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BIRDS presents Zebra Kids: The Movie

Premiering February 22, 2007Includes Q&A session with filmmakers and . . .
. . . participatory drumming circle led by Zaipo Oula and Daveed Korup!

The Creative Alliance at the Patterson3134 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore
(410) 276-1651
Thursday, February 22, 2007
7:30pm
$8, $5 Creative Alliance members

What do you get when you mix Robert Poole Middle School students with a drum master from the Ivory Coast? Zebra Kids. Featuring Zaipo Oula's African drumming and dancing class, this documentary reveals how creative, funny and even courageous Baltimore City school kids can be if given half a chance. Made by Megaphone Project for the Baltimore International Ryhthm and Drumming Society. Funding provided by the Peck Foundation. Produced and directed by Gabriel Goodenough. 30 minutes.

Paul SantomennaMegaphone Project, Inc.
2526 N Charles St
Baltimore MD 21218
410.338.0946
www.megaphoneproject.org

Next screening:Zebra Kids -- Baltimore City middle schoolers discover African drumming.
Thurs, Feb. 22, 7:30pm
Creative Alliance at the Patterson

St. Anne's School of Annapolis

 in a message dated 7/5/2008 6:16:48 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ellenmontoya@verizon.net writes:

12:00: Lunch
12:30 – 1:00: Drumming with Shooting Stars Silver – 20 kids (2nd –  3rd )
1:00 – 1:30: Drumming with Shooting Stars Blue – 20 kids (2nd –  3rd )
1:30 – 2:15: Dancing with Comets – 60 kids (k-1st)
@ 2:45 we do a whole camp circle up, it would be fun to have you stay and end the day with us, but that is up to you.

3112 Arundel on the Bay Road
Annapolis MD 21403
410.263.8650

Saint Paul School for Girls 2008

·         Wednesday March 5th
Vth Grade class  8:25-9:15
VIth Grade class 9:15-10:05
Juniors and Seniors 10:45-11:35
·         Thursday March 6th
Freshman and Sophmores 1:15-2:10
Inertia (Dance Company)  3:30-4:45
·         Friday March 7th
VIIIth Grade class 8:25-9:15
VIIth grade class 9:15-10:05
      Break
VIth Grade class (another section than Wed) 1:35-2:20
 
The Middle School classes are only 45 minutes, Upper School classes  50 minutes, Dance Company longest (1 ¼ hours, I need to talk with them at the end for a few minutes 4:45-5)
Frutchey, Liese
(St. Paul’s School for Girls)
 
 
Boys & Girls Clubs
Aberdeenand and Bel Air, MD.
 

Below is a list to date of some of the upcoming events for the Zebra Kids dance and drumming classes.

 June 8 (rain date:  Jun 15):  Lauraville Merchants Block Party:

 The Lauraville Merchants Block Party on June 8th isfrom 2-6pm (rain date - June 15th). The location of the event is on the 3000 block of Montebello Tr, a small street where Zeke's Coffee is located, which is between the Safeway and the block 4300 block of Harford Rd where the Chameleon Cafe and Red Canoe are.
The Great Soul booth will be located behind the florist shop, which is next to the Chameleon Cafe and just across the alley from Zeke's Coffee. There will be a nice grassy patch and will have a quiet space to offer massage and Shiatsu as well as demo classes. There will be offering demonstrations and demo classes in 2 spots: 1) is in the Great Soul area in the grassy quiet area (classes will be Tai Chi and Yoga) and 2) on the stage which will take place between music acts (demos will be African Dance & Drumming, Belly Dancing, & Capoeira).
 
