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Re: Humbolt State University Afro Cuban Workshop

Postby windhorse » Fri Aug 02, 2013 4:54 am

KidCuba wrote:great job on your website, I always enjoy browsing through it.


Thanks Ricardo. :oops:
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Re: Humbolt State University Afro Cuban Workshop

Postby congamyk » Mon Aug 05, 2013 2:37 am

Silfredo La O is a very talented cat. Derbeno knows him well and played at his dance classes in San Diego.
Dude is a tremendous dancer and musician.

I hope to attend one of these camps some year.
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Re: Humbolt State University Afro Cuban Workshop

Postby davidpenalosa » Mon Aug 05, 2013 7:10 am

Yes, Silfredo is incredible. He did a backflip in his columbia performance here last week.

I got to play rumba with him on the last night of the workshop.

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David Peñalosa, Silfredo La O, party on the last night of the 2013 HSU Afro-Cuban workshop.


Silfredo is an accomplished painter.

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Silfredo La O and painting.

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Painting by Silfredo La O, Museum of the African Diaspora.


He's also a multi-media performance artist.

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Silfredo La O at the Museum of the African Diaspora.
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Re: Humbolt State University Afro Cuban Workshop

Postby congamyk » Wed Aug 07, 2013 9:16 pm

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Re: Humbolt State University Afro Cuban Workshop

Postby windhorse » Wed Aug 07, 2013 11:55 pm

congamyk wrote:Silfredo La O
http://youtu.be/X5x8aN3d9Rs


Very cool! He is talented and well rounded in more disciplines than I realized!
Ritz and I just had a bata practice, and perused a bit from the classes I had recorded. The final bata class with Lazaro Gallaraga gives some insight into Meta and Yemaya. All of the song classes, and Sandy's Brikamo and Guaguanco classes were also really something to behold and worth working on.
What a camp!!
Ritz again said he'd go next year, which makes me even madder, because something always gets in the way. This time it was a friend who came to town and wanted his help in running a lame camp that didn't happen.
You either plan to go %100, or I don't want to hear about it. :evil:
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Re: Humbolt State University Afro Cuban Workshop

Postby Derbeno » Fri Aug 16, 2013 2:07 am

Great guy Silfredo is...

Being from Santiago he taught me a lot of the Tumba Francesa stuff and other rhythms from that region. Majority played with one stick and one hand.
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2015

Postby windhorse » Wed Jun 03, 2015 1:03 am

I'm going again this July!
http://www2.humboldt.edu/afrocuban/registration.html
Daily schedule:
9-10:30 bata (Roman Diaz)
10:45-12:15 Advanced Folkloric Percussion (Mike Spiro)
2:00-3:30 Intermediate/Advanced Folkloric Percussion (Sandy Perez)
4:00-5:30 Rumba and Orisha Song Class (Cusito)
7:00-8:15 Rumba and Orisha Song Class (Cusito)
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Re: Humbolt State University Afro Cuban Workshop

Postby windhorse » Wed Jun 10, 2015 2:02 pm

Ward Angles sent this out. Jesus Diaz is going to be replaced with:
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