
tremendous energy and spirit to it and we all had a GREAT time, and when I
looked around the room as people were drumming their hearts out, EVERYONE
WAS SMILIING. Thank you for making it such a success! Dale did an incredibly
good job of tying the event to Starbucks soul, our teams, what we've
accomplished this year, and what's yet to come! Everyone was very impressed
with that and the fact that everything he said was so genuine and uplifting.
Nothing about it was "canned."
JoAnn Chrisman, Store Development, Starbucks Coffee, Seattle, WA
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"I want you to know that weeks after our event, everyone is still raving
about the Drum Cafe experience. The evening evoked emotion and passion,
while promoting team building.Everyone now feels a strong sense of
connection to the company's unique culture. Our thanks to you for making
our 'pulse' reach all of our employees."
Larry
Levy , Manager, Frosch International , Houston, TX.
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"Partners are still talking about the session we had with you all on the
7th. [Another manager] mentioned how great it was to me today. Thanks to
you and your team for doing such an amazing job. I appreciate your
passion for what you do."
Mike Bryant,
Partner
Learning
& Development
Manager,
H-E-B Grocery Stores, San Antonio, TX.
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"I was at The Wall Street Journals seminar in Austin earlier this week. I wanted to thank you for an awesome experience - you did an amazing job tying in our 2006 goals and Company expectations – it really was incredible. It’s not often you hear people talking about Sales seminars for days after the event, but this time we are! "
Terri Knabenshue, Legal Notice Advertising, The Wall Street Journal, Irving, TX.
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"The Drum Cafe was a HUGE hit with our managers, they were still talking
about it the next day. We were constantly told this was the BEST food
show ever and your group helped to make it so, thanks again for
accommodating our last minute changes. GOOD JOB working in our theme and
message it really added a solid ending to our day 1 activities!"
Barbara Lewis, Deli Merchandising Manager, H-E-B
Grocery Stores, San Ant., TX.
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"The Drum Café did a masterful job of incorporating and reinforcing our
organizational goals and objectives in an exciting two-hour team
building session. The challenge and uniqueness of a small audience did
not limit the impact that the Drum Café offered to our group. Specific
goals and objectives were discussed prior to the session and they more
than exceeded our expectations. Our return on investment for this
program has been outstanding."
Ruth Miller,
Training Manager, Nissan North America, Inc., Irving, TX
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"Thank you for a perfect event! The homework you
did to understand Frost's statewide organization and our mission
statement and your use of that information in the program wowed our
bankers as much as the drumming did! I hope to work with you again as we
move the teamwork concept to different groups throughout the bank."
Ms Cathy Garison, Senior Vice President, San
Antonio, TX.
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"We all had a great time and the feedback has been very positive!
Everyone keeps saying this was the “best meeting yet!” and The Drum Café
was a big part of why…You got everyone to rock! I hope our paths will
cross again in the future!”
Wendy Crothers, Senior
Communications Specialist, Memphis, TN
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"I have to tell you that the experience and your team were
unbelievable! They obviously invested time into learning about our
business and keyed in on the points and goals we set forth prior to the
meeting. My team was still talking about it the next day. I just can't
say enough wonderful things about the entire experience. Thanks so
much."
Terri Heidebreicht, Sprint Nextel,
Nashville, TN.
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"Wow! What a great experience. On behalf of PwC and our Women's
Networking Circles, I want to thank you for our wonderful kickoff and
close. We have received tremendous feedback from our women on this great
event! [A] special thanks for really hitting the mark with our messages
and theme. You really listened to me and 'connected' all that we spoke
about. I am truly grateful for this and it was noted by many -- they
were so impressed by how much you knew about PwC and our Circles. Thank
you again. I hope our paths cross in the future."
Joanne McDonough, Director, Office of Diversity,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
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"I want to thank The Drum Café for performing at our event. I got
NOTHING but praises on how much FUN everyone had. The purpose of asking
you to attend is that we wanted/needed a bonding experience and everyone
in attendance now shares this unique relationship. Those who attended
are still talking about it and those who didn't wish they had. Thank you
for the experience."
Deborah Key, AT&T Inc.
(Formerly SBC Communications), San Antonio, TX
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"A very big thanks to The Drum Café team for an absolutely
spectacular event. We're getting lots of buzz from employees and I
personally thought your session was fantastic - incredibly motivational
and I really couldn't think of a more perfect way to wrap up our event.
I knew you guys would be awesome, but you were better than I had
anticipated. I hope we'll be able to collaborate again in the future."
Simon McPherson, North America Event
Planner,
Sabre Travel Network / Travelocity
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"The Drum Cafe were the bookends to our annual Sales Conference this
year....they opened our meeting with an exciting rhythm performance
customized to support our theme and ended our meeting with all 300 of us
booming together on our own drums within 15 minutes! The entire group -
including the executives - just loved it!"