 Below is the schedule of events for the day (it looks like there will a lot of interesting demos/clasees).  We are scheduled for 2:45PM
 
Demo Classes in Great Soul Area

Demonstrations/Classes at the Stage
2:45-3:15pm - African Dance & Drumming with Vincent Oula
 
June 14/08:  Remington Green Fair
 
We will be doing a demo outside (hopefully the weather cooperates) of what we have been learning in class. The time will be at 12:30PM, so we will literally just be taking the normal 12:30 class outside.  I do not have the exact directions yet, but I believe it is around Remington Ave and 27th street (near the 28th street exit of I83).  I will provide exact location once I know.
 
Bkack History 
celebration at the Baltimore's War Memorial Building
With City Major Sheila D.
 July 18/08:  Artscape 2:00 PM
July 20/08:  Artscape 4:00 pm
 
Therethere are 2 performances scheduled for 2 PM and 4PM.  Zaipo or I will let everyone know the location within the festival once we know.
 
Programs for All Ages
 
Saturday, June 14th 10:30am-12:00pm
“Bug Guy” Entomologist Dr. Mike Raupp
rsvp by June 6th
 
Saturday August 9th 10:30am-12:00pm
West African Drumming and Dancing Workshop
rsvp by August 1st
 
To register or for more info, contact Deborah Margolis dmargolis@lbph.lib.md.us or 410-230-2457
Prizes, refreshments, and program support generously provided by
the Friends of the Library.
 
 

September 6 /08:  Havre de Grace Festival
 
The event is Sept 6th at Tydings Park, Havre de Grace, from 10-2.  There is no rain date-if it rains, it's cancelled. I do not know the time that they want us on this day.  This is scheduled on a Saturday, so we probably will not hold class at Lovely Lane on this day.
 
Summer Camp in Ivory Coast - the Capital City Abidjan- commune de Cocody

Cocody Rcreation Center, (Abidjan, CI ).
African Dance and Drumming
As an introductory class we offor an affordable workshop for all to try our program

Community African Dance & Drumming

(all ages) - $10.00 per family or entire family

Family Workshop
October 11 from 10:45 AM-12:15 Noon
 
 
 
Here is the on going time on Sat & Wed. below
Location #1
 
SAturday 11 AM-12noon
Lovely Lane Church
2200Saint Paul St
Baltimore, MD. 21218
Between 22 SN/23 RD in Charles Village
 
Location #2
 
Wednesdays,
Oct. 1 through Nov. 5th
Time: 7 - 8 pm
the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Harford County
2515 Churchville Road
Churchville, MD 21028
410-734-7122

We are 1/4 mile east of Harford Community College.
We are on the right side (if you are coming from Bel Air)
There's a big sign at our driveway.


Price: $55 per person, $5 discount per additional family member
 
 
WE Come to you if you cannot can to us!
 
(443) 616 - 5685

Classes are paid for at the time of registration for each  6 week session. 

 There is a registration fee of $5 per six week session.

Each class is $55 per person for a six week session. 

Classes take place once a week and are offered in African dance , drumming and chanting.

Family discounts are available. 

  The third person in the same family will get a $5 discount;

therefore 2 students from the same family will pay $110 for the class and $10 registration fee for the two students. 

A family of three will pay $160 with a $15 registration fee for the three students. 

 A family of 4 will pay a maximum of $175 for the class and $20 registration  fee for all 4 students. 

Under construction:

 

Caroline Chavasse
Caroline Chavesse began her career in New York City as an actor after graduating from the North Carolina School of the Arts. She appeared in many national television commercials, the soap opera “One Life to Live” as well as off-off Broadway productions and regional theatre. She began writing and choreographing her own material and collaborated with her sister Amy, a professional N.Y. dancer, to form the company Chavasse Dance and Performance. They performed on stages from North Carolina to Vermont. Her writing eventually propelled her next move to Los Angeles where she worked in LeVar Burton’s (Roots, Star Trek the Next Generation, Reading Rainbow) film and television development company at Paramount Studios. All along, Caroline nurtured a side passion in video and editing. After moving from Los Angeles to Baltimore 6 years ago she has taught at The Maryland Institute College of Art as a professor of video art. Her main focus however has been raising her two young children and making connections in her Baltimore community. She is happy to support the fine work of Zaipo in his endeavors with ZebraKids.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ms. Tremontenia Morgan
AKA. "Mama T" has ben dancing since she was six years old.She began with tap dancing then began modern dance. She Started African dance at the age of 21 years of age.
Her artistic accomplishments are as follow:
She was involved Ancestors Roots as a dancer in 1995
In 1997 she was a dancer for XMI African Dance and Drum
She has been performing with African Resurrection African dance and drum
She has also been invlved with and performing with Queens In Spirit African Dance and Drum
 
