Newsletters 2011
EVENTS LISTING, SEPT 2011,
Community Newsletter & Navaro's Fall Drum & Dance Classes & Workshops
Hello My Creative Community,
Please check out my events and some of the beautiful events that I am connected with, in the abundant listing below. There is a lot of info. You may want to file this and refer to it later, or find it on my website.
There is info for my Tues Night Fall Drum Classes starting next week, the Oct 8 Earth Prayers Dance Journey with live music by me and Shine, Oct 8, and I really hope to see you at this event:
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TONIGHT! (Sept 8) Raquy & the Caveman at the Wise Hall. Friends from the World Rhythm Fest Seattle, Raquy is my favorite female drummer in the world! And Liron is incredible, too. Together she and bandmate Liron create a stunning visual and sonic show. Super innovative, quirky, expert, tribal and fun! I love things that are strongly based in tradition but also newly shaped.
In this e-mail: (scroll further down for full info on each event)
1 ~ Navaro's Fall Drum Classes - Tues Sept 13 - Oct 25, 7pm-9
2 ~ Drum Workshops one Thurs per month, 7-9pm, Sept 22 & Oct 20
3 ~ Wild Wisdom Dance Journey w Navaro & Shine Edgar - Sat Oct 8
4 ~ Raquy & the Caveman from New York, Sept 8, Show at Wise Hall, with Luciterra Fusion Bellydance Troupe
5 ~ Hapapalooza Festival - Ticketed & Free events
6 ~ Navaro w Zhambai Trio at Hapapalooza Fest, Roundhouse, Fri Sept 9
7 ~ The Elms on 6th Avenue - 26 old trees saved by neighbourhood effort
8 ~ Tzvi's Place event - House Concert & Fundraiser for bringing Kurai's daughter from Zimbabwe
9 ~ Kurai Mubaiwa Zimbabwean Music Workshop Sept 16, 17, 18. Mbira, Rhythms & More
10 ~ Erica Kundidzora Azim, Zimbabwean Music, November. Buy Mbiras, take her Workshop or Singing night
11 ~ Music nights at East is East Main St, & Chai Gallery Kits:
Live music with Pancho & Sal, Bocephus King, Kurai Mubaiwa, Curtis Andrews, Navaro
12 ~ Drum Cafe at the Vancouver Whitecaps Games
13 ~ Sambata & Paul Bray: Brazilian Music Performance, Classes & Workshops with Paul
14 ~ Afro Brazilian Dance Classes with Laura Monteiro
15 ~ Pepe Danza, Ocean of Sound & Pepe's Partner Shakti Mhi's Yoga Center Info
16 ~ Drum Explosion at the Wise Hall - Community Drum Circle event with Munkie Ncapayi
17 ~ Kino Cafe last Mon Night monthly, with Rio Samaya: Pancho, Sal & friends
18 ~ Raw Food and Health Info
19 ~ Mamady Keita Drum Workshops, September
20 ~ Little Woo List - A wide lens into the Vancouver Arts Scene & more
21 ~ LInks to fun and informative Youtube Videos
22 ~ Blog: My first entry! Check this link to my website blog:
Story: Love Messages to the Ocean. Magical experiences at Towards Eden Fest this summer.
23 ~ Closing note from Navaro
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NAVARO'S FALL DRUM CLASSES - 7 Week Session
+ 2 Individual DRUM WORKSHOPS
The 7 week series class is an ongoing community that grows and welcomes new students. Each class is a sonic healing session, even as we learn rhythms, chants, technique and principles of music. Material is drawn mainly from African traditions, but also draws from other world tribal traditions. We learn primarily on djembes, as well as including hand percussion and Jun Juns. Shekere instruction for those who desire. Drums are available. The class is designed to incorporate varied levels of players.
Tuesdays, 7-9pm
Sept 13 - Oct 25
$105 for the 7 week session
Drop in $20
Drum Session sign-ups have access to the 2 monthly workshops in Sept & Oct as bonus sessions or to use as make ups for missed classes
Drums available for use for a small fee
At 1461 Venables near Clark
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2 DRUM WORKSHOPS with Navaro:
DRUMMING, PULSATION, HEALING, & COMMUNITY
Thurs Sept 22, 7-9pm
Thurs Oct 27, 7-9pm (please note date change from previously)
At the Yoga Studio at 1461 Venables at Clark
$25 per workshop or sign up for both for $40
Each night can be taken individually, or take both workshops for a deeper exploration of the material. We will learn Tribal rhythms and chants, and practice technical aspects of rhythm to understand the principles of pulsation, connection, and healing within the music. These are basic energies that tribal people recognize and use rhythm for. These things are not normally verbalized. These workshops explore the music and its purpose in depth, while also teaching rhythm and drum technique.