Sherry Cullen, Event & Meeting Planner, Moen Inc., North Olmsted, OH.
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"We had a terrific
experience with you and your team of professionals. The "bookend"
approach allowed for a common thread to permeate our two day meeting.
You got us kicked off with style and enthusiasm and concluded with
meaning and context. I would and will recommend you to any team
looking to improve performance."
Camron
Casper, Director of Human Resources, Citibank Service Center, San
Antonio, TX
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“I wanted to personally say THANK YOU for your program at our San Antonio School Health Leadership Institute! It is a rare thing to make such an impression on an event such as ours, but you did….All of the teams are still talking about what a great experience they had and how they finally understood the meaning of 'team'!"
Nicole Townsley, San Antonio Program Manager, American Cancer Society
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"[Where]
do we even *begin* to
thank The Drum Café Texas for
[their]
team’s memorable contributions to our 2005 teambuilding event…
Your creative techniques in incorporating the customer’s meeting
objectives – infused with your talented team’s music and contagious
enthusiasm - produced an experience that every event planner dreams of
delivering. You made us shine in our client’s eyes, and for that
we’ll forever be BIG fans of The Drum Café Texas. Trust that we
are excited to share this experience with all of our customers, and
can’t wait for our next event together!"
Donna Koppenheffer, Vice President, BRING IT ON!
DALLAS, Dallas, TX
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The Drum Cafe receives the Rotary Club of San
Antonio's Certificate of Appreciation.
Click
here to see the certificate.
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The Drum Cafe...gets high marks from fellow
AVW-TELAV producers.
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here to see the
newsletter excerpt.
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"Thank you all so much for your presentation and enthusiasm. Our Drum
Cafe experience was absolutely awesome! I am going to tell everyone I
know! "
Sarah Cavazos, Risk Mamagement
Division, Irving, TX
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"Just wanted to pass along the sincere thanks to you and your team for
putting on a superb program last week at ASTD. We actually heard one of
the participants comment that you guys made the whole day complete and
was an excellent way to start the day off! "
Rajesh Ramachandran,
ASTD Professional Development, Austin, TX
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"What a great experience! This was the stress relief my managers
needed. There are still "what was your favorite part" conversations
going on and the team building aspect found its way home. Thanks
again...This was the best!"
Art Van Divier,
Executive Director, La Hacienda Treatment Center, Hunt, TX
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"The Drum Café program touched everyone on my leadership retreat in
their own way, including those that I thought it wouldn’t! Not only was
it one of the most unique events we’d ever had, but one of the most
effective and fun! Thank you!"
Karl Keith,
Montgomery Co. Auditor, Dayton, OH.
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"What a finale! After 5 days of meetings at the hotel, all of our people
were ready to let off some steam. The Drum Cafe was the perfect program
to conclude our conference. The Drum Cafe sent all 200 of us home
stimulated, energized, and excited about the Matria team that we're a
part of!!"
Richard Long, EVP Sales, Matria
Healthcare, Marietta, GA.
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"Drum Café was one of the most exciting programs we
have ever had in the Pasadena Independent School District. Our
Assistant Principals learned to be effective leaders while having the
hands on experience of drumming. The day was filled with music and
smiles. Many of our schools plan to bring Drum Café to their
campuses for both teacher and student programs."
Karen Gibson, Exec. Director, Curriculum & Staff
Devel., PISD, Houston, TX
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"Thank you for coming out to the Westin and sharing the Drum Cafe
experience with our management team. Trust me when I say that you left a
lasting impression on our team. We referred to your program throughout
the day, and I'm sure this experience will remain with us for a long
time to come. I hope we can have you back for a followup meeting."
Mr. Norman Coopee, Associate Director of Catering
& Convention Services, Westin La Cantera Resort, San Antonio, TX
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"We brought the Drum Cafe out to the ranch for a teambuilding event with
one of our repeat clients who comes out to use the conference facilities
quite often. They absolutely loved the Drum Cafe program! I heard them
talk about it for the rest of their week here, saying it was the best
teambuilding event they'd ever experienced. Most of them even purchased
drums to take back home with them! I'm going to offer the Drum Cafe to
all of our clients in the future! Thank you!"
Missie Dreiss, Director, YO Ranch and Conference
Center, Mountain Home, TX.
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"I thoroughly enjoyed the Drum Cafe' experience. This was a very
unique way of encouraging unity and company morale. The pulse of Prime
Time was a very good visual. Also to find out that all of the performers
were very active upstanding citizens that are successful in their own
professions was very enlighten. I must admit that I have never been in a
business meeting of that caliber in my life. I've never seen so many
smiling faces at Prime Time as I saw yesterday at our Group Sales
Meeting! Kudos to everyone involved in making our Group Sales meeting
one that I will always remember." Michael,
Account Manager, Prime Time Newspapers, San Antonio, TX
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"Thank you so much for sharing your amazing program with our
ladies....Not only did it help them to manage the stress associated with
preparing for such an important event, but strengthened the camaraderie
among them. We received many e-mails from the ladies afterward saying
how much they enjoyed and appreciated Drum Cafe Texas!"
