\n Music and Dance of Africa and the Caribbean with Sankofa Kuumba at Windsor Historical Society February 9
\nOn Saturday\, February 9 at 2 p.m. (snow date Sunday\, February 10\, 3 p. m. but please call first)\, experience the richness and astonishing beauty of African culture through dance\, music\, storytelling\, and art which h as flowed from Africa toward the Caribbean and the United States for centu ries. Costumed musicians and performers from Hartford&rsquo\;s Sankofa Kuu mba Cultural Arts Consortium will take audience members on a journey throu gh the African Diaspora\, starting in Africa to honor the ancestors who ca me from there. \;
\n\n Audience members will be incorporated int o the performance\, first by learning a few phrases and commands in an Afr ican language. \; Stories and songs performed by the group will provid e a window into African\, African-Caribbean\, and African-American history and culture. Ensemble members\, who always perform wearing traditional Af rican garb with traditional instruments\, will demonstrate different rhyth ms and sounds of drums and perform some dances. \; \;After these performances\, audience volunteers may be called on to learn some simple d rum rhythms and dance moves. \;
\n\n Audience members will leave the performance with deeper understanding and appreciation for traditions of Africa and the African Diaspora which have become such a central aspec t of American culture\, including social and sacred dance\, improvisationa l polyrhythmic music\, and bold abstract visual and textile art. \; &n bsp\;Sankofa Kuumba&rsquo\;s program is designed to draw audience members of different backgrounds closer together. \; \;Cost for the progr am is $6 for adults\, $5 for seniors and students\, and $4 for WHS members . \; This performance is supported by a Connecticut Humanities grant f or Civil War programming.
\n\n The Windsor Historical Society\, foun ded in 1921\, invites visitors to explore the people\, places\, and events that have shaped Windsor for nearly four centuries. \; The Society&rs quo\;s museum includes changing and permanent exhibition galleries\; a han ds-on history learning center for families\; a research library and manusc ript collection housing Windsor photographs\, documents\, ephemera\, and g enealogical materials\, a museum shop and two historic houses open to the public--the 1758 Strong-Howard House and the 1767 Dr. Hezekiah Chaffee Hou se. \;
\n\n The Windsor Historical Society is located at 96 Pali sado Avenue (Route 159) and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.\, Tuesday throu gh Saturday. \; General admission is $5 for adults\, $4 for seniors an d students and free to children under 12 and WHS members. \; Call (860 ) 688-3813 or visit us on the web at www.windsorhistoricalsociety.org for directions to the Society and more information about programs or vo lunteer opportunities. \; To receive e-reminders for public programs\, please send your e-mail address to jalberti@windsorhistoricalsociety.o rg.
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