Wednesday, February 22, 2012

FW: Lowell Folklife Series on Friday, 2/24/2012: Afro-Caribbean Workshop

 

 

From: Lowell National Historical Park [mailto:maggie_holtzberg@partner.nps.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:20 PM
To: Bill Lipchitz
Subject: Lowell Folklife Series on Friday, 2/24/2012: Afro-Caribbean Workshop

 

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Afro-Caribbean Workshop

Percussionist Jorge Arce with masqueraders

 

 

 

Join the Lowell Folklife Series

Friday, February 24, 2012

7:00 pm - 8:30 p.m.

Park Visitor Center Theatre

 

In honor of Black History Month, the Lowell Folklife Series invites you to an Afro-Caribbean workshop with a hint of Caribbean carnival. Jorge Arce is a percussionist, educator, and native of Ponce, Puerto Rico.

 

This interactive workshop features music, dances, lore, and stories steeped in the African

ancestry of Puerto Rican culture. The workshop will feature over 20 percussion instruments played throughout the Caribbean. A special treat will be two carnival masqueraders wearingFolklife Series vejigante mask

typical masks of the season. 

 

Audience members will be guided to join in on rhythm instruments and dances during the show.

 

This free program is part of the Lowell Folklife Series and is sponsored by Lowell National Historical Park

 

Folklife Series vejigante maskFor more info visitwww.nps.gov/lowe or call Maggie Holtzberg 978-275-1719

 

 

Lowell National Historical Park | Lowell National Historical Par | 67 Kirk Street | Lowell | MA | 01852

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