Debbie Batot
and Michelle Sosa, Pageant Directors
Kristin
Housley - Miss San Antonio 2002
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"If you want to think out of the box then you need these champions of
out-of-the-box thinking to work with your team.The Drum Cafe Texas
program is fun, entertaining, and meaningful. I know of nothing like it
in the marketplace."
David Cook, Ph.D. and
Sports Psychologist for the San Antonio Spurs
Mental Advantage, Inc., San Antonio, TX
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“I want to thank you again for the program you held for us at our
location. I am still receiving positive comments from employees (it has
been several months now since the event) who were very motivated and
inspired by the program. They continue to ask when we’ll have our second
Drum Café event! It was one of the best teambuilding programs I’ve been
a part of - worth every penny and then some!”
Keith Becker, General Manager, Vitas Hospice
Care, San Antonio, TX
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"The Drum Cafe Leadership program was one of the most insightful and
meaningful training experiences I've had in years, and the learnings
continue to pop into my mind over and over again. The attendees of this
year's conference talked about the impact of your program all day long!"
Ms. Linda Farley, Owner, Farley Training and
2002 President of ASTD, San Antonio Chapter (American Society of
Training & Development)
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"The Drum Cafe exceeded my expectations! They did a masterful job of
weaving our mission with our uniqueness to accomplish our desire to
rejuvenate and celebrate our hard-working staff."
Linda Chalmers, Executive Director of Academic
Advising, Univ. of Texas at San Antonio
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"Awesome job, today!
We had such fun with the Drum Cafe! I don't think we've ever had
such a fun AND meaningful experience that's brought us together for a
common purpose! Thanks again for drumming up such good synergy here on
our campus!"
Sharon Dresser, Coordinator of Services for
Special Populations,
Northwest Vista College, San Antonio, TX
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"Drum Cafe Texas is a unique and memorable experience. It is more than a
musical event. It is more than a training event. It is more than a team
building event. It is more than motivational or even inspirational. It
is transformational!"
Mr. Gene Hildabrand,
Marketing Director, North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce,
www.TheMasterNetworker.com
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"The [Drum Cafe] program was awesome! I was not sure
how open the funeral directors would be to participate in a program of
this type. I received many wonderful compliments and some great
comments on our evaluation forms. Please feel free to use my name
as a reference in the event you have a group that is considering the
Drum Cafe."
Ann McKnight, Executive
Director, Texas Funeral Directors Association
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"I mailed you a thank-you note, but couldn't wait to thank you for
setting the tone of excitement, rhythm and energy for our National
Leadership Conference. The Drum Café was the talk of the event. Everyone
loved the drumming. All of you were just great. Please express our
appreciation to your whole group for participating in the conference."
"Hope you get extra business as a result of your participation with
Junior Achievement. You're the best!!!!!!"
Carolyn McDole, President and 2004 Conference Chair, Junior Achievement
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"My experience with the Drum Café was AWESOME!! It was fun and I liked
the way it connected our staff together but also made us aware of how in
sync we already were. I enjoyed it so much that I have hired them to
come out for our Youth Ministry High School lock-in."
Cindi Adcock, HS Youth Minister, Our Lady of
Guadalupe Church, Helotes, Texas
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"I just wanted you to know how very much we enjoyed the Drum Cafe
program. What a terrific way to end the school year! I was amazed at how
captivated our students were and how they all came together as a group
to make beautiful music. Never before have we had a program where every
child was giving the presenters their undivided attention. This was a
great release and energizer for all! Thank you so much for bringing your
program to our school; we hope that we can get you to come back next
year!"
Ms. Jean Dove, Principal, Braun
Station Elementary
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"The teachers at Leon Springs Elementary and Steubing Elementary Schools
thoroughly enjoyed their drumming experience/in-service with the Drum
Cafe. We all had fun and laughed until tears fell, and left at the end
of the day feeling energized. It was such a gift at this time of the
year with all the stress in the air. I would highly recommend the Drum
Cafe to visit your school."
Dr. Kathy
Dodge-Clay, Principal, Leon Springs Elementary
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"I can't thank you enough for the experience you shared with not only my
students but my staff! We teach students to be able to integrate various
lessons to real life situations and your group was a true example of
real-world experiences. You've given our students another venue to
ponder as they continue to broaden their knowledge base."
Dr. Sharon Small, Principal, Shirley J. Howsman
Elementary, San Antonio, TX
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"Thank you the excitement, enthusiasm and energy you brought to the
in-service at Hardy Oak. Many teachers have stated it was the best team
building activity they have ever attended. I look forward to scheduling
a time for you to work with our terrific students. Many, many thanks."
Sharon Newman, Principal, Hardy Oak
Elementary, NEISD, San Antonio, TX
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