2016 World Beat - Saturday, June 25
Cultural Center
11:00-12:15 Ikebana, Japanese Flower
Arrangement: Simplicity, symmetry, and balance
3:15-4:00 Introduction to Cuban Music:
Cuban-born Virginia López, lead vocalist and
percussionist for Melao de Cuba Orchestra,
presents the history, musical instruments and
rhythms of Cuban music. She will also discuss
international influences which shape Cuban
music today.
are basic principles in Japanese flower arrangement.
The goal is to create a sense of harmony among the
materials used, the container, and the setting. Nana
Goto Bellerud, with the Sogetsu School of Ikebana,
is the president of Ikebana International in Portland.
Nana lives in Gresham and is quite involved in the
Japanese community in the Portland area.
4:15-5:15 Island
Hula: Hawaiian born Kumu
Leilani Beymer introduces us to the traditional hula
dances of Hawaii. Learn the difference between
kahiko and auana. Learn basic hula steps, hand
movements and a simple hula. Aloha!
12:30-1:15 Zimbabwean Beat with
Musekiwa Chingodza: The Shona people of Zimbabwe include
many sub-groups that specialize in their own
characteristic rhythm for drumming, dancing, and
singing. The Mhande rhythm which Musekiwa will
teach comes from the Karanga subgroup. We will
learn the basic rhythm through hand-clapping
and a song about the Mhondoro (powerful lion
spirits). Musekiwa will explain
the cultural background
and song meaning and will
demonstrate and teach
drumming and dancing if time
permits.
5:30-6:15 Kamishibai: A form of storytelling,
Kamishibai combines the use of visuals with the
engaging narration of a live presenter. This form of visual
storytelling originated more than eighty years ago and
its roots go back centuries in Japan. In Tokyo, Mika Myers was once part of
a small theater group and later worked as a narrator for Japanese companies. Children’s stories will include Momotaro (Peach Boy), and Kachikachi
Mountain (Click Clack Mountain). Mika is a member of the Japanese Cultural
Society (JCS) of Salem.
6:30-7:30 The American Banjo: If the fiddle was the primary
contribution to American music from northern Europe, the banjo was the
primary contribution from Africa. It was almost certainly brought to the New
World by slaves. Many of these early “banjars” were made from gourds and
played with a fretless neck. By 1847, eyewitness accounts tell of the fiddle
and banjo being played together in the South – the origin of the modern
string band or bluegrass band. James Enemark, noted ba