West African Dance in Boston: April 2007

Friday, April 27, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] Drum Classes this spring

Dear African Drum-heads,

From the Drum Connection:
The Famoudou Konate Boston 2007 Workshops are SOLD OUT. BUT...
Added day (Tuesday) still open today. SO if you want a chance to get in, as
people do drop for various reasons, you need to fill out the registration
form at http://www.famoudou.com and send it in to us yesterday! Okay, today.

Famoudou and I added a 6th Day! This is NOT quite sold out! Openings remain
at this moment! For this 6th day (Tuesday May 29 5PM – 10PM, you actually
May register online at http://www.famoudou.com
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Announcing the legendary...
Mamady Keita Boston 2007 Workshop Tour
June 28, 29, 30, July 1, 2007

Mamady is coming... Better brush up on those djembe chops!

Register today On-Line at http://www.MKBoston.com Don't miss your chance to
study with the worlds most famous djembe player and sweet man.

You may register at: http://www.MKBoston.com
==============================
Want the finest djembes you can get anywhere?

THIS Saturday, April 28, 2007

The DrumConnection Open Studio
April 28, 2007
Noon – 4PM ONLY
41 Foster Street
Arlington, MA 02474
781-316-8068

I have spent 15 years or more designing the perfect djembe. Now we offer a
limited number to the public. We also have a fine selection of quality
djembes at various price points. And superb dunun (bass drums of the
Malinke). ALL MADE IN AFRICA with 65-35 split going to Guinea.
See some of these drums: Djembe Boston: http://www.djembeboston.com

Just drop in and take a test drum! Free drum tuning while you wait. Drum
repairs, CDs, DVDs, teaching videos, beginner CDs, and various other drum
related products for your discerning tastes. Details: http://www.drumconnection.com

Please check out my growing You Tube collection of videos. More to come!
you Tube: http://www.youtube.com/alantauber

"Listening to Famoudou Konate, live or on CD, will make you a better drummer."
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[Wadabo_updates] Joh Camara Friday class CANCELED

Dear Everybody,
Joh's class tonight at the Girls & boys club
IS CANCELED, 630-8pm
- Joh is traveling and has to leave earlier than he expected.

Class will resume next week as per usual

Happy Friday

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Re: [Wadabo_updates] Alisko Diabate dundun music from Guinea

Followed by Alisko Diabate teaching dundun from Guinea at 6:30 in
Davis Sq., call 617-510-1489

Mateja.
!

On Apr 26, 2007, at 2:06 PM, wadabo_updates@wadabo.com wrote:

> Abdoulaye Sylla will teach Sister Fatou Ndiaye's regular Saturday
> class at the Dance Complex this weekend:
> Satursday, April 28th at 4:30 pm
> Come on out for a wonderful high energy class from Abdoulaye Sylla,
> from Guinea West Africa!
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[Wadabo_updates] Abdoulaye Sylla teaching for Fatou N'Diaye

Abdoulaye Sylla will teach Sister Fatou Ndiaye's regular Saturday class at the Dance Complex this weekend:

Satursday, April 28th at 4:30 pm

Come on out for a wonderful high energy class from Abdoulaye Sylla, from Guinea West Africa!

[Wadabo_updates] PROVIDENCE SUNDAY DANCE CLASS TIME CHANGE APRIL 29

CHANGES FOR PROVIDENCE CLASSES SUNDAY APRIL 29:

ISSA's drum class is cancelled this week.

SEYDOU's dance class will be at 6PM at HILLEL (brownhillel.org).

PLEASE COME! Regular times will return the following week.

QUESTIONS? Email jori [at] brown [dot] edu.

[Wadabo_updates] NDAJEFESTIVAL2007

Boston's First Annual
NDAJEFESTIVAL2007
June 29 - July 1, 2007

Ndaje (Wolof) means to come together...

Pape N'Diaye, from the National Ballet of Senegal, is bringing the culture
and spirit of Africa to Boston in this fun-filled, three-day celebration.
Complete with a live theatrical performance featuring master musicians and
dancers from Senegal, Guinea, and Mali, this festival will allow
participants to experience traditional West African drum and dance classes
taught by world renowned artists, taste traditional West African cuisine and
indulge in the variety of authentic African clothing, crafts and accessories
brought by festival vendors.

