CARIBELINQ EVENTS:

• SambaFunk Dance & Drum classes w/ King Theo I – Sundays at Malonga Arts Center

COMMUNITY OFFERINGS:

• “Carlos Aldama’s Life in Batá” book

ARTISTIC/CULTURAL OFFERINGS:

• Folktales Across the African Diaspora with Luisah Teish Sat Jan 21, 2012 @ MOAD, SF, CA

EVENTS AROUND THE BAY AREA:

• Marcus Shelby Quartet,A Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., Thur Jan 19, 2011 @ Georges Nightclub, San Rafael, CA
• Chelle And Friends-The Music Of Mardi Gras Fri Jan 20, 2012 @ Red Poppy Arthouse, SF, CA
• Red Tails movie about the Tuskegee Airmen -out Fri Jan 20,2011
• Los Boleros Sat Jan 21, 2011 @ Ashkenaz, Berkeley CA
• Harvey Wainapel & Mauro Senise Sun Jan 22, 2011 @ Avonova, Oakland, CA

 

MUSIC & DANCE CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS

• Brian Rice. Guest Percussion Instructor for Jorge Alabe
• Afro-Brazilian Rhythm Workshop Coordinated by Umi Vaughan

 

CaribelinQ Events

 

SambaFunk! Carnaval Explosion with King Theo

Experience Carnaval Bloco Movements, Samba, Samba Reggae, Funk Step’n

All Levels – All Ages – Men’s Samba Technique

Dance * Fitness * Culture * Community

 

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Soulful Bridges to Funky Cultures – Paris Arrival Day 1

 

 

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•  SambaFunk! SF Carnaval Video
  

 

Weekly Dance Classes:

• Sunday Afternoons 4pm – 6pm, Malonga Center for the Arts
• 1428 Alice Street @ 14th Street, Downtown Oakland, California, USA
• Studio A / 2nd Floor, $10 / LIVE Drums
• bring a few extra $$$ to tip the drummers……
• center: 510.238.7224

 

Weekly Drum Classes:

• Sunday Afternoons 4pm – 5pm, Malonga Center for the Arts
• 1428 Alice Street @ 14th Street, Downtown Oakland, California, USA
• Studio b / 2nd Floor, 4-5pm
• Drummers rehearse for an hour then play for dance class from 5-6pm
• Calling ALL Drummers-come and drum with the funkiest group around!
• For more info: sambafunk.com

Community Support

Carlos Aldama’s Life in Batá

By Umi Vaughan and Carlos Aldama

This title is not yet available. You may pre-order this item and it will be shipped to you when it is available.

Batá identifies both the two-headed, hourglass-shaped drum of the Yoruba people and the culture and style of drumming, singing, and dancing associated with it.

This book recounts the life story of Carlos Aldama, one of the masters of the batá drum, and through that story traces the history of batá culture as it traveled from Africa to Cuba and then to the United States.

For the enslaved Yoruba, batá rhythms helped sustain the religious and cultural practices of a people that had been torn from its roots. Aldama, as guardian of Afro-Cuban music and as a Santería priest, maintains the link with this tradition forged through his mentor Jesus Pérez (Oba Ilu), who was himself the connection to the preserved oral heritage of the older generation. By sharing his stories, Aldama and his student Umi Vaughan bring to light the techniques and principles of batá in all its aspects and document the tensions of maintaining a tradition between generations and worlds, old and new.

The book includes rare photographs and access to downloadable audio tracks.

To purchase, go here.

 

Artistic / Cultural Offerings

Folktales Across the African Diaspora with Luisah Teish

Saturday January 21, 2012 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, MOAD – SF, CA

Luisah Teish tells stories about the environment through her character Millie Greenleaf. These original stories employ traditional African-American storytelling devices such as trickster wisdom, rhymes and call and response. This interactive presentation concludes with the creation of mixed-media crafts using natural objects and other recycled materials.

Luisah Teish is a reknowned storyteller and author, and the leader of Ile Orunmila Oshun, a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic spiritual temple and cultural/educational institution in Oakland.

For more info: http://www.moadsf.org/visit/calendar.html?month=1&year=2012&id=576

Events Around The Bay Area

Marcus Shelby Quartet & vocalist Tiffany Martin

A Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.
Thur Jan 19, 2011
Georges Nightclub, 842 4th Street, San Rafael, CA

This session will be fronted by the superb bassist and composer Marcus Shelby. Shelby has found a particular calling in jazz: commenting on events and themes in Afro-American history through the medium of the big band, not unlike the legendary Duke Ellington.

His critically acclaimed jazz oratorios include Port Chicago, regarding segregated African-American soldiers, and Harriet Tubman, about the Underground Railroad.  For this show — Soul of the Movement: Meditations on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. — Shelby and co. turn to the civil rights icon.

