Join West African drum and performance fun in Atlanta this weekend:
April 4-6.

Friday night, 11 p.m. at the East Side Lounge at on Flat Shoals in
East Atlanta features worldbeat with a DJ, PLUS two live interludes
of Guinean drum and dance performance with Aly Camara and Mamady
Sano. If you have never seen Mamady dance, you have not really seen
Guinean dance. Son of the renowned director and choreographer of Les
Merveilles d'Afrique, Merveilles de Guinee and Les Ballets Africains,
Mohamed Kemoko Sano, Mamady dances as if there is no floor under his
feet (and he can drum too!). Aly Camara is an accomplished
percussionist who plays lead drum for Les Merveilles de Guinee and
has been performing professionally since age 11.

WORKSHOPS:
INSTRUCTOR FARA TOLNO: Drummer and dancer from Guinea, West Africa
has been drumming, dancing and singing since he was nine years old,
performing internationally as a lead djembe soloist and dancer with
the renowned Les Merveilles D'Afrique.

DANCE CLASS
Friday April 4, 2003
7:30 - 9:00 pm FARA TOLNO
Fihankra Cultural Arts Center
840 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd.
West End, Atlanta, GA
$10 per student

DRUM CLASSES
Saturday April 5, 2003
11:00 am - 12:30 pm FARA TOLNO
Sunday April 6, 2003
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm FARA, TOLNO,
ALY CAMARA, IBRAHIMA
DIOUBATE & AMARA CAMARA
Earthshaking Music
523 Stokeswood Ave.,
East Atlanta, GA 30316
$12/1 class or $18/2 classes $25/all 3 classes

Pre-Register: call 404/635-1177
or email alydrums@... see flyer at www.ginenyira.com

Upcoming Event! Children's African Rhythm Workshops April 19 & May
17, 2003.
11 a.m. - 12 NOON $10/1 class or $15 for both.
Earthshaking Music 523 Stokeswood Ave., East Atlanta, 30316