About Ray
Warasa Garifuna Drum School is the dream of its founder and master drummer and teacher, Ronald Raymond McDonald. Ronald, or Ray, learned drums by watching his family group from childhood. He is a former drummer, dancer and singer for the Belize National Dance Company. He has performed and provided drumming lessons in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, the US and UK.
About Warasa Garifuna Drum School
Ray is passionate about his culture, and for many years his dream was to start a drumming schoool and teach others about his culture. The drum school was set-up with the support of Ray’s former partner, Ruth Sherratt, who is from Scotland. Although Ray and Ruth are no longer together, they remain in touch and Ruth still supports the drum school and the efforts of Ray and his family to preserve Garifuna culture. Warasa (which means “our culture”), was started in 2010. The School has grown from borrowed drums and a rented house, to more than 20 of our own drums at our beautiful thatch palapa.