For more info:http://www.georgesnightclub.com

 

Chelle And Friends – The Music Of Mardi Gras

January 20, 2012,  7:30pm
Red Poppy Arthouse
2698 Folsom St, SF, CA

CHELLE! and Friends, commemorates the music of Mardi Gras, New Orleans, and celebrates its Creole people and their remarkable music. Michelle Jacques was born in New Orleans. She began this journey to find out what it means to be Creole, to understand her culture, her language and her history and after the devastation of Katrina in 2005, her mission has evolved into her determination to keep the history and the music of New Orleans alive.

Michelle has been awarded the 2008 City of Oakland Individual Artist grant helping her dream come alive. From the joyous mix of Spirituals, the pulsating rhythms of the Wild Magnolias’ “Herc Jolly John”, and Irma Thomas’ “You Can Have My Husband”, to Nina Simone’s ode to peace “Come Ye”, CHELLE! And Friends will take you on a musical and historically rich roller coaster ride that you won’t soon forget!

With drums, percussion, bass, horns and powerful voices, CHELLE! And Friends delivers a musically rich performance of Jazz, R&B, world music and Spirituals, that transcends ethnic boundaries, uplifts, brings news, protests, motivates and honors our richness and diversity.
Michelle Jacques – vocals

For more info: Chelle and Friends

 

Red Tails movie

out Fri Jan 20,2011

One of my friends was fortunate to see an advanced viewing of Red Tails. It’s George Lucas’ version of the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, 20 years in the making, and has a predominantly Black cast, all the main actors are Black. When the movie was finally ready for production, no production company would take it; as a result, George Lucas had to write a check.

After production was completed, no distribution company would take it. So, George Lucas wrote another check. The advanced viewing was sponsored by Wells Fargo and the Museum for Black History Diaspora (not sure of the exact name).

The movie is intriguing and has edge-of-your-seat action. It’s well done, and certainly worth seeing.

I’m urging all of you to see this movie, and tell others about it as well.  Anything we can do to ensure large numbers of viewers in the first few days of release(scheduled for Jan. 20th)  will make a statement to the production and distribution companies that WE ARE interested in SEEING this film, AND, that they made a miscalculation.

If each of you tell as many people about this as you can, and attempt to take 4 or 5 people with you to see the film, that will be like a geometric progression, and could potentially push the numbers off the chart.

And . . . George can get his money back!

For more info: www.redtails2012.com

 

Los Boleros

Cuban Salsa Dance Lesson with Rebecca Miller
Sat Jan 21, 2011
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley CA

Staying true to the traditional styles of an era when Cuban roots music was golden, Los Boleros play and sing classic Cuban son montuno, traditional salsa, merengue, cumbia, bolero, vals, and danson. “Imagine going back in time to Ricky Ricardo’s Tropicana Havana, then take a ride to the Buena Vista Social Club,” the band says. It started when Rudy Furlan (author of “The Cuban Tres Chord and Scale Book”) met Ivan Chancay (lead vocals and Ecuador’s Ambassador of Culture) and began performing as a duo at small coffee houses. The current Los Boleros also features lead singers Felix Samuel and Zareen, with saxophonist David Somers, various bass players (Eugene Warren, Daniel Fabricant, or Ayla Davila), violinist Jeannie McKennzie, and percussionists Dominic Cabrera and Jake Lawlor.

For more info: http://www.LosBoleros.net , http://www.ashkenaz.com

Harvey Wainapel & Mauro Senise

Sun Jan 22, 2011
Avonova, 417 Avon St, Oakland, CA

House concert featuring:
great Brazilian sax/flute player Mauro Senise
Harvey Wainapel(saxes and clarinet)
Ricardo Peixoto (guitar) and Peter Barshay (bass)

For more info: http://avonovamusic.com/harvey-wainapel/

 

Brian Rice, Guest percussion instructor for Jorge Alabe

Sun Jan 22, 2011 5:30-7:30pm

FICA studio, 2513 Magnolia Street, West Oakland, CA

Technique for  many  instruments will be covered.

5:30-6:30: Technique class for all levels
6:30-7:30: Ensemble playing for bateria members and experience players

Discount price for classes in Jorge Alabe’s absence: $10 each week.

Bring drums if you have them (only a few extras available to borrow).

 

Afro-Brazilian Rhythm Workshop:

Afoxé, Samba and Beyond!
Course Dates: July 16 to July 29, 2012
Application Deadline: May 18, 2012

Coordinated by Umi Vaughan – uvaughan@csumb.edu

Starting from a base in African-derived sacred rhythms and melodies, participants will learn and perform a range of music styles from Salvador da Bahia and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Focus will be on performance technique and on understanding the role of each instrument within the full ensemble. The course is open to percussionists, string players, flutists, and vocalists. This is a game changer for anyone interested in performing Brazilian music!

For more info: http://umiart.com/rhythmworkshop/
http://www.csusummerarts.org/courses2012/Afro-Brazilian_Rhythm_Workshop.shtml
http://www.csusummerarts.org/courses2012/docs/Registration_Form_2012.pdf