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Our promo materials are currently at the printers, but you can check them out online here:

POSTCARDS

POSTERS

To request postcards to give to family & friends or posters to hang in the community, e-mail Kristen!

LET'S SPREAD THE WORD!

CRUNCH TIME SCHEDULE!!!

All dates are mandatory to perform unless arrangements have been made *ahead of time*

THURS. Aug. 18: Group rehearsal, 5:30-9 All Souls dining room

SAT Aug. 20: Work on performance with Deb Randall of Venus Theatre

THURS. Aug. 25: Group rehearsal, 5:30-9, All Souls dining room

SAT Aug. 27: Workshop with Jaqui; work on Shiko and KuKu

SUN Aug. 28: Finish banner, 2-7 p.m. location TBA

TUES Aug. 30 thru THURS Sept. 1: OUTREACH DAYS – sign-in for availability

THURS Sept. 1: Group rehearsal, 5:30-9, All Souls LIBRARY

SAT Sept. 3: Dress Rehearsal at DCAC, 10am-2pm

SUN Sept. 4: Dress Rehearsal 2 at DCAC, 2-5pm

THURS Sept. 8: Extra group rehearsal and check-in, time/location TBA

SAT Sept. 10: PERFORMANCE at DCAC, call time 6 p.m., perform 7:30 p.m.

SAT Sept. 10: Reception after performance, at DCAC

SUN Sept. 11: PERFORMANCE at DCAC, call time 1:30 p.m., perform 3:00 p.m.

SAT Sept. 17: PERFORMANCE at DCAC, call time 6 p.m., perform 7:30 p.m.

SUN Sept. 18: PERFORMANCE at DCAC, call time 6 p.m., perform 7:30 p.m.


Kristen Arant, Founder, 202-213-7810, kristen@youngwomendrum.org
Sheila Mirza, Intern, 202-215-3817, dcfresh@gmail.com

Creating the PERFORMANCE

YWDEP members now have a strong collection of material, and will be putting it all together in a performance creation workshop this Saturday facilitated by Margaux Delotte Bennett and Sheila Mirza.

The young women will be empowered to build their own performance by organizing their raw materials into a set with a theme and a title. They will receive 3X5 notecards each containing one element of what they have created so far, along with some other possibilities, and a couple of blank cards for them to fill in with their own brainstorms.

So far, the cards read as follows:

Carnival (song)
No Sympathy (song)
Shiko (rhythm)
KuKu (rhythm)
Group Poem
Group Movement Piece
poetic conversation featuring the combined poetry of three YWDEP artists
Poem by each individual YWDEP member
piece incorporating sax
piece incorporating keyboards

The young women will hopefully be getting together on SUNDAY as well to go over what they create at this Saturday's session.

NEXT weekend Jaqui Macmillan will be present to continue teaching and polish the SHIKO rhythm, and we'll enjoy another Sunday at Malcolm X Park. The girls are also working on a banner - a description along with photos are available on banner facilitator Alexandra Silverthorne's artist blog: http://solarizethis.blogspot.com/2005/07/banner-project.html. CHECK IT OUT!

YWDEP ROCKS!

In Rhythm,

Kristen Arant, Founder
202-213-7810
kristen@youngwomendrum.org

Sheila Mirza, Intern
202-215-3817
dcfresh@gmail.com

YWDEP performance BOOKED!!

YWDEP members, instructors and performers:

I want to let all of you know that the Young Women's Drumming Empowerment Project is now booked for 4 performances at the DC Arts Center in Adam's Morgan - 2438 18th St NW.

The dates and times are as follows:

Sept. 10, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 11, 3:00 p.m.
Sept. 17, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 18, 7:30 p.m.

The theater is now accepting reservations for all 4 shows - there are just 30 seats per show so please reserve a spot by calling the DCAC at 202-4627833.

I hope you'll reserve at least one of these dates on your calendar to come see these incredible young women perform an original set list of their own creation featuring drumming, spoken word, poetry, song and movement.

Thanks for supporting YWDEP!
In Rhythm,
Kristen Arant, YWDEP founder
202-213-7810
kristen@youngwomendrum.org
www.youngwomendrum.org