Ndaje and celebrate! Visit www.papendiaye.com/ndajefestival for complete
festival information.

Pre-register onlineby 6/22/07 to take advantage of discounted rates.

Concert Information

Ndaje: It Takes a Village

Saturday, June 30 - 8pm (Somerville Theatre)

Ndaje: It Takes a Village, is a high-spirited theatrical production that
tells a rites of passage story that is deeply rooted in African tradition.
With artistic direction from Senegalese choreographer Pape N'Diaye, master
artists from the national ballets of Senegal, Guinea and Mali use
traditional songs, lively percussions, the melodic kora, and dynamic dance
moves to portray the life-altering rituals and a village's celebration of
young boys journeying into manhood.

Tickets: $27 Orchestra, $18 Upper Levels($32 /$22 onJune 30)

Ticketsare scheduled to go on sale May 15th. This is a tentative date.
Please keep checking this site, or join the Ndaje Festival Email List to
receive notice of the actual sale date.

About Artistic Director, Pape N'Diaye:
Pape N'Diaye, from the National Ballet of Senegal, is a master dancer and
choreographer, with extensive training in modern, jazz, and African
contemporary dance. Also a former member of le Compagnie Jant-Bi (Senegal),
he is one of the most celebrated new dance artists in Boston, teaching
weekly sabar and djembe dance classes in Cambridge, MA, and providing
choreography for a number of Boston African and modern/contemporary dance
companies including Kinodance Company, Harvard Pan-African Dance and Music,
and MIT's African Dance group. More on Pape N'Diaye at www.papendiaye.com
.

After May 15th,
Purchasetickets in person at:
Somerville Theatre Box Office
55 Davis Square
Somerville, MA 02144
Directions & Info

Or, purchase tickets online at:
TicketMaster.com(not yet available).

Contact Information

If you have further questions, or if you would like to send a comment,
please email ndajefestival@papendiaye.com .

Jerejef!

Pape N 'Diaye, Founder
Ndaje Festival 2oo7
www.papendiaye.com/ndajefestival

[Wadabo_updates] continental driftings - drifting on . . .

hello all -
after a wonderful few months of having the Middle East make a home for
live (and DJ'ed) african music, they are changing the formatting for
Thursdays, starting May 10.

However, we have 2 more weeks to enjoy!
So come on out and support Sidi Mohamed JOH Camara
(http://johcamara.calabashmusic.com/) tonight! April 26th from 10 pm
until 1 am!
And next Thursday, May 3rd, come out for Balla Kouyate
(http://ballakouyate.com/) to hear his newest group, based on his
stellar balafon playing.

From May 10th forward, Atlas Soul (http://atlassoul.calabashmusic.com/)
is moving from Fridays and taking over the space on Thursday nights in
the Corner, and Gian Carlo is moving over to the Corner on Fridays.

So go on and check them out.

And stay tuned for the latest in live african music!
peace.
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[Wadabo_updates] dance performances in providence, RI

if you have not seen michelle bach-coulibaly's work (she is seydou's
wife), then you should for sure check out her shows this spring. she
combines african moves and stylings with her own creations and modern
technique to create an amazingly unique and layered show, that involves
all sorts of music, song, dance, text. as i said, amazing. details below.

>>>
hi friends!

if you are free and so inclined, please come see *new works/world
traditions dance company *premiere our latest work, a long
dance/movement piece (30-40 minutes) about family and identity that
features 12 fabulous dancers dancing/exploring space, 2 malian musicians
drumming, 1 professional fiddler fiddling, 1 vocally acrobatic dancer
singing opera, and many more surprises. the piece is exciting and
bizarre and visually interesting and (hopefully) poignant (at least from
the inside that's what i think it will be like, but come and you can
tell me if i was totally off).

*vital info:*

*1**)* shows are *t**hurs may 3, fri may 4, sat may 5 at 8PM and sun may
6 at 2PM in stuart theatre* on the brown campus (just a touch east of
the intersection of waterman and brown streets; enter on waterman).

