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| As Otha Turner's grandson K.K. Freeman takes a turn with his grandfather's fife during a late summer picnic, a local woman shows her appreciation of the music by dancing up to the musicians. As the music plays on with increasing intensity, dancers are often inspired to "salute" the drums with pelvic gestures or perform similar motions while prone to the ground, not unlike drum dances of Africa and the West Indies. Otha Turner says the musicians and dancers feed off each other's energy. "Them drums rolling, make you feel good," says Turner. "I get out there behind [the drums] and cut a step, that interest the next fellow. He gonna jump right out there like me. 'Come ON!' We get together. That's an encourgement." | ||||||||||