Friends -
This week, YWDEP is taking BALTIMORE to attend and PERFORM at the 2nd Annual All-Women's Drumming Recital - BUMBADA!
Our new group of girls plus a few of our mentors (who are last year's She Poets) will be travelling to Baltimore on Saturday to witness the magic of the all-women's drumming group, BUMBADA, led by one of my teachers, Tammi Hessen.
Please see below for a full announcement.
In addition, this week we begin our first in a series of 3 workshops dedicated to DRUMMING. From 12-3 this weekend, young women are invited to attend a drumming intensive to sharpen their skills and learn rhythms.
I'd also like to share the chorus of our new song, which totally stuns me. The young women wrote this together as a group in Margaux Delotte-Bennett's recent song-writing class:
You sing like a bird
And you fly like a bird
Even when
You don't have wings
Your voice will be heard
Every single word
So open up
Your heart [mouth] and sing
In peace and rhythm,
Kristen Arant
YWDEP Founding Director
202-213-7810
kristen@youngwomendrum.org
www.youngwomendrum.org
--------------------------------------------------------------BUMBADA ANNOUNCEMENT BELOW
Hi all,
Please...
SAVE THE DATE
For the 3rd Annual
BUMBADA
Women Drumming
Recital/Performance and Fundraiser for the Greenmount
School!
Saturday night, July 15, 2006
7:15pm
At The Greenmount School
501 W. 30th Street in Baltmore, MD 21211
Admission $10-$15 donation, sliding scale.
For those women who play drums, we will be playing at
least one piece where we would love to have women
drummers come up and sit in with us with your drum. If
you are interested in this (don't worry the drum
rhythm is simple), please let me know!
Be prepared for a great drumming performance by
Bumbada Women Drumming! and friends, and a dance
performance by Lancaster's own N'bonye dancers. THere
will also be a marketplace and a silent auction, so
bring some extra mula.
If you have a silent auction item or service to
donate, we would greatly appreciate it. If you cannot
attend the recital, but would like to donate to the
cause, please mail me back and let me know. Donations
are tax deductible.
For information about attending or donating to the
fundraiser, contact tammi_waffle@yahoo.com or
443.956.1409.
If you would like more information about Bumbada,
please see www.bumbadawomenweekend.myevent.com and
check out the page about Bumbada.
