Workshops & Performances with Namory & Seny
UPCOMING FUN!
Thank you Liz Fowlder (of Kittery Dance Hall) for this awesome list!
Thursday, September 6 - classes with Namory and Seny Daffe @ The Dance Hall, Kittery - 7 Walker St
- Drum with Namory 5:30 to 6:30 - drop-in fee of $15
- Dundun dance class with Seny 6:45 to 8:15 - drop-in fee of $18 or $15 for folks with punch-cards (just bring an extra $3.00)
- Be sure to RSVP by phone, email, or Facebook so that we can guarantee a drum and sticks for you (You'll help to curb my night-of-class anxiety by keeping me from having to magically manifest drums!) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Saturday, September 8- performance with Namory, Seny, Marita Kennedy-Castro, and Portland's New Moon Ensemble
- Henryfest - Noon to 7:00 pm
- Skyline Farm, North Yarmouth, ME
- http://www.317main.org/
concerts-events/henryfest/
Sunday, September 9 - classes with Namory and Seny, Maine Ballroom, Portland
- Drum with Namory 10:00 to 11:00
- Dance with Seny 11:30 to 1:00
- $16 per class or $30 for both
- Guarantee your spot in class by contacting Marita ahead: https://
embodytherhythm.com/contact/ - If you need to borrow a djembe for Namory's class, be sure to let him know ahead of time - email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
We're also trying to get a class for Seny and Namory in Cambridge - stay tuned!
Saturday, September 15 - fundraiser for York Land Trust
- Namory, Liz and a few other folks from class will be teaching drum and dance. Let us know if you want to join! Contact Liz at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
September 11-16 - 20th Annual Wula Drum and Dance Retreat in Pennsylvania
- If you're interested in a drum and dance camp experience here on the east coast you may want to join a few folks from Portland who will attend this year
- drumanddanceretreat.com
- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
October 19-21, Racines Black Dance Festival - Cambridge, MA
- Performance on Friday, October 19
- Classes including Guinean, Malian, Bomba, Hip-Hop, Cuban Rhumba, and much-much more. The line-up looks terrific! and I plan to attend - so let me know if you want to carpool
- https://www.racinesfestival.
org - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Friday, November 2 - Sunday, November 4 - Jeh Kulu Festival, Burlington, VT
- Namory and I went last year and had a great time!
- Seny will be teaching a dundun dance class (called Sangban Dance on their schedule)
- https://jehkuluregistration.
blogspot.com
January 1 - January 22, 2019 Travel to Guinea
- Namory and Seny are co-leading a drum, dance, and cultural immersion trip that will include about a week in Namory's village of Sangbarala
- Let me know if you're interested and have questions about the trip
- https://namorydrum.com/
classes-events/study-in- guinea.html
Seacoast African American Cultural Center Exhibit: Guinea to Great Bay, Afro-Atlantic Lives, Culture, and History
The current exhibit of masks and other artifacts at the SAACC in Portsmouth will be up through the fall at least
