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| West African Drum & Dance with Mitch Caponetta | ||
Mitch Caponetta is a local musician specializing in percussion music from Guinea and Mali, west Africa. For the past few years he has traveled extensively to learn from the true keepers of this music. |
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| To make a rhythm full usually requires six people, three on the dunun(bass drums) and three on a djembe. Each person plays his or her own specific part and when played together, creates a complex but beautiful rhythm. Rotating people from part to part is the best way to learn these rhythms. | ||
| Dance is extremely important with these rhythms and some of the dances will also be taught. Mitch can provide drums for a class of 12 people. Mitch and his wife have lived in the uptown area for ten years. Mitch has been a faculty member at N.O.C.C.A.(The New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts) for eight years. | ||
| Mitch teaches drum classes at Ashe Cultural Center and performs regularly with Kumbuka Drum and Dance. Mitch can provide drums for up to 15 people. If you have a djembe or dundun, please bring it. Bring a chair as well, if possible though some will be provided. | ||
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