Last year, we debuted our extraordinary style of educational entertainment and really drummed up interest in what we do at the 39th Newport News Fall Festival of Folklife. Due to this year being a monumental event, we have the pleasure of sharing the stage with a few more performers than last year.
The itinerary from last year was pretty full, thanks to the city believing in us that we could hold things down all day long. Phew! We edutained with fractured fairy tales, world folktales, and, of course, African dance that even involved the audience. One of the best connections we made was a drummer, Bill who has joined us for pretty much all of our performances from December 2012 up to September 2013.
This year, we'll be dancing our signature welcome dance, Funga, along with Lamban (the rhythm of the storyteller), Kuku (the rhythm for a successful day of fishing), and Moribayassa (the rhythm to celebrate overcoming deep problems). The plan is to bring even more educational fun to the peninsula again this year as well as recruit people interested in the creativity that we enjoy.
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