*2) we are the very first piece in the show* (so you can leave after us
if you don't care for straight-up modern dance which is probably what
the rest of the show will be).

*3) student/brown staff/faculty tickets are $5*. you can buy them at the
door (i doubt we will sell out) or click on "tickets" at this link for
more info http://brown.edu/Facilities/Theatre/. if you can't get $5
tickets, let me know and i can probably get them for you.

and if you're in the mood to see performance right now in general, i
also recommend *DONE* (playing at the black rep), a play based on over
100 interviews with teenagers (playing through may 20, details at
blackrep.org), and the *drum of the wave of horikawa*, which is in its
final weekend at perishable theatre (www.perishable.org

<http://www.perishable.org>) right now. see more detailed comments from
a friend below.

>>>>>

Hello Friends of Perishable,
Nothing says GO SEE IT like an audience member--
read the following message!

***Over the last two nights, I had the pleasure of
sitting in on the press nights for THE DRUM OF THE
WAVES OF HORIKAWA - a historical tragedy comedy
thriller in 5 episodes- at Perishable Theatre.

DotWoH is kind of amazing! Nothing like this has been
seen in Providence in a while... if ever. It's brash,
it's insanely creative, it's amazing. GO SEE
IT!!!

This 18th-century kabuki play has been molded by the
Theatre of the Two-Headed Calf into a punk rock
masterpiece. I can say definitively that this is a
show that seasoned theater-goers and those who haven't
set foot into a theater in years will equally enjoy.
And why not, it's got everything: sex, drunkenness,
love, violence, honor, sacrifice, humor, sadness,
noise, quiet, light, dark, movement, stillness,
abstract, concrete, two drum sets, a keyboard, and
electric bass.

Again, GO SEE IT!!! It's only here for two weeks! This
is one of those productions that will explode when it
goes back to NYC and you get to see it HERE and NOW!

You won't be sorry.

Here's the major info:

Thursdays April 19 and 26 at 8 pm (Part 1)
Fridays April 20 and 27 at 8 pm (Part 2)
Saturdays April 21 and 28 at 4 pm (Part 1)
Saturdays April 21 and 28 at 8 pm (Part 2)
Sundays April 22 and 29 at 2 pm (Part 1)
Sundays April 22 and 29 at 5 pm (Part 2)

Ticket prices:
Students/Seniors/Military - One Show $12/ Two Shows
$22
General Admission - One Show $15/ Two Shows $25
For tickets call (401) 621-6123 or visit
http://www.arttixri.com/performance_info.cfm?PID=1243

Perishable Theatre
95 Empire St.
Downtown Providence
www.perishable.org
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] Reminder- Jean Appolon Classes CANCELED due to workshops...

Dear African Dance & Drum Community,
A reminder that due to the Festival Dances of Haiti Workshops this weekend
Jean Appolon's regular classes are canceled:
NO Class 4/28 - Haitian Dance 1:30-3pm @ DC
NO Class 4/29 - Modern Technique 11am-12:30pm @ DC
Both classes will resume as usual next weekend May 5 & 6
See Workshop information below.

**************************************************************************************************
April 28 & 29, Saturday & Sunday, 3-5pm
In the Spirit of Rara! Festival Dances of Haiti
4th Semi-Annual Weekend Workshop with Jean Appolon
A fundraising event for the youth of Haiti.

Come and celebrate the season of Rara in Haitian style! Each workshop includes: discussion / Q&A session and reading materials about featured dances, Rara traditions, and Haitian culture. Dance instruction features: Horton/Dunham warm up, Haitian dance technique, and original choreography. Geared towards advanced beginner to intermediate level dancers, all are welcome. Live accompaniment by Haitian drum masters: JouJou, Marceil, TiCharles, and other talented artists!

A portion of the proceeds from this will go directly to dance programs for disadvantaged youth in Haiti .

