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3. CHILDREN'S AUDIENCES: In
this one hour program, children are directly addressed through the
content of the songs, dances, storytelling and music. The
children will be asked to participate in learning traditional songs and
games from the continent of Africa. This program is a must for
children everywhere. Included in this presentation is
a teaching element. The children will be informed of the origin
and meaning of the instruments, dances and songs used in
this program.
"Thank you.
You were very good. I want to be
like you and you all look decent. Your Music
is nice too. Africa must be a nice place.
You are the bomb! I don't know you that good but you are
the bomb! I know your music. I love you" Anastasia Cole, Barry School, Rm 109, Philadelphia, PA" |
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"The Ancestors Are Speaking" |
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4.  AN A CAPPELLA MUSICAL.
Playwright:
Adua Tacheampong, Musical Director. Born from the 3rd Annual
Benefit Concert, 2001, this moving production is a dramatization of the
African experience from the African Continent to the Americas. Many the
songs and percussion compositions were written by t he Ensemble.
Through the vehicle of a story being told to a young woman by
a Great Ancestor, it encourages the continued effort and need
for a disenfranchised people to be stalwart in their effort to
restore themselves to their traditional greatness. Here, the ENSEMBLE displays
creativity, artistry and professionalism in the Theatrical Arts through
dramatic presentation of storytelling, songs and traditional West
African percussions that span the African Diaspora.
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| 5. WORKSHOPS AND/OR RESIDENCIES: The ENSEMBLE
is available for on going workshop assignments. These workshops
would cover a wide range of specific West African Tradition sand
Cultures Topics and can be customized for use by any audience. They can
be held for several days and/or weeks in which case the ENSEMBLE would
teach songs, percussion rhythms and/or give instructions for the
playing of the traditional West African percussion instruments such as
the agogo bells, sakara and sangba drums and the making and playing of the traditional West African instrument called the sekere (shay ka ray). |
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