CARIBELINQ EVENTS:
- SambaFunk Carnaval classes w/ King Theo – Sundays at Malonga Arts Center
COMMUNITY OFFERINGS:
- “Carlos Aldama’s Life in Batá” book
MUSIC & DANCE CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
- Afro-Brazilian Rhythm Workshop Coordinated by Umi Vaughan
EVENTS AROUND THE BAY AREA:
- Lou-Lou and the Gypsy Jivers Fri Jan 27, 2011 @ Red Poppy Arthouse, SF, CA
- Praise w/Destiny, KC, and Tarika Sat Jan 28, 2012 @ Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts, Oakland, CA
- Boca Do Rio w/Z’Amico Sat Jan 28, 2011 @ Ashkenaz, Berkeley CA
- The People- Bobbito Garcia Sat Jan 28, 2012 @The New Parrish, Oakland, CA
- La Hemorragia del Sabor Afro-Peruano Sat Jan 28, 2011 @ Cigar Bar & Grill, SF, CA
- Music/Poetry Extravaganza w/Avotcja Sun Jan 29, 2012 @ La Pena, Berkeley, CA
- Lady Bianca Mon Jan 30, 2012 @ Yoshi’s Oakland, Oakland, CA
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
CLICK ON THE PICTURES for our NEW photos on Facebook!
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
CLICK ON THE PICTURES for our NEW photos on Facebook!
Soulful Bridges to Funky Cultures – Paris Arrival Day 1
King Theo is Taking the Funky to Foreign Lands !!
Joy for ALL - brought to u by SambaFunk!
2nd Annual End of the Year Family Potluck - Hosted by Mesphin
Final Funkquarian Rehearsal Turns Into Surprise Party ......
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.
Music/Dance Classes & Workshops
Afro-Brazilian Rhythm Workshop:
A
foxé, 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
Events Around the Bay Area
Lou-Lou and the Gypsy Jivers
Fri Jan 27, 2012
Red Poppy Arthouse
2698 Folsom St
SF, CA
Jazz / Gypsy Jazz / South African Jazz
Louis “Lou Lou” Matthee teamed up with Joe Kyle Jr., Tom Griesser, and Ralph Carney to create a joyful expression of acoustic bliss on “Gypsy Jive,” the debut album from the Oakland-based Lou Lou and the Gypsy Jivers. This album is a fresh upbeat hybrid blend of South African Jazz and Gypsy Jazz that takes music lovers on a musical and geographical journey through South Africa. Music lovers will first visit a swinging 60′s Soweto township shebeen (pub) as in “De Makeba” or a Ghoema (the traditional Cape Town style of music)-inspired celebration in “New Year’s in Cape Town.” Then they will see a majestic giraffe swaying and galloping along to the groove in “Geris Gallop.” Throughout the entire album, music lovers will have a front seat beside the gypsy musician as he travels from town to town, playing a nomadic travel diary of sound throughout South Africa.
For more info: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lou-Lou-and-the-Gypsy-Jivers/109063159131933
Praise
Destiny, KC, and Tarika
Sat Jan 28, 2012 7pm
Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts
1428 Alice Street
Oakland, CA
The ultimate worship experience.
Doors open at 6pm, Show starts at 7pm sharp!
For more info: soundsculptress@gmail.com
Boca Do Rio, w/Z’Amico
Brazilian Rhythms for the River
Sat Jan 28, 2012
Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Ave.
Berkeley CA
Two colorful local Brazilian bands team up in “Brazilian Rhythms for the River,” a concert and silent auction to benefit InforAmazon, a nonprofit environmental organization that empowers riverside dwellers in the Amazon to stop pollution and improve waste management systems.
For more info: http://www.ashkenaz.com/
The People
Bobbito Garcia
Sat Jan 28, 2012
The New Parrish
579 18th St
Oakland, CA
NYC native and world-renowned DJ Bobbito Garcia is the co-founder of Bounce Magazine and critically acclaimed author of Where’d You Get Those? NYC’s Sneaker Culture: 1960-1987 (Testify Books). In recent years, “Kool Bob Love” has done sideline reporting for the NY Knicks on MSG Network, voiced NBA 2K video games, and has hosted ESPN2’s It’s the Shoes series. In 2007, he designed seven signature Nike Air Force 1 25th Anniversary sneakers. Currently, he is the play-by-play announcer for the Boost Mobile Elite 24 Game on ESPNU, the Red Bull King of the Rock Championship on CBS Sports, and the Converse Band of Ballers on MTV2. He is also co-directing, along with Kevin Couliau, the documentary Doin’ It In The Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC (www.doinitinthepark.com, due out in 2012), and touring the world spinning records at various sponsored events for Red Bull, Brand Jordan, and Foot Locker, among others.
For more info: http://www.thenewparish.com/
La Hemorragia del Sabor Afro-Peruano
Sat Jan 28, 2012
Cigar Bar & Grill
850 Montgomery St
SF, CA
For more info:
415-398-0850
510-395-0073
Music/Poetry Extravaganza
Avotcja
Sun Jan 29, 2012
$10-$25 Sliding Scale – 7pm
Featuring: Bay Area Blues Society, The Musical Art Quintet, Genny Lim, Tasha Kame, Umoja, Pablo Rosales, Little Brown Brother (W/Myrna Del Rio), Manny Martinez, Hector Lugo, Avotcja & Modúpue (W/Sandi Poindexter, Yancie Taylor, Val Serrant, Eugene Warren & Baba Ken Okulolo).
(A benefit to get Avotcja a wheelchair van.)
For more info: http://www.lapena.org/event/1973
Lady Bianca
SF Filipino American Jazz Festival
Mon Jan 30, 2012
Yoshi’s Oakland
Oakland, CA
Lady Bianca is one of the most creative and talented women in the Blues field today. Her charismatic style and humor place her among the top female Blues performers of her generation–her musical style is best described as a mixture of Blues, Boogie, Soul, Latin, and Gospel.
For more info: http://www.yoshis.com/oakland/jazzclub/artist/show/2432