$70 for entire workshop / $40 for single class. Pre-registration is required by 4/26. Contact: email daryamarusa@yahoo.com. At The Dance Complex, 536 Mass. Ave., Central Sq., Cambridge, Central Square stop on the Red Line - Visit www.DanceComplex.org for directions

Monday, April 23, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] Africa to the Diaspora - performance, film, & workshops

Dear African Dance & Drum Community,
This week you can experience the beauty of diversity in
the dances of Africa and the Diaspora
through performance, film, and workshops:

1 - 4/26 Bomba, Vejigante Y Baquine in Puerto Rico-
Master's thesis installation @ Harvard Divinity School

2 - 4/27 Movement (R)evolution Africa
Film premiere @ MFA Boston

3 - 4/28 & 29 The Festival Dances of Haiti
Workshop & fundraiser with Jean Appolon @ Dance Complex
******************************************************************************
1 - Thursday, April 26 at 5pm - Bomba, Vejigante y Baquine:
A Celebration of the African Cultural and Religious Traditions of Loiza Aldea, Puerto Rico.

Live Bomba dance will be performed as part of a multi-media exhibit including video, photographs, and poetry readings celebrating Loiza Aldea's African heritage - Maria Cristina Vlassidis-Burgoa's Master's Thesis Installation. The presentation will include the building of altars in the Espiritismo tradition and a representation of the Baquine ritual with songs, prayers, dance and games. As is traditional, food and libations will be plentiful! We hope you can join us in celebrating Puerto Rico's African heritage! For a more detailed description please visit: www.wadabo.com. Braun Room, Andover Hall, 102 Francis Ave, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA.

2 - Friday, April 27 at 8pm - Movement (R)evolution Africa
A documentary by Joan Frosch & Alla Kovgan.

"The film is a knockout!" - The Village Voice. Stunning choreography and riveting stories of nine African choreographers unveil soul-shaking responses to the beauty and tragedy of 21st century Africa. Tickets are $9/$8 students. At the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 640 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA for more information call 617.369.3306 or email info@movementrevolutionafrica.com . Please visit www. movementrevolutionafrica.com

3 - April 28 & 29, Saturday & Sunday, 3-5pm
In the Spirit of Rara! Festival Dances of Haiti
4th Semi-Annual Weekend Workshop with Jean Appolon
A fundraising event for the youth of Haiti.

[Wadabo_updates] Build a School in Africa benefit shows

The Build A School In Africa Project, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization,
is presenting two benefit shows to raise funds for our 3rd middle school
in the Kolondieba District in southern Mali. In partnership with Save
the Children, an A-rated charitable organization, we have already built
schools in the villages of Dialakoroba and Massamagana.
A 3-room school can be built for less than $25,000 U.S.

The shows feature the fabulous Troupe Baden'ya drummers, led by Seydou
Coulibaly, with the Teriya Dancers, plus dancers and drummers from
Alice Heller's Troupe Teranga and a special repertory class directed by
Fatou-Carol Sylla . There will also be DVD's of Mali and of the school
construction projects, plus vendor tables and refreshments at
intermission.

Saturday, May 5th at 7:30 P.M. : Cronin Auditorium, Bromfield High
School. Route 111, Harvard, MA . Adults $15, Students $5. Tickets at
the door.

For directions contact Judy Lorimer, 978-433-2384, jmlorimer@juno.com.
Visit our home page at www.BuildaSchoolinAfrica.org.

Sunday, May 6th @ 7:30 P.M.: Regent Theatre, 7 Medford St. Arlington
Center, off Mass Ave and around the corner from Starbucks. Tickets
available at the door; for advance tickets call the Regent Theatre at
781-646-4849 or Lelandstein@rcn.com. $20 adults; $12. students &
seniors; which includes the $1.50 theater restoration fee.

Sunday, April 22, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] Drum classes w/ Alisko TODAY & next weekend

Dear African Dance & Drum community,
Alisko Diabate is in Boston!!!
There are several drum classes happening this week
come & feel the power from Guinea...

TODAY, SUNDAY 4/22 - 630 AT OUT OF THE BLUE STUDIO
Prostect Street, Cambridge

& next weekend, at Davis Sq studio, next to Diesel Cafe, Somerville
Friday, 630pm, 4/27
Saturday, 630pm, 4/28
Sunday, 130pm, 4/29

For more info & prices contact 617.510.1489.
See you jamming....
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Saturday, April 21, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] Konono No 1 @ The Middle East!

