World Music Dance Party

Well finally, all the blood, sweat and bruised knuckles
we've put into our training for the big event is about to
pay off....

200 drummers and rhythm makers, including the 2 Mels, Mark
and Rachel, will be banging their way (drumming that is..)
along the Brisbane River. It's going to be amazing - so we
hope you can make it! Details are below - the big event
kicks off at 3.45pm on Sunday, and we are also (all 150 of
us) are cramming into the Drum at West End South Leagues
club on Saturday night.

Hope to see you somewhere there! Send this on to anyone you
know might enjoy...

love
Mel
x

Details:::

Here she comes folks... the manifestation of 10 years of
building rhythm in South East Qld... 200 beautiful and
soulful people are about to come together to collectively
send out one big, phat and loud message of positivity and
Good Will. Love, peace and hope well and truly underly this
massif injection into our local community spirit!!

For two and a half months I have been working with 5 groups
of some 30-odd people. We have a beginner, an intermediate
and an advanced group here in Briznyland plus a Sunshine
Coast group and a Gold Coast group. We've been working on 3
different African rhythm pieces: Kakilambe, Light Sabar and
Bring Back the Mojo!! And people, it is totally rocking -
this is going to be one incredible performance!!

150 djembe players
15 doundoun players
15 bell and shekere players
dancers, fire twirlers, unicyclists and more.

The Goodwill Parade itself is happening on Sunday afternoon
3.45 pm, Sunday is the beginning of the bang! Two tribes,
either side of the Goodwill bridge will drum up towards each
other to the centre of the bridge, meet in goodwill, then
move through South Bank arriving at the Spiegletent on the
Qld Performing Arts Centre forecourt around 5pm for the
final performance.

The place to be, intially, is down by the river at a good
viewing position of the Goodwill Bridge. From there head up
to the Ship Inn and follow us right through. We'll be
stopping to perform at the Ship Inn, the Buskers Pitch (at
Breaka beach) and then at the Suncorp Piazza.
We'll be face painted and wearing Qld Music Festival shirts.
It will be spectacular!


Pulse is happening this Saturday night down at the Drum,
South Leagues Club, Jane St. Davies Park, West End.

World Music Dance Party!!

The main act of the night is Sam Okoth of Kenya and Nii
Armah of Ghana. These talented musicians and dancers will be
presenting a fusion of their cultural performance-art forms
as well as pulling together a band of Brisbane's finest
muso's to improvise on some damn funky grooves and spirit-
lifting melodies. This is highly likely to evolve into one
of those totally outrageous freak occurrences that can only
happen in the right space and with absolute spontaneity.

And of course Zormiwasa will be there, pounding out the
three phat grooves we've been working on - Kaki Lambe, Sabar
and Bring Back the Mojo! This will double both as our final
rehearsal for the following day and a performance in and of
itself. Everybody is coming and I've got a feeling that this
will be in some ways even more fun and outrageous... It'll
be our first chance to give it all up for an audience and it
is within the fine (licenced) venue of the Drum and so it'll
be a total riot - a pumping party!!

Doors open at 7pm, music kicks off at 8. Cover charge is $15
and $12 conc, under 18's $7, under 12's free.
Fine food and beverage available.