janela

We had an energetic session in the percussion workshop last night. We played some samba reggae ... gon/ ga gon/ gon gon ga gon/ ga ga gon ga gon/ ga gon gon ga gon ... this is one of the rhythms we played on the alfaia drums (bass drums) ... this may be gibberish to you ... but it's my attempt to communicate the music. I played my new alfaia and then switched to play gongé (cow bell).

The people at the workshop are generally in their twenties/thirties, artsy and open-minded. All Brazilian, so I got to practise more Portuguese. We have a show coming up next Thursday! It's at a theatre downtown! Check out the group here. (The man in the photo at the bottom of the linked page sang during the intro carnival performance in Recife!! Michelle, Aline and Alex from our workshop group in Toronto played with nacão Estrela Brilhante ... one of the big Maracatù groups in Recife).

So back to last night. I took the bus home with Tasia and Eliene from the group and chatted about the World Social Forum - Tasia was there. And thankfully the bus wasn't crowded as usual - so I didn't get any evil glares from folks who usually end up leaning on my drum.