Pre-registration & Info with Navaro
(778) 239-8444
navaro@tribal-bliss.com
http://www.navarofranco.com/testimonials.html
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Workshop
EARTH PRAYERS DANCE JOURNEY
Dance the Wild Wisdom Within
Led by Navaro and Shine Edgar
Live Drumming, Didjeridu, Percussion, Mbira, & Dance Facilitation
For anyone that loves music, dance, and healing. Come to move and be moved.
Together Navaro and Shine hold space and create Soundscapes for your dance. Learn simple tools that elicit your healing movement journey, dancing your dance within the moving group body. No previous dance experience is necessary.
At Open Door Yoga, 1111 Commercial Drive
$25 pre-registered and pre-paid, or $30 at the door
Pre-register with Navaro
navaro@tribal-bliss.com
(778) 239-8444
Shine Edgar info:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1652334265&ref=ts
Navaro
http://www.navarofranco.com
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RAQUY AND THE CAVEMAN
Thurs Sept 8, 8pm-late
Show at WISE HALL, Adanac & Victoria
Thurs Sept 8, 8pm - 11/12 midnight
I absolutely love these guys and their work, and will be there to enjoy their music.
This is cutting edge middle Eastern fusion music...Eclectic, modern, and innovative. Deeply sourced in traditional Dumbek technique and tradition, Raquy & Liron rock the house with rhythm, song, and antics. They are a visual treat. They share the night with Luciterra Bellydancers and DJ Lizard of Oz. Raquy and Liron live in New York City. Info:
http://caravanworld.homestead.com/
http://www.raquyandthecavemen.com/home.html
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HAPAPALOOZA MIXED ROOTS FESTIVAL, Sept 9, 10, 11
Various locations, many art forms...supported by In the House Festival creator, Naomi Steinberg
There are ticketed events with films and many performers of varying disciplines, as well as many free events. Location Robson Square and Roundhouse. Check website for more info.
Hapapalooza is a festival celebrating the diversity and blending of race and culture. 'Hapa' is a Hawaiian term for a person of mixed descent. Originally it meant a white and native mix. As a hapa myself (I am Philipeno and Dutch, raised in Germany and Vancouver), I am very curious about what happens when very different bloodlines come together, and the diverse and unusual perspectives and creativity that it brings. Vancouver is prime Hapa territory!
Link from local hapa Tarun Nayar of band Delhi to Dublin talking up the festival:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ty8o3uQ4Xc
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ZHAMBAI TRIO AT HAPAPALOOZA FESTIVAL SEPT 9, Roundhouse
I will be performing with Kurai Mubaiwa's Zimbabwean Music Trio, Zhambai, at the Roundhouse . The evening features us and many other wonderful Hapa artists.
Please check the Hapapalooza website for full info.
Fri night, Sept 9, 7pm - late
Zhambai Trio: http://www.zhambai.com/
Festival Facebook Page & Website: (The FB page has much interesting dialogue on the subject of being Hapa / Mixed blood).
http://www.facebook.com/hapapalooza
http://hapapalooza.ca/
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THE ELMS ON 6TH AVENUE
An inspiring story of human love and power protecting the Earth - right in our East side neighbourhood!
For many blocks, these trees create a beautiful canopy, and attract love and enjoyment from people in the neighbourhood as well as many who prioritize walking down these streets, just to be with the trees.
Earlier this year city trucks pulled up and began orange flag tape ribboning many trees to be destroyed. I was there the day they arrived. It felt just like my past - living beside gorgeous forests in the country, that were later clearcut right beside me. 31 trees on 6th Avenue from E of Commercial were targeted.
The neighbourhood joined together, informed themselves, and challenged the city. As a result, over many months of meetings with Parks board and City officialdom, only 6 trees were cut down, instead of 31!! Victory and affirmation of life! Read the touching and empowering story on the Facebook page below. My personal name for the Elm Canopied 6th Avenue is "Pandora Street" - after the mythical planet of James Cameron's movie, Avatar.
