Drums
Not Guns presents: 2009 Soli Drum & Dance Festival Featuring Famoudou Konate's “Hand to Hand Tour 2009”
Famoudou
Konate’s
Hand to Hand Tour 2009 Workshops - Only Texas visit
Saturday-Monday, May 23-25, 2009: Old Settler’s Park and Recreation Center 1201 E. Louisiana St. McKinney, TX 75069
Student Performance led by Famoudou Konate Monday, May 25, 2009, 4:00PM: McKinney Performing Arts Center 111 N. Tennessee St. McKinney, TX 75069 Admin: 972-547-2650 Tickets: 214-544-4630
Pre-Registration is required
for the Famoudou Konate Workshop PRE-REGISTRATION CLOSES May 1, 2009
Additional Drum and Dance Workshops
• Tenefig Dioubate, Moussa Dioubate (Guinea) and Jean Claude
Lessou (Ivory Coast) accompanied by Mamadouba “Mohamed”
Camara on djembe
• Mamadouba ”Mohamed” Camara Drum
Workshops
Register now: For workshop registration and performance tickets visit:
REGISTER NOW
For additional information, contact Randy Harp: 214-641-0782
Master of the Djembe Famoudou Konaté is a world-renowned virtuoso of the djembe drum
and its orchestra. One of only a handful of initiated Masters of the
Malinké drumming tradition, Famoudou is universally respected
as one of the world’s premiere djembe Drum Masters. He has dedicated
his life to performing and preserving the music of his people, helping
to elevate the djembe orchestra from its traditional roots to worldwide
popularity.