Posted in Workshops on Jul 30th, 2010
I asked Cheyenne to write a reflection on YWDEP, and this is what she had to say: When I came to my first drumming session, I wasn’t sure of what to expect. After clicking on the link in an e-mail my friend sent me begging me to do a drumming program with her, I found […]
Posted in Workshops on Jul 26th, 2010
Our workshop last Thursday was focused solely on drumming. We practised some rhythms that we knew already, and came up with new ones. As with everything, practise makes perfect, and the girls are getting better the more they drum. For instance, Doné, who plays the dunduns, was freestyling a bit on one of our pieces. […]
Posted in Workshops on Jul 20th, 2010
Everybody knows the song Dancing Queen by ABBA. I don’t care how old you are. Maybe you don’t know the name of the song, but once the music starts, you’ll be going ‘ohhh yeaaa!’ However, I guess there’s some small chance someone out there missed being exposed to one of the most popular, if not […]
Posted in Announcements, Workshops on Jul 15th, 2010
This post is dedicated to the lovely Renée, who is YWDEP’s chief volunteer and official keeper of the dunduns. Today is her birthday, and trust me, you would never guess how old she is. We hang out together quite a bit, which is helping me learn the secrets to her youthfulness. It’s nothing that radical […]
Posted in Workshops on Jul 13th, 2010
I don’t know how many of you are aware of the song Rhythm is a Dancer by the group Snap!, but I found out this Saturday how true those words are. We drummed and danced and looking back at the relationship between these two activities I feel like we embodied that phrase. We became rhythm […]
Posted in Field Trips, Workshops on Jul 9th, 2010
Although I posted my own reflections on our workshop with Christylez, I really wanted to have some of the girls give their opinion of what happened. To this end, I had a conversation with Milan as we were leaving Chispa, to find out what she thought. Gabrielle: So what did you think about the workshop? […]
Posted in Workshops on Jul 6th, 2010
Ok so last Thursday’s workshop was awesome! We had a visit from the up and coming hip hop artist Christylez Bacon who came to teach us the basics of beatboxing. Although his music is grounded in hip hop, he incorporates jazz, classical and folk traditions into his compositions, making his work even more impressive; in […]
