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Sunken Gardens (Main Stage)
Crim Dell Ampitheatre
Lake Matoaka Amphitheatre: 
12:15 p.m.
Ultraviolet Ballet
    
01:00 p.m.
Ultraviolet Ballet
    
01:30 p.m.
Ultraviolet Ballet
    
02:00 p.m.
Steve Hobbs
African
  
02:45 p.m.
Rock River Gypsies
Dance/
  
03:00 p.m.
Rock River Gypsies
Drumming 
  
03:30 p.m.
Rock River Gypsies
Workshops 
  
04:00 p.m.
   
04:15 p.m.
Mission to Liberia Presentation
    
05:00 p.m.
Scott Fisher and the
   
05:30 p.m.
and the
    
06:00 p.m.
1am
   
06:30 p.m.
Approach (6:45)
    
07:00 p.m.
Stanley Poon and the Bone
   
07:30 p.m.
Diddleys 
    
08:00 p.m.
    
Recycled Percussion
08:30 p.m.
    
Recycled Percussion
09:00 p.m.
The Afromotive
  
Recycled Percussion
09:30 p.m.
The Afromotive
    
10:00 p.m.
The Afromotive
    
10:30 p.m.
The Afromotive
    
 
AFRICAN DRUM AND DANCE WORKSHOPS PRESENTED BY THE AFROMOTIVE
Participants are strongly encouraged to bring their drum(s) and/or dancing shoes!

Part 1-
* Introduction to djembe technique- tone, slap, bass
* Basic accompaniment rhythms
* Dancers learn basic steps

Part 2-
* Djembe accompaniments combined with other drum parts, (i.e. sangbang, kinkine, doun doun, bells, etc.)
* Maintaining accompaniment patterns with djembe soloist.
* Dancers put series of steps together to match the instruments

Part 3-
* "THE CALL"- soloist calls the break
* "THE BREAK"- rhythmic variation played in unison with all or most of the drums.

Part 4-
* putting it all together- call, break, accompaniments, and dancers

Part 5- (depending on the turnout.  Maybe we'll do this first, we'll see how the crowd is)
* Short history of the djembe and African dance, including social significance, folklore, and present day usage.