[Wadabo_updates] Music & Dance this weekend - 8/15-17

1 - Weekly Classes: Fatou N'Diaye returns & teaches 8/16

2 - Dance Shows: Afro-Jazz Repertory Class showing with Marianne Harkless 8/16

3 - Music Shows: Lamine Toure & Group Saloum LIVE 8/15 & Boubacar Diabate & SambaLolo LIVE 8/16

1 - WEEKLY CLASSES:

Fatou N'Diaye teaches this Saturday August 16
African Dance Class | Saturdays, 4:30-6:00pm, $12 | The Dance Complex - 536 Mass Ave, Central Sq., Cambridge |www.DanceComplex.org

Sister Fatou has returned from her trip to Senegal and will teach her Saturday African dance class. Fatou's regular drummers will be there, including master drummer Samba Cisse and others. Fatou extends her thanks to the community for its continuing support while she was away.  


2 - DANCE SHOWS:

Performance & Potluck w/ Marianne Harkless
Saturday, August 16th, 6:30pm | The Julie Ince Thompson Theater, The Dance Complex - 536 Mass. Ave. Central Sq. Cambridge | Free & Open to the Public |Potluck dinner following  performance.
 
Participants from the Afro-Jazz Repertory class will perform an original piece choreographed by Marianne Harkless, the culmination of this 8-week performance workshop. Afro-Jazz incorporates elements of West African, Afro-Brazilian, Caribbean, modern and jazz dance styles. Everyone is invited to come watch the show and bring food to share afterwards.

3 - MUSIC SHOWS

LAMINE TOURÉ & GROUP SALOUM
Friday, August 15th, 9:45pm| The Lizard Lounge - 1667 Mass Ave, Cambridge | $10 cover

Group Saloum is: Lamine Toure (sabar & lead vocals, Paa Seck (sabar),Moha Seck (sabar), Michael Lewis (drums), Wusef (bass), Dai Miyazaki (lead guitar) Akili Jamal Haynes (trumpet, percussion and backing vocals), Patricia Tang (Keyboards), Erin Blatti (backing vacals), Sarah Privler (trombone). For more info visit http://www.laminetoure.com or http://www.myspace.com/groupsaloum

BOUBACAR DIABATÉ & SAMBALOLO
Saturday, August 16th, 11pm | Matt Murphy's Pub - 14 Harvard St, Brookline | No cover, Food until 10pm |www.MattMurphysPub.com

SambaLolo, featuring Boubacar Diabate, West African Griot from Mali, combines traditional rhythms with modern influences to form a unique style of contemporary Malian Griot music. Singing in Bambara, Diabate tells stories of common shared human experiences such as of love, life and humanity. Through the age-old West African tradition of Griot storytelling, Diabate brings the audience on a musical journey that is embellished with accents of Jazz, Blues and Reggae. For more information about Boubacar Diabate and SambaLolo visit: www.SambaLolo.netor www.myspace.com/sambalolo

[Wadabo_updates] African Tribute to James Brown: Still Black, Still Proud

Celebrate the legacy of the Godfather of Funk, James Brown!!
The legendary Pee Wee Ellis and Fred Wesley have formed a
pan-continental soul/funk supergroup. This incredible lineup includes
JB Horns alumni, and special guests Cheikh Lo (Senegal) and Vieux
Farka Toure (Mali).

2 shows to accommodate you and all your friends and still leave room
to boogie down!

Early Show: 6:30 pm start (sharp)
Late Show: 9 pm start (sharp)

Tickets are still available!

Ticket Info:
MFA Members, seniors, students = $28
Nonmembers, general admission = $35

(Call the MFA to avoid online ticketing fees, and then just pick your
tix up before the show at the box office)

Early Show: http://www.mfa.org/calendar/event.asp?eventkey=34098&date=8/20/2008
Late Show: http://www.mfa.org/calendar/event.asp?eventkey=34099&date=8/20/2008

Official Tour Site:
http://stillblackstillproud.com/

More about the group & show:
Pee Wee Ellis and Fred Wesley, Musical Directors
Featuring Vieux Farka Toure (son of Ali Farka Toure), Cheikh Lô,
Martha High, Fred Ross and others

Africa gave birth to the blues, which begat jazz, which spawned funk,
which will always be the music of James Brown. To celebrate his
musical and cultural legacy, Pee Wee Ellis and Fred Wesley –
cornerstones of Brown's legendary band on saxophone and trombone,
respectively – present the Boston debut of Still Black, Still Proud:
An African Tribute to James Brown. Ellis and Wesley have put together
a pan-continental supergroup which features special guests Vieux Farka
Touré, the rising Malian star and son of the legendary Ali Farka
Toure, and the spiritual and enigmatic Senegalese vocalist Cheikh Lô,
joining a band which includes vocalists Fred Ross and Martha High;
alto saxophonist Charles McNail; guitarist Reggie Ward; keyboardist
Peter Madsen; bassist Eric Herman and drummer John Mader, for what
promises to be an unforgettable tribute to a seminal singer and
performer.
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[Wadabo_updates] providence no class this sunday

hi from mali everyone!

 

i just heard there are no classes this sunday due to a performance, fyi.

