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Icebreaker
Boombastic
Overview
Team Building, Bonding and Booming
This electrifying energiser is one of our brilliant conference or meeting icebreaker activities where, armed with a 'Boomwhacker', your group is transformed into a Boombastic orchestra.
But "What are 'Boomwhackers'?" we hear you say...Well, they’re hollow, plastic tubes of different lengths and colours which, when struck by hand or by another tube, create a musical note.
These simple plastic musical tubes can change any conference or meeting into a sea of sound and colour with everyone working together in perfect harmony. Our exuberant facilitator will get your whole group grinning and bring out everyone’s musical flare.
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Event Format
Your group will be led to believe they’re about to have a particularly dull lecture on the driest possible topic before our ‘lecturer’ reveals they are in fact a ‘Rhythm Master’ and unleashes the Boomwhackers!
Everyone grabs a different colour Boomwhacker and the Rhythm Master explains how the colour coding corresponds to different notes. Each colour group is taught different, simple beats and rhythms which are layered on top of each other to create a brilliant sound.
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Once everyone is playing, listening and reacting perfectly together, we enhance the music further with our interactive intro and finale sections. The end result is a thoroughly memorable performance that will have everyone on their feet and totally energised!
It’s a great icebreaker for a meeting or conference, waking up and enthusing your group. Alternatively, this activity can work as a brilliantly energetic interlude between one of our indoor or outdoor events and an evening event. This is without doubt, the most cost effective musical experience imaginable and will leave the room buzzing with excitement.
How it works
How does Boombastic work?
Boombastic is a musical icebreaker for 10 to 500 people that turns your group into a Boomwhacker orchestra in about an hour. Boomwhackers are colourful plastic tubes that play a musical note when struck. Here's how it runs.
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The fake lecture
Your group is led to believe they're about to sit through a particularly dull lecture, until our lecturer reveals they're a Rhythm Master.
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Grab a Boomwhacker
Everyone picks up a different coloured Boomwhacker, and the Rhythm Master explains how each colour plays a different note.
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Learn your rhythm
Each colour group learns its own simple beats and rhythms, which are layered on top of each other.
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Play as one
Once everyone is playing, listening and reacting together, the music builds with an interactive intro and finale for a memorable performance.
What's included
What's included with Boombastic?
Boombastic includes everything your group needs to make music together.
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Professional Rhythm Master
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Selection of Boomwhackers
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Event management and instruction
Optional extras
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Event photography or filming
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Other percussion events (ask for details)
Benefits
What are the benefits of Boombastic?
Boombastic energises groups of any size and builds team cohesion, as everyone plays their part in a single performance.
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Energise
A surprise start and a big musical finale leave everyone on their feet and full of energy.
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Great fun
Colourful tubes and a playful Rhythm Master get the whole group grinning.
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Broad appeal
No musical experience is needed, so everyone can take part, from 10 people to 500.
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Team cohesion
Every colour group plays a different part, so the music only works when everyone listens and plays together.
The team building was a great success across the board – everyone really enjoyed the various activities which were run very professionally and the facilitators were fantastic.
Daiichi Sankyo
FAQs
Boombastic: Frequently Asked Questions
Boombastic transforms a meeting or conference audience into a colourful percussion orchestra. Every participant receives a Boomwhacker and follows a Rhythm Master to create a coordinated piece of music using simple beats and interlocking notes.
A Boomwhacker is a lightweight, hollow plastic tube that creates a musical note when struck by hand or against another tube. Different lengths and colours produce different notes, making the instruments easy to organise within a large group.
No. The beats are introduced gradually, and the colour coding helps participants understand when their section should play. Listening and reacting to the facilitator are more important than previous musical training.
The false lecture is part of the surprise. Delegates believe they are about to hear an exceptionally dry presentation before the "lecturer" reveals their true identity as the Rhythm Master and launches the musical activity.
Participants are divided according to the colour of their Boomwhacker. Each colour group learns a simple rhythm or note pattern, and those separate sections are layered together until the entire room is playing as one orchestra.
Yes. The format is designed for whole-group participation rather than a performance by a few volunteers. Every colour section contributes something the final piece would noticeably miss.
The standard session lasts approximately one hour. Its self-contained format makes it easy to use as a conference opener, after-lunch energiser or upbeat break between presentations.
Boombastic can accommodate approximately 10 to 500 participants. The colour-coded structure allows a large conference audience to be organised into clear musical sections without requiring individual instruction for every delegate.
No solo performance is required. Participants play within their colour group and then as part of the complete orchestra, giving less confident colleagues the security of joining in with everyone else.
Each note may seem small, but the music depends on timing, concentration and every section responding to the others. It offers a simple, entertaining illustration of how coordinated contributions create a result no individual could produce alone.