Hi all -
WONDERFUL live show coming up in just 2 short weeks . . . Get your tix now!

Konono N°1 (from Congo)
Sunday May 6, 2007
The Middle East Upstairs
18+
$15adv/$20dos
Music at http://konono.calabashmusic.com/

Come on out and dance! They played Somerville Theater last year, but
there was no room to dance. Now, at the Middle East, there is no excuse.
See you there!

Konono N°1 is a musical group from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the
Congo. They combine three electric likembé (a traditional instrument
similar to the mbira) with voices, dancers, and percussion instruments
that are made out of items salvaged from a junkyard. The group's
amplification equipment is equally rudimentary, including a microphone
carved out of wood fitted with a magnet from an automobile alternator
and a gigantic horn-shaped amplifier. The group achieved international
renown beginning in 2005, with its DIY aesthetic appealing to many fans
of rock and electronic music.

The group's full name, as seen on the banner in its music video, is
L'orchestre folklorique T.P. Konono N°1 de Mingiedi"; "T.P." (short for
tout puissant, or "all powerful") is an homage to the band of the
legendary Congolese musician Franco, which was called T.P. OK Jazz. It
was formed by Mawangu Mingiedi, a likembé player and truck driver now in
his 70s. Mingiedi is a member of the Zombo (or Bazombo) ethnic group,
whose homeland is located near the border with Angola. He adapted for
his likembé ensemble Zombo ritual music that was originally played by an
ensemble of horns made from elephant tusks.

Dates for the group's formation vary: Crammed Discs, who released Konono
N°1's Congotronics album in 2005, places the group's formation around
1980. However, the group was in existence at least as early as 1978; in
November 1978, an ensemble called Orchestre Tout Puissant Likembe Konono
N°1 (All-Powerful Likembe Orchestra Konono N°1) recorded one track,
"Mungua-Muanga," for the compilation album Zaire: Musiques Urbaines a
Kinshasa. The group has exerted an influence on many other Congolese
popular musicians and groups.

The group has achieved some renown in North America and Europe, and has
toured both places. The Dutch rock band The Ex has covered one of their
songs.

The group recently finished collaborating with Björk on her new studio
album, Volta. They will also accompany her on her promotional tour for
the album.

Artist Website: http://www.crammed.be/konono/

Press Quotes: http://www.crammed.be/craworld/crw27/press/press.htm

Promotional Video: http://www.crammed.be/craworld/movies/konono_promo.htm

Myspace Website: http://www.myspace.com/konononr1
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Thursday, April 19, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] Providence African Drum and Dance class update

Issa's and Seydou's Providence drum and dance classes are returning to Hillel on the Brown University campus (brownhillel.org).

CLASS THIS SUNDAY (APRIL 22) will be at the following times:

Issa's drum class ***** 11AM-12PM ******

Seydou's dance class ****** 12PM-1:30PM ******

Times for NEXT SUNDAY (APRIL 29) and THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY (MAY 6) are still TBA as there are some space conflicts we have to work out, but starting May 13, classes will be at Hillel at usual times (1-2 drum, 2-3:30 dance) with the exception of Memorial Day weekend when there is no class.

email jori [at] brown [dot] edu with questions!

[Wadabo_updates] Drum classes in Newton/Brookline

Drummers,

We welcome you to our NEW Beyond Beginner Drum Class in the Newton/Brookline area!

If we get enough interested students from Newton and Brookline, we will start this

NEW Beyond Beginner Drum Class

in the Newton/Brookline area in a few weeks.

Interested? Want to drum?

Please reply to this email and I'll put you on the 'NOTIFY when class
begins' List.

Should be tons of good drumming fun with students who have missed drumming
on the Other Side of the River!

Hope to hear from you,
Alan

And check out our new site! Guinea: http://www.guineaconnection.com

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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] African/Brazilian Hip-Hop - FREE SHOW!

Hello all -
There is an opportunity to see a free show on Saturday - read below for
details.
If you want to go, please email ben@nomadicwax.com with your email,
phone, address and name. He'll put you on the guest list.

