Events

South Sound Kids Drum & Dance

Events

Sound Kids presents a wonderful workshop this season!

CONGO!
A Workshop for Teachers

7th Annual Rhythm and Dance Workshop

with Geoff Johns
and Carol Lutra-Johns

Saturday, January 24, 2009
9 am - 1:30 pm
(check-in starts at 8:30 am)
at the Olympia Unitarian Universalist Church
2200 E End St NW, West Olympia
Tuition: $40 per person
Clock hours available
Space is limited!
To pre-register, or for more info, please call Juli at (360) 866-6129, or email julikelen@gmail.com

Our fabulous regional instructors, Geoff Johns and Carol Lutra-Johns, will share their interpretation of "Congo," a rhythm and dance based on Haitian musical traditions.

The workshop is designed with teachers in mind. Geoff and Carol will provide hands-on instruction and reproducible handouts. The rhythm is designed to be played on Afro-Brazilian percussion instruments, but can be adapted to other instruments for students of all ages

We'll have snacks for you. Bring your own percussion instrument or use ours.

Meet Geoff and Carol

Geoff Johns and Carol Lutra-Johns are highly-regarded and beloved artists and teachers in the Puget Sound area. Geoff helped to develop Samba Olywa, Olympia's Brazilian percussion & dance troupe, from its early years. Carol is a joyous dancer and choreographer. They have extensively taught their cross-cultural arts to adults and are regular artists-in-residence in various local school districts. Learn more about them at www.rhythmjoy.com.

Instrument sets (rental) and in-class artists-in-residence opportunities will be available at the workshop on a first-come-first-served basis.

All participants will have a chance to win FREE rental of one of our instrument sets.

Learn more here!

Sound Kids is a project dedicated to sharing the joy of rhythm and dance with our community's schoolchildren. Linking teachers in our public schools with percussion and dance professionals, Sound Kids believes in the power of community music to transform our world.

Come to be moved and inspired!
Come to dance and smile!

SOUTH SOUND KIDS DRUM and DANCE is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing the joy of rhythm and dance into the public schools by connecting teachers with performing percussion and dance professionals.

To sign up or volunteer for an event, please see our "Contact" page.