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Fundraiser Cabaret @ Lonnie Young Recreation Center
Come Bop, Cha Cha & Line Dance for a good cause!!!!
Friday - March 28, 2008
7 - 11 PM
Donation: $10
This is a no alcohol event
Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ Saxaphonist Louis Taylor
Lonnie Young Recreation Center
1100 E. Chelten Avenue
12 - 3pm
$20/advance more @ the door
Djembe Drum Workshops w/ Mangue Sylla
April 6th & April
20th, 2008
Lonnie Young Recreation Center
1:30 - 3:30 PM
$15/class
Djembe Dance class w/ Ishmael
Kouyate immediatley following - 3:30 - 5 PM
Born in Conakry, Guinea - West Africa. Mangue Sylla started playing
music at the age of 10. Sangban being his first and favorite instument, he learned from some of the best teachers and performers
from Lamine Bayo, Kanda, Lancey to Numudi. He soon became a professional musician and began working at "Jean Paul 2"
Children school for 6 years as a sangban player. Among other great performances they went to Togo for a festival and won the
first prize. In 1993 he joined
"Les Merveilles de Guinee", the well known ballet troupe provided opportunities to allow him to travel throughout
Africa; studying under the leadership of Kemoko Sano. In 1998
he moved to the US with the same ballet. Since then he has been working with numerous dance companies like Marylin's Bamdulaye
(for 1 year) and Nandy's Sankofa Kuumba Cac (summer program for children). Now Mangue Sylla lives in New York City, still an active member of "Les Merveilles de Guiness", teaching
Sangban, Dundun, and Djembe classes, attending workshops, dance conferences, and available for performances.
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