Chosan (MC from Sierra Leone - http://chosan.calabashmusic.com/ &

http://www.silverstreetz.com/) and LF (MC from Brazil -

http://www.myspace.com/eliefi &

http://nomadicmixtape.calabashmusic.com/) will be playing Boston at the
Verge College Music Showcase.

http://www.vergeconference.com/Verge/

These showcase shows are early in the PM (6 pm!!?) and are usually very
dry I would love to get as many people to come and support as well can
to liven up the show!

Please try and get some friends to come put and support. I have as many
guest passes as you want (Tony Yayo is headlining - oy) but you need to
give me names so I can get the passes ahead of time.

Saturday, April 21
6-10 pm, Avalon - Landsdowne St.
Nomadic Global Hip-Hop All Stars
Bad News Brown
Black Violin
Tony Yayo

We need to pack the place and the more people the better!
Thanks again and hit me back!
Best,
Ben Herson
Founder/Label Manager
Nomadic Wax LLC
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] More Dig-Able Beats! More Live African Music!

*Dear African Dance & Drum community,*
*Come out and get your groove on this week & this month!*
Besides the previously sent concerts, check these wonderful offerings out!

*Continental Drift Thursdays*
Continental Drift is an ongoing series of live african music at the
Middle East. Every Thursday from 10 pm - 2 am, live acts from around
Africa will be at the Middle East to entertain you and get you moving.
Shows are ALWAYS FREE, and happen in the corner (the big plate glass
window on the corner of Mass Ave and Brookline St).
*** Thursday, April 19: Gifrants from Haiti, Website:

http://gifrants.com/***
*** Thursday, April 26: Mohammed Joh Camara from Mali, Website:

http://www.johonline.com/ and http://johcamara.calabashmusic.com/ ***
*** Thursday, May 3: Balla Kouyate from Mali, Website:

http://www.myspace.com/ballakouyate

and http://ballakouyate.com/ ***

******* *Sunday, May 13: Troupe Baden'ya at the Dance Complex **********
Special Mother's Day Show!
7 PM
at the Julie Ince Thompson Theater at the Dance Complex (536 Mass Ave,
Cambridge, MA)

A dynamic program of traditional dance & drumming, guitar & song, and
music on traditional instruments, all from Mali, West Africa.

Featured artists: Sidi "Joh" Camara, Issa Coulibaly, Seydou Coulibaly,
Boubacar Diabate, Sori Diabate, Sidy Maiga, & special guests from NYC

Tickets: $15 General Admission
$10 for Mothers & Children
Tickets available at the door ONLY!
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Monday, April 16, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] Festival Dances of Haiti Weekend Workshop & Benefit - April 28 & 29

In the Spirit of Rara: The Festival Dances of Haiti
4th Semi-Annual Weekend Intensive Workshop with Jean Appolon
A fundraising event for the youth of Haiti
Saturday & Sunday, April 28 & 29, 3:00-5:00pm

A portion of the proceeds from this event will go directly to dance programs for disadvantaged youth in Haiti.

Geared towards advanced beginner to intermediate level dancers, all are welcome. Live accompaniment by Haitian drum masters: JouJou, Marceil, TiCharles, and other talented artists!

$70 for entire workshop / $40 for single class. Pre-registration is required by 4/26. Contact: email daryamarusa@yahoo.com

At The Dance Complex, 536 Mass. Ave., Central Sq., Cambridge, Central Square stop on the Red Line - Visit www.DanceComplex.org for directions

[Wadabo_updates] Dig-able Beats - African Music this week.

Dear African Dance & Drum community,

Come out and get your groove on this week -

April 19th - Lamine Toure & Group Saloum
April 20th - Boubacar Diabate & Samba Lolo
April 22-29 - Drum workshops with Alisko Diabate

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LAMINE TOURE & GROUP SALOUM
THURSDAY, APRIL 19 at 9:30pm
featuring special guests Cheikh Ngom and Talla Ngom!