Working on a Blueways project earlier this year, which aims to 'daylight' city streams running now in pipes under the streets, I learned that 6th Avenue is one of the streets that has an underground waterway. When you walk there at night you can hear the water tumbling along below the street, as you pass the manholes. And you become aware that you can sense the stream. It's partly why the Elms thrive there. And it's magic.
Read the inspiring story on: Save Our Elms Facebook Page
http://www.facebook.com/saveourelms?sk=wall&filter=2
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TZVI'S PLACE MUSIC NIGHT Sept 18, 7pm BENEFIT FOR KURAI'S DAUGHTER
At Tzvi's place in the neighborhood at 2nd near Commercial. A place to be fully human.
Please join us for the festivities, and feast of music, soul, and beauty.
Live music with the sublime Kinobe, East Africa
Pepe Danza rhythm machine
Kurai Mubaiwa mbira master
Navaro Franco moves and grooves,
Zamir Danji, deep rhythm, master of ceremonies
Shine Edgar, Didjeridu
Greg Valou, Bass Guitar
DJ tunes for dance with David Yates, & more..
This is a Fundraiser to bring Kurai's Zimbabwean daughter here from Africa. Funds raised will help complete the exorbitant legal fees, paperwork, and plane tickets to fetch her and bring her here. There is a situation of urgency which you can read about on the Facebook Page.
Tzvi's Place is a private home where one can:
~ Flow from one room to another to hear different musics, or dance to DJ'd music downstairs
~ Eat from the buffet of luscious potluck dishes that arrive all night long
~ Contemplate abundance observing the grapes from the vines above on the patio stage
~ Recline on cushions and rugs as music is played and hang with your friends
~ Listen to the fountain in the luscious back garden.
You get the picture? A place to be fully human. No curtain calls, no seats in rows, no curfew because the rental time is up. Tzvi described a recent event as a space where the division between performer and audience is blurred, or removed.
Check the Facebook Invitation below. We are inviting donations of support ahead of time also. To date over $2100 has been raised. Several thousand $ are needed for legal fees and 2 return tickets. Info on page to donate.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=263588103659034
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KURAI MUBAIWA ZIMBABWEAN MUSIC WORKSHOP
Sept 16, 17, 18 Fri eve, Sat / Sun Days,
Sun night Show with Kurai & Zhambai Trio - OPEN TO PUBLIC.
http://www.zhambai.com/
WORKSHOP: Mbira, Drumming,, Song & Dance. Learn from the source!
At a cosy and spacious home in East Van, Main St. area
Fri, Sat & Sun, Sept 16, 17, 18
Sign up for the weekend or come for what you can - price will be adjusted
Each day will consist of instruction for the needs, desires, and levels of those who come
All levels welcome
Mbiras provided or bring your G tuning if you have
Bring food to share for meals, snacks, and community hang out time
Enjoy a weekend of musical learning in a cosy community setting. Setting will be chill and created for the needs of the group that comes. Kurai will draw upon material for Mbira, Singing, Clap Rhythms, Drum Rhythms, and Dance, depending on needs and desires of the group.
Kurai grew up steeped in the tradition of Music and Mbira playing in Zimbabwe. He is a master player, encompassing both traditional and modern influences in his approach. Music is his life.
Full Workshop Info
http://www.zhambai.com/workshops.html
About Kurai
http://www.myspace.com/zimbamoto
To register: Ruth Anderson <rootsmamaroots@yahoo.ca>;
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MBIRA & ZIMBABWEAN MUSIC WEEKEND WORKSHOP with expert Erica Azim
~ Also: Chance to purchase Mbiras and rare recordings.
Deep Cove, November 2011, dates TBA
with Erica Kundizora Azim, from Berkeley, California
The first white woman to travel to Zimbabwe to deeply study the Zimbawean Thumb Piano, Mbira, Erica has been steeped in the tradition for over 30 years. She has great interest in the traditions as history and cultural treasure, and is a master teacher.
Erica brings many Mbiras for sale. Proceeds go back to Zimbabwe and to the makers. She also has a library of recordings of Mbira that she brings in CD form to sell.