 

happy dancing, jori

 

 

[Wadabo_updates] Get a Haircut, drink some wine and save someone's life!!

hello all -
some of you know that i've been working on this documentary on the
confluence of senegalese hip hop & politics for a while now. one of
the guys in the documentary now needs our help. please read below if
you would like to come out tomorrow and have a great time and help
out. also please forward on to friends. thank you, and thanks for your
understanding in my use of this list in this way.
if you want to join us at the party tomorrow, please email me and i'll
get you more info - erichludwig at gmail
peace.
erich

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ben Herson <ben@nomadicwax.com>
Date: Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 12:20 AM
Subject: Get a Haircut, drink some wine and save someone's life!!
To: savemodou@nomadicwax.com

Dear Friends and Family,

My apologies for the mass email!

I'm helping to produce a few fundraisers to save the life of my dear
friend Modou Konat - a talented Senegalese musician and wonderful
human being who I've been working with for 10 years.

Modou suffers from a terrible (yet 100 % treatable!) heart condition
and we're producing a few events to raise the money needed for the
operation.

Even if you can't come to the event, you can help by forwarding the
email below onto others who might also be interested in attending - or
- buying the Save Modou Gift Pack!

Thanks in advance and we hope to see you in Boston, NYC or New
Hampshire at one of our events!!

Read below for details!!!

Have you been wondering lately how YOU can make a difference?

We know how you can help!!

You can pitch in to save the life of our dear friend Modou - a
talented urban poet from Senegal West Africa - and get a fantastic
hair cut, a hip and flattering t-shirt, a CD and attend a lovely wine
and cheese event! Sound good? Keep reading!!

One dear friend Modou Konat (one of the lead characters in the African
Underground: Democracy in Dakar film) is in critical condition.

He suffers from common but potentially fatal heart conditions called
Rheumatic Heart Disease, Mitral Regurgitation and Pulmonary
Hypertension. It's a BAD combination any way you look at it, but is
even worse if you're an artist with no money living in West Africa.

Watch a short documentary we made about Modou here!

It is a simple operation, but because of the lack of practicing
doctors in Senegal and the overwhelming cost of surgery, he has not
been able to undergo the operation and his health is failing.

But there's good news!!!

Thanks to an amazing group of physicians called Surgeons Of Hope, our
dear friend Modou, who never complains about his lack of oxygen,
inability to move around or swiftly failing voice, can live out the
rest of his days and continue making beautiful music and taking care
of his family, with our help.

In the US this operation costs 60,000 USD
In France this operation costs 40,000 USD

With Surgeone of Hope - we can save Modou's life for only 5,400 USD!!

The operation is routine, safe and highly effective with a 99 % rate of success.

Watch this short video of a prominent American doctor talk about
Modou's condition

We have already raised $1,500 dollars. And we are throwing other
fundraisers and taking donations for the rest of what we need to earn.

Only $4000 dollars? When was the last time saving someone's life cost
that little??

And... you won't leave our fabulous fundraisers empty handed. At our
wine and cheese/fundraising/haircutting bonanza, we will offer you the
opportunity to help AND get something back :)

SIGN UP FOR A SAVE MODOU EVENT NOW!!

Events will be held in:

Boston - August 11th
New Hampshire - Sunday, August 24, 2008, Monday, August 25, 2008
NYC - TBA!!

Here's what you get for your tax deductable donation:

Option A - 200 $ (tax deductable)

• You can get a highly coveted haircut by NYC stylist, Vivi Lapidus!
• A Nomadic Wax Tshirt or CD of your choice
• The pleasure of our company and delicious wine and cheese
• The joy you'll get knowing you helped save Modou's life
• A tax break!

Option B - 100 $ (tax deductable)

• You can get a highly coveted haircut by NYC stylist, Vivi Lapidus!
• The pleasure of our company and delicious wine and cheese
• The joy you'll get knowing you helped save Modou's life
• A tax break!

Option C - 75 $ (tax deductable)

• A Nomadic Wax Tshirt or CD of your choice
• The pleasure of our company and delicious wine and cheese
• The joy you'll get knowing you helped save Modou's life
• A tax break!

Option D - 50 $ - (*sorry this package is not tax deductable!)

Even if you can't join us, but would like to help you can buy the SAVE
MODOU GIFT PACKAGE which which includes:

• A Nomadic Wax T-shirt
• A copy of the critically aclaimed CD compilation - African
Underground: Hip-Hop Senegal
• A 'Dakar Senegal' Button

Buy package D and help Save Moudu!

We will be eternally grateful for ANY support you an give, at any
level, greater or smaller. If there's a way you'd like to contribute,
please email us at savemoudou@nomadicwax.com

Attached please find a link to the segment of video from Democracy in
Dakar that really shows what a unique and wonderful human being Modou
really is. Despite feeling pretty bad last year, he and his family
welcomed us with food, music and amazing enthusiasm and took us all
over his neighborhood, sharing the joys trials and tribulations of
urban life in Dakar with the Democracy in Dakar crew.

Watch a short documentary we made about Modou here!

SIGN UP FOR A SAVE MODOU EVENT NOW!!

Thank you thank you thank you in advance for your OUTPOURING of tax
deductible support :)

Yours Truly,

Ben Herson
Vivi Lapidus
Magee McIlvaine
Chris Moore
Dan Cantor

Please forward this email to any friends that would be interested in
helping to save Modou!
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[Wadabo_updates] PROVIDENCE CLASSES AUG 3

Hi all, Hillel is not available until noon tomorrow (Sunday August
3), so dance class will be at noon, drum class will be cancelled or
will happen after dance class. Call Issa for details!

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