Come early for "Soul Low" (early show) with the Mibienelospunf Duo featuring our very own Josiah Woodson at 8:00pm (free)!!
The Lizard Lounge 1667 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge (between Harvard and Porter Squares) cover charge: $10 at door (21+ show)

Group Saloum is: Lamine Toure (sabar and lead vocals), Paa Seck (sabar and backing vocals), Moha Seck (sabar), Michael Lewis (drums), Raja Kassis (lead guitar), Akili Jamal Haynes (trumpet, backing vocals and multipercussion), Walid Zairi (bass), Ben Ricker (keyboards), Kimani Lumsden (percussion), Josiah Woodson (trumpet, flute and guitar), Iginaijah Maxwell (backing vocals), John Vanderpool (sax) and Sarah Privler (trombone).

For more info, visit www.laminetoure.com or www.myspace.com/groupsaloum

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Boubacar Diabate & SAMBA LOLO w/ The Well

Friday, April, 20 2007 at 8pm
at The Paradise Lounge
Cost : $5.00

4/20/2007 8:00 PM - Come and experience the irrestistable, original rhythms of songmaster & griot, Boubacar Diabate - bringing exquisite compositions spaning the traditions of Mali to the shores of Reggae, AfroBeat, and beyond. Accompanied by the dynamic Reggae and English Beat grooves of The Well. The Paradise Lounge 969 Commonwealth Ave Boston, MA 02215 (617) 562-8800 www.thedise.com

For more information visit www.SambaLolo.com or www.mayspace.com/sambalolo

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Drum workshops with Alisko Daibate -

Alisko diabate, master drummer & teacher, will be visiting Boston in the next week.

He will host a series of drum workshops in the Boston area on two weekends (April 22 and 27- 29).

For dates, times, and venue contact mateja@mac.com or call 260-418-2777

Friday, April 13, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] Providence African Dance/Drum class location change

Issa Coulibaly's weekly drum class (1-2PM) and Seydou Coulibaly's weekly dance class (2-3:30PM) will meet this Sunday (April 15) at Hillel Foundation on the Brown University Campus (http://www.brownhillel.org/) in Providence. Stay tuned for future location changes or email Jori at jori[at]brown.edu for more information.

Friday, April 06, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] Spring Drum Update - Drum Connection

A few new events to tell you about to welcome Spring with drums...join us
and see how much fun playing music can be!

• A NEW Beyond Beginner Class starts April 18th on Wednesday Nights.
• Mamady Keita – Boston 2007 The Djembefola Legend returns!
• The Dunun Drum Workshops (Malinke bass drums) with Alan Tauber.

• NEW Beyond Beginner Drum Class – 4/18/07
If you haven't been drumming for a while or recently graduated from a TDC
Beginner Class, the NEW Beyond Beginner Drum Class is for you! Join Pam
Pendleton for 6 evenings as we travel the exciting road to the next level
with your drumming. See the news item on the bottom at our site for more
info (time, dates, etc) and to register. Begins April 18th 7PM. Arlington,
MA http://www.drumconnection.com GET GOOD!

• Mamady Keita – Boston 2007 Workshops – June/July
If you haven't heard, the world renown Mamady Keita, djembefola
extraordinaire (and super teacher and cool dude) will be with us for FOUR
days of fun, drumming workshops at the end of June 2007! All of the days
are filling up, so don't wait – Register online today!
http://www.drumconnection.com

• Dunun Drum Workshops – 4/14/07!!
Our famous Dunun Drum Workshops are also filling up! On Saturday, April
14th, I will be teaching both a Beginners Dunun Class and and an
Intermediate Dunun Class at The DrumConnection DrumRoom in Arlington, MA If
you want to really learn the beautiful melodies of these drums and how they
inspire the dance and the djembe, come join us for a fun afternoon. My easy
to follow system for learning these incredible drums will get you up and
playing like the pros in no time! Details at our website in the news items
at the bottom of the page. http://www.drumconnection.com

Hope to be drumming with you at these events real soon!

In delicious rhythm,
Alan

Considerable monies from purchases made with The DrumConnection goes directly
to people in need, in Guinea. Supporting TDC saves lives! Fair Trade – one better!

