2009 Soli Drum & Dance Festival

Workshop fees run $25- $300

Drums Not Guns presents 2009 Soli Drum & Dance Festival — Featuring Famoudou Konate’s Hand to Hand Tour 2009 Workshops

Famoudou Konaté is a world-renowned virtuoso of the djembe drum and its orchestra. One of only a handful of initiated Masters of the Malinké drumming tradition, Famoudou is universally respected as one of the world’s premiere djembe Drum Masters.

Other entertainment includes storytellers, jugglers, fire-spinners and musicians. There will be food and vendors of African wares.

Additional Drum and Dance Workshops
• Tenefig Dioubate, Moussa Diabate (Guinea)
• Jean Claude Lessou (Ivory Coast) accompanied by Mamadouba “Mohamed” Camara on djembe

• Mamadouba ”Mohamed” Camara - Drum Workshops

Student Performance led by Famoudou Konate
Monday, May 25, 2009, 4:00PM:

The Masters’ Grand Finale Performance includes performances by the masters and their students. This thrilling demonstration of West African drum and dance is suitable for all ages.

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