If you would like to be introduced to the mbira, or to be taken further in your playing, please come to Erica's workshop. Erica needs to know #s ahead in order to plan her trip now, so please let us know if you are interested.
Some billeting possible for out of town students.
Contact:
natalie <nimblenat@shaw.ca>;
Erica's website: http://mbira.org/
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CHAI GALLERY KITS, & EAST IS EAST MAIN ST. Restaurants / live music venues
Many Friday Nights Ongoing - Live Music with Zhambai Trio: Kurai Mubaiwa, Curtis Andrews, Navaro Franco
East is East Main St. Sun. Nights ongoing - Live Music with Pancho & Sal, joined by Bocephus King, Paul Townsend, Navaro Franco, Curtis Andrews, and special guests
Live musi, chill environment, authentic Eastern cuisine to delight the senses. Check with the restaurants each week to be sure of who is playing, as it changes at times.
http://www.eastiseast.ca/
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DRUM CAFE CORPORATE DRUMMING TEAM & SOCCER!
Live Drumming at the Vancouver Whitecaps Soccer Games, 2011
Come out to enjoy live drumming with the Whitecaps Games. I am part of a multi-ethnic team that Drum Cafe has put together from the diverse Vancouver community, to rhythmically cheer on the soccer players and fans at all our home games. At Empire Stadium at the PNE, and soon at BC Place. We play from the stands. Great fun!
Players include: Kocassale Dioubate, Kesseke Yao, Katari Taiko, Punjabi Dhol Drums, Acrobatics, Munkie Ncapayi, myself, and many more. We are a team of 20 drummers.
Next games: Sept 24 & Oct 2
http://www.whitecapsfc.com/
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PAUL BRAY & SAMBATA ~ Sambata Brazilian Percussion Ensemble
~ Rhythm Classes with Paul
~ Stay tuned for upcoming classes / workshops in Brazilian or Afro Cuban Rhythms with our local expert, gifted musician and teacher Paul Bray.
His community group Sambata is a rhythmic force that performs regularly around town, and has been the fuel for many Public Dreams past events such as Illuminares in Trout Lake Park, and the wild and wacky Parade of Lost Souls on Commercial Drive. Check our website for info and events. (I recently joined the band & am learning Brazilian music!)
New site coming soon!
http://www.sambata.org/
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AFRO BRAZILIAN DANCE CLASSES with LAURA MONTEIRO
A treasure-house of cultural knowledge, we are gifted with Laura's presence in Vancouver. A professional dancer from Rio in Brazil, she offers weekly Afro Brazilian Dance classes, where we learn Carnival style dance as well as Ceremonial (Orixa) Dancing. I attend these classes.
Classes are 1130-1pm Saturdays now by drop-in or session
World Dance Studio
4858 Imperial St, Burnaby, - 5 m walk from Royal Oak skytrain station
Contact Laura for info:
Laura Monteiro <afrobahia@hotmail.com)
http://www.afrobahia.ca/index.htm
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PEPE DANZA'S OCEAN OF SOUND, & SHAKTI'S YOGA
Pepe Danza and Shakti Mhi have recently become a team moving and shaking on the Vancouver yoga and sacred music scene. Check their site for Pepe's Ocean of Sound deep listening evenings, or their Yoga Classes with Pepe's live music, or for Yoga Teacher Trainings and Classes with powerhouse Shakti and her Yoga College and Foundation:
http://pranayogacollege.com/index.php
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DRUM EXPLOSION - Drum Class & Community Drum Circle
Led by Munkie Ncapayi of the Drum Cafe
At the Wise Hall, 1882 Adanac at Victoria
Thurs Sept 15, 7-1130pm
Munkie is a treasure house of rhythm and song from South Africa. Come and experience community music co-creation led by someone who is passionate about it!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=146522998768251
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KINO CAFE FRI SEPT 26, Evening with RIO SAMAYA aka Pancho and Sal, & Co.
Pancho and Sal create community and a creative and collaborative musical love-fest wherever they go. Their music is warm and Latin folk artsy, and they are skilled performers and musicians. I love these guys. So do lots of other people. Therefore, whenever they play here, there is a host of talented company. Last month they brought a Mariachi band in full costume! Regular guest players are often Bocephus King, myself, Kurai Mubaiwa, Curtis Andrews, the Boom Booms, and many more. Kino Cafe is at 18th and Cambie.
http://riosamayaband.com/index.htm
http://www.kinocafe.ca
http://riosamayaband.com/index.htm
http://www.kinocafe.ca/
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HEALTH AND RAW FOOD INFO & KEY LINKS
Here are links to a few of my favorite raw food teacher's sites.