Thursday, April 05, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] Haiti in My Soul in April

Dear African Dance & Drum Community,

The month of April is the time to celebrate the
Dance & Drum Arts of Haiti.
There are 3 fantastic events in the next three weeks:

1 - 4/13 Action de Grace: Vodou Service at Harvard
2 - 4/21 Kriye Bode 2nd Annual Colliquium on Hatian Dance & Drum in Brooklyn, NY
3 - 4/28 & 29 Jean Appolon's Weekend Intensive Workshop - A fundraising event for the youth of Haiti

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1 - Action de Grace: Vodou Service at Harvard Univarsity
Friday April 13, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
with Mambo (Priestess) Maude Evans of Jacmel, Haiti and Mattapan, MA

All are welcome! Envitasyon a tout moun!

The Action de Grace is a service of prayed, sung, drummed, and danced thanksgiving to the Lwa (the spirits of Vodou) for their aid in our lives. It bestows blessing upon those in attendance. The evening will begin with a brief lecture introducing the history and practice of Vodou. For more information please contact Adam McGee at 302-233-3655 (amcgee@hds.harvard.edu) .

Kreyol: Aksyon de Gras se yon sevis priye, chante, bat tanbou, ak danse pou remesi lwa-yo pou ed yo nan lavi nou. N'ap komanse sevis-la ak yon prezantasyon sou istwa vodou-a. Pou plis enfomasyon, ekri Adam McGee nan amcgee@hds.harvard.edu (302-233-3655).

Location: 45 Francis Ave, Andover Chapel, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

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2- Kriye Bode - 2nd Annual Colliquium on Haitian Dance & Drum
Saturday, April 21st - Mark Morris Dance Center - Brooklyn, NY

In honor of the contributions of Jean Leon Destine, Vivianne Guthier, Gaston Bonga, Yvrose Green, and Edwige DuVerger to the rich tradition of Haitian dance & drum, Peniel Gurrier and Tamboula D'Haiti present Kriye Bode, an intensive workshop on Haitian folkloric dance and culture & performance.

Workshop: 4/21, starts at 10:30am, $70. Includes: 1 - Dance class with Peniel Gurrier 2 - Drum class with Bonga Gaston 3 - A panel discussion on bringing traditional religious, and secular Haitian folkloric dance to the concert stage with distinguished dancers, musicians, and scholars from Haiti and the US. Open to all levels, everyone is welcome. For more info. & to pre-register call: 347.432.8294 or email Haitian.dance.and.drum@gmail.com

Performance: 4/21 at 4:30pm, $20 in advance, $25 at the door
Featuring master Haitian artists and Kriye Bode participants.

The workshop & performance are held at
Mark Morris Dance Center, 3 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY
(Trains: B, D, M, N, Q, R, W, 2, 3, 4, 5 to Atlantic Station /
Pacific Avenue, C to Lafayette Avenue, or G to Fulton Street)

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3 - In the Spirit of Rara, The Festival Dances of Haiti
4th Semi-Annual Weekend Intensive Workshop with Jean Appolon
- A fundraising event for the youth of Haiti*-
Saturday & Sunday, April 28 & 29, 3:00-5:00pm

Come and celebrate the season of Rara in Haitian style! Each workshop includes: discussion / Q&A session and reading materials about featured dances, Rara traditions, and Haitian culture. Dance instruction features: Horton/Dunham warm up, Haitian dance technique, and original choreography. *A portion of the proceeds from this event will go directly to assist disadvantaged youth in Haiti (for questions see contact below).

Geared towards advanced beginner to intermediate level dancers, all are welcome. Live accompaniment by Haitian drum masters: JouJou, Marceil, TiCharles, and other talented artists!

$70 for entire workshop / $40 for single class. Pre-registration is required by 4/26. Contact: email daryamarusa@yahoo.com

At The Dance Complex, 536 Mass. Ave., Central Sq., Cambridge, Central Square stop on the Red Line - Visit www.DanceComplex.org for directions

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Wednesday, April 04, 2007

[Wadabo_updates] Class cancellations this Sunday

Greetings African Dance & Drum Community,

These are the cancellations that have been submitted

for THIS SUNDAY, APRIL 8TH
(to the best of our knowledge..)

Modern Technique, Jean Appolon, Dance Complex

Sabar, Pape N'Diaye, Camb. YWCA

If you have questions about other classes this weekend
it is best to contact the teachers directly.

Happy Dancing