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Rorie held a workshop at the North Carolina School of the Arts and invited the African Drum Club from Easton Elementary to join him.
Kamiruri Kelly has been practicing African drumming from an early age, but it became an important part of his healing after a random act of violence left him paralyzed when he was 16. His mother ha… ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Some lucky kids got to learn from an award-winning artist about African drumming. Weekly classes in African drumming at the Baden Street Settlement are underway. Classes are ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Enthusiastic students at St. Francis Catholic school learned the art of African dancing and drumming from members of the Bi-Okoto Drum and Dance Theater. The event was held in ...
The musician Christopher Rollins will play a catchy beat on his African drums and share the history of African drumming. Kids will even be able to try a little drumming of their own.
PORTSMOUTH — A large crowd packed Chestnut Street on a Monday morning that brightened up for a Juneteenth ceremony at the African Burying Ground. “It’s important for my kids to be a part of ...
But for the many in attendance, the performances by the Universal African Dance & Drum Ensemble were the highlight of the day. The group's second performance -- which concluded the festivities -- ...
Everything the students did for the show, from the drum rolls to the dance steps to the African language for the folk songs, was something from the African traditional religion.
Ossining children perform African dancing and drumming before audience after a week-long training.
Instead, he’s finding gratification and joy in teaching the next generation with Pucci Percussion, a Lafayette-based group that focuses on African drumming.
It's not about drums, says Andy Jones, who imports the handmade instruments from West Africa, it's about people.