Bongo drums beat out a rhythm, while wooden instruments such as guiros, cuicas, maracas, and crickets buzz, croak, rattle, and chirp. Put it all together in a drum circle, and Johnson Park in Marble Falls vibrates with the sounds of a jungle under the oak and pecan trees along Backbone Creek.

The phenomenon happens at 6 p.m. on the last Saturday of every other month when Hill Country United Methodist Church hosts a public musical event in the park featuring a variety of percussion instruments with weird names and a professional drum leader.

“What we do in the park with the drum circle is a fellowship experience,” Pastor Cody Logan said. “We hope for our church to present a different face of the church to the community. Maybe we can sit down and see we are not as different as we think w

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