The Raw Food movement is a source of cutting edge health info which I resource daily.
I eat about 70% raw and give myself freedom to eat whatever else I want, which is (mostly) simple and healthy. Been practicing this for about 7 years. When I eat food fresh, whole, and in its natural state, I feel more attuned to nature, and my own body wisdom, and being truly human (ie intelligent, conscious, clear, love vibration). It clears my thinking as well.
Teachers I studied with. Research & science orientation, Green Smoothie Info
http://www.rawfamily.com/
Raw Pregnancy & Children, Longevity, Country living
http://jinjeetalifero.com/
Rawesome Beauty
http://www.beautifulonraw.com/
Raw Products, Humor, Many Approaches to Raw
http://www.therawfoodworld.com/
Raw Athletes, High Fruit Diet
http://foodnsport.com/
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MAMADY KEITA DJEMBE WORKSHOP
Sept 22, 23, 24, 25
Ukrainian Hall, 805 E Pender St.
Mamady is a genuine master musician-teacher, born into his tradition in West Africa. His unique ability to organize material and teach has made him the most influential djembe master alive. He is an elder who has spent his life sharing drumming all over the world. Come and learn from a true Master.
contact Russell Shumsky
http://www.drumming.ca
russell@drumming.ca
(604) 253 2114
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LITTLE WOO EVENTS LIST ~ a wide lens into the Vancouver Arts Scene, & more...
Please check out my friend Little Woo's website. She sends out a comprehensive Arts and Events list once a week that you may want to subscribe to. Sign up for it thru the link to her site provided below. Woo is an artist and teacher who also leads group sessions and offers one on one work in Healing and Manifestation work. From her site:
"Little Woo is an unconventional spiritual teacher and artist who offers kick-ass insight and joie de vivre on the journey of self-realization. Many of her students, clients and friends are lovable freaks, burlesque dancers, artists, freedom-seekers and offbeat entrepreneurs."
http:///littlewoo.org/welcome.htm
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A TIDBIT TREAT FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT: VIDEO LINKS ON YOUTUBE ~ informative & purely for fun!
This one is totally inspiring and uplifting. Pass it on! Musical, informative, short.
The Wayseer Manifesto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPR3GlpQQJA
From my 21 year old daughter Willow's quirky sense of humour - just for laughs
Sexy Sax Man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaoLU6zKaws
Also related to Willow's Cognitive Science research, info from the Heart Math Institute, quoted in this informative documentary on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkbvJFEQgJU forward to the 52:20 time mark
Heart Math Institute has found that the heart is a perceiving organ, and part of the brain's system of perception. Neural cells flow from heart to brain and back.
Another important piece of info from the documentary Kymatica, above, is that the primary function of DNA lies not in protein synthesis, as was widely believed for the past 100 years, but in electromagnetic energy reception and transmission. In our very DNA we are designed to be connected to the world and people around us, and to the entire universe, in a flow of energy transmission and communication.
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TOWARDS EDEN FESTIVAL, SUMMER 2011 And my first website BLOG!
I am so excited! I just started my blog page on my new site, with the first entry. Please check it out! Writing is my next career. I'm serious!
The story on this blog comes from a couple of magical experiences I had at Towards Eden Festival in the interior of BC this summer.
I saw mysterious moving lights in the forest, had a transformative experience dancing to Adham Shaikh, and encountered an altar on the pathway with Love Messages To The Ocean.
http://www.navarofranco.com/blog.html
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Closing Note from Navaro
Thanks for checking out my newsletter. I hope it can bring you connection to the beauty in our community.
You can find me on Facebook as Navaro Franco, or best to contact me through email re my Teaching or Performance work. I intend to send out a newsletter once every 2 months or so, but it can vary depending on my busyness.
Check my site for more info. It is new and I am working at getting it flowing as well, as a fresh source of info and events.
Stay human :-)
Navaro www.navarofranco.com
navaro@tribal-bliss.com
