Hello neighbors! Don't miss out on this amazing family-friendly workshop coming this weekend!!! Hope to see you there ;-) African Drums and Dance Family Workshop Don’t miss out on this chance to learn, grow, and dance with your children! This two-hour “hands and feet on” workshop will include drumming, dancing, singing in African languages (Susu, Malinke, Fulani) and sampling some yummy African cuisine. The format will be appropriate for dances and drummers of all ages! Date: Sunday, November 3, 2013 Time: 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Location: WT Dance Studio, City Campus Tuition:$ 25 per person (contact Dionne Brelsford at 412-578-7533 or brelsfordd@winchesterthurston.org to register your family for $40) *Meet Our Instructor – Yamoussa Camara* Born in the village of Boke, Guinea, West Africa in 1966, Yamoussa Camara took to his drum at an early age. During his sixteen year association as first student then protege of Mohamed Kemoko Sano, choreographer and artistic director of both national companies, Djoliba and Les Ballets Africains, plus founder and director of Les Merveilles d'Afrique,Yamoussa had the distinction of being the youngest lead drummer in Les Ballets Africains. While with the national companies he toured Europe, Africa and the United States. His drum is featured on the CD's Master's of the Forest, Diya, Eh Allah, and both CD and video of Les Ballets Africains’ performance in England. In 1995, Yamoussa immigrated to the United States. Since that time he has performed with numerous companies, including Wosa of Washington D.C. on their Taiwan Tour, an eclectic group of artists at S.O.B.™s in New York City, and a jazz ensemble in New Haven, CT. He taught drum and dance at Yale University for 10 years and has traveled the U.S. teaching, performing, choreographing and polishing presentations for various dance ensembles. Yamoussa currently resides in Pittsburgh, PA where he teaches dance at Carnegie Mellon University and drumming at the Irma Freeman Center for Imagination, He also teaches drum and dance workshops for children and adults, and performs with various ensembles in addition to his own ensemble Camara Drum and Dance. African Drums and Dance Family Workshop< Back to List<http://www.winchesterthurston.org/page.cfm?p=1034> Date: Nov 03, 2013Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PMLocation: Dance StudioStatus: *Available (40 remaining)*Your Price:*$25.00* Sunday, November 3, 2013 from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. HAppy Halloween to all! Melissa -- *Melissa Dubois Jenkins* Certified Personal Trainer BSKin and ISSA www.GreenRocksFitness.com & Artistic Director for WTAfter3 Dance @ Winchester Thurston School Cell: 412-626-4425 www.winchesterthurston.org/wtafter3/ *"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live." Jim Rohn*