Mama T has performed with the following organizations
 
African Family Day 1995-96-97-98
Kunta Kente Festival 2003-04-05
Baltimore Museum of Arts2002-03
African American Heritage Festival 1997
Artscape 1998
maryland Colleges and Universities 2003-Present
African American Festival (Townson,MD.) 1998
Baltimore International Rhythm Festival 1997/2001
kan Kouran West African Dance Comm. 2003-04
Local Elementary Schools/Churches 1995-present
 
In 1999, Mama T and Ms. Jewel Wilson organizeda   community arts project called "Queens In Spirit". Their primary intention is to bring the diverse African Dance Arts to Baltimore city by hosting two dance education events that featured multiple workshops in the various styles of African Dance and Drumming. They are the first organization to provide this type of service.
 

 ZAIPO OULA

Vincent R. Oula (aka Zaipo Oula) was born in Cote D'Ivoire in West Africa. Zaipo studied and toured with Les Guirivoires Dance de Rose Marie Guiraud De l' EDEC (Ecole de Danse et d' Echange Culturelle d' Abidjan Cote d' Ivoire) for six years which led to his touring the United States with Chuck Davis and the Brooklyn Academy.

Zaipo formed a music Group in 1988 and taught music and dance at Spelman College, GA. in 1989 as well as at San Jose University, San Jose City College until 1994. He then joined Garth Fagan Dance in Rochester, NY in 1995. Zaipo is a lead dancer and former founder of Savage Jazz Dance Company, Oakland, CA.

In 1999 he moved to Maryland where he is raising his family while teaching in schools in the inner city. When teaching African culture, Zaipo focuses on teaching children and adults from different cultural backgrounds to learn authentic African Rhythm and Dance, weaving the African cultural and historical meanings of African rhythm, dance and craft into the teachings.

Students are taught the ancient ways of communicating and socializing through movement, clapping, chants, footsteps and storytelling of Africa. Zaipo is trained in Ballet, Modern and Jazz Dance and brings his own West African tribal dances to the United States. In 2002, he founded Zebra Kids Inc. to promote cultural awareness and he developed a program to reach out to all community members.

 

 

 

 The Ivory Coast dances  related to the nation's traditions from the different sixty ethnic groups that Ivory Coast is made of.

Every ethnic group has it self many dances; (two or three for every occasion or activity) .

Here are examples of the Ivory Coast tribes/Ethnic groups signature dances:

The Baoulé tribe dances ADJOSS, MAMIAN, KOTOU, ABODAN......
The Gouro tribe dances ZAOULI, FLALI, DJE.....
The Bété tribe dances DIGBA, GLE, POLIET, TOHOULOU, GBEGBE, LAGADIGBEU.......
The Sénoufo tribe dances BOLOYE, N'GORON......
The We (Wobe, and Guerre) tribe dances  Masks, Zouha, Blongnourou,  
Snake dancers
 
TEMATE (dance Wobe) is a joy dance a story telling of the rice. From seeding to the harvesting of the rice. ...
TEMATE means « beauty» in We (Wobe). In villages and in We Traditions, the TEMATE is danced by the young girls who mime step by step the work of cultivating the rice field (clearing the forest, seeding up to harvesting and more). In general Temate depict everyday life in a primitive setting. Not like in America were we can run to a safeway or Giant stores