~Nov 2:
Navaro & DivaDrum at Chai Gallery in Kitsilano www.eastiseast.ca
A benefit for street kids in Tanzania: a full evening
of community, live music
for dance, and luscious Eastern Buffet. Come out and
feast, dance, and be
with a most unusual and diverse community, for a great
cause!
~Nov
7
Friday night Journeys, 9-midnight.
An evening of ecstatic dancing within community, in
Kitsilano
Created by Just Dance's Abheeru & the Journeys Team
This coming Friday's Journeys is: UNION with Stephanie
Lafazanos
Union is a Journey from birth, through the polarities
and inner marriage of masculine and feminine
Details at: www.justdance.ca/journeys.php
~Nov 16
Dance Allsorts at the Roundhouse www.newworks.ca
Monthly dance performances & workshops at Roundhouse
Navaro & DivaDrum collaboration with Jacky Essombe
www.jackyessombe.com
~Nov
22
230-530pm
Earth Prayers Ecstatic Dance Journey
Dance facilitation: Navaro,
with live drumming and magical music from Robin Layne
of Kocasalle Dioubate's Jarimba.
Pre-register with me by email or phone 778 239 8444
Mark
your calendar! I am dreaming this Earth Prayers Journey
now, and will send out a more detailed email later this
week, as the theme that wants to be danced rises to
consciousness. Space and live music are booked. Lovely
Zarah will be offering opening prayers and respect to
the ancestors of this land. We will dance ecstatically
and call in the healing energies of our bodies and spirit,
moving as one tribe united in intent and joy.
~Nov 28,
Navaro playing live accompaniment for Studio Wild's
presentation of the Play "Who's Going To Stop My
Hair From Falling Out?"
info at studiowild@live.com
In North Van at One Dance Studios.
Followed by a WildWomanWorkout with Donna-Lynne.
Live drumming for WildWomanWorkout with Navaro &
DIVADRUM
~Nov
29
Jacky Essombe's African Healing Dance For Women
All day event with individual percussion and drum workshops
included, with
Navaro & Sandi Millman of DivaDrum & DrumMama
Studios.
Jacky's Dance Workshop accompanied with live music by
Navaro & Diva Drum
Info at www.jackyessombe.com
~Past
Events & Performances~
Chai
Shekere (1st Sunday of the Month – Nov. 2nd, 2008) Celebrating
our diverse community ~ An African Roots Benefit for
Children
A night out for the whole family to enjoy – Dinner
and amazing entertainment!
In the warm and welcoming ambiance of Chai Gallery Restaurant,
embark on a culinary journey of organic lovingly prepared
foods, dessert and chai tasters
Featuring some of Vancouver's
Best performers:
DivaDrum - Navaro Franco, Sandi and Sacha
Jarimba ~ afro-beat, latin
Jazz with a dash of Reggae
Anna B & Friends ~
roots, brazilian bossa nova, mexican mariachi, jazz
Kevan Cameron (scruffmouth)
~ scribe, poet, spoken word champion
Bucky Coe ~ soulful songs
/ acoustic guitar
Waylon Belding & friends
~ sitar / percussion
Latin dance by Andrea Leone
and Robin Layne
Magic with Zamir throughout
the evening - the more children, the more magic we will
see!!!
DivaDrum
performing at Chai Shekere event at Chai Gallery
Inclusive of dinner and entertainment:
Entry $25/adult - children by donation
plus a suggested donation for the Global Peace Network
(www.globalpeacenetwork.ca)
The Global Peace Network assists displaced and homeless
children providing them with shelter, education, food
aid, medical care, and malaria prevention. This is a
local community effort based in Mwanza, Tanzania and
supported from Vancouver - Just $20 supports one child
in Mwanza for one year to be off the street and in school
to realize their dreams in a supportive environment.
For more info: www.globalpeacenetwork.ca
DivaDrum's
rhythmic magic workin' on the crowd at Chai Shekere
on Sunday
Watch
the YouTube video of our Opening on Sunday night of
Sept. 7th & the special performances by:
Zamir and friends, Zarah
(classical Indian dance), Arunima
(folk Indian), Navaro Franco,
Nikola & Daphne (Flamenco
dance), Maki (Middle Eastern
Dance), and of course Tambura
Rasa!
*Special
Events*
You Can Fly series #4
Guest Musician this Sunday:
- Navaro Franco &
Natalie Philp - African drums
plus the DC Ensemble
The Spiritual Centre
for Dynamic Living
Sundays at 11:00 a.m.
Chanting begins at 10:45 a.m.
H. R. MacMillan Space Centre
(Vancouver Planetarium)
1100 Chestnut Street,
Vancouver, B.C. Canada www.dynamiccentre.com
e-mail: dynamiccentre@shaw.ca
Where:
Scottish Cultural Centre – 8886 Hudson street (@
73rd avenue, 3 blocks West of Oak street)
When:
October 10, Friday, 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
6:00
pm – 7 pm – African market by Yasse Afro Arts
& Ten Thousand Villages 7:00 pm –
3-course African dinner
8:00 pm – 11 pm – Storytelling, African music
and dance performances
How
much:
Adults: $35/person (advance) - $45/person at the door
Seniors & students: $29/person (advance) - $35 at
the door
Child 10 to 15 years old: $15 (advance) – $20 at
the door
FREE for children under 10!
DivaDrum
will also be performing on FRIDAY
October 10 for lovely African Dancer Extraordinaire
Jacky Essombe, at her Community Dinner, Music &
Dance event. DivaDrum play monthly also for Jacky's
African Healing Dance Workshops For Women. More info
at Jacky's website: www.JackyEssombe.com
African
Percussion Workshops with Navaro Franco
Winnipeg,
Sunday September 20, 1-4pm & 7-9 pm Drum
Energizer 1-4 pm
Learn funky, upbeat rhythms that will make you feel
inspired and ready for more!
Instruments provided - cost $45
Rhythm
Power 7-9 pm
Take your playing to a new level by developing your
rhythm power - connect with the beat!
Instruments provided - cost $35
Special
Package Deal: Take both workshops for just $55 For
more details & to register, please visit http://www.drumwinnipeg.com
Please
be invited to our opening of a new special evening at
Chai Gallery
This
Sunday, September 7th, is the opening night of Chai
Shekere, a new evening of celebration at the Chai Gallery.
You are invited to come and connect as a performer,
as a music lover, as a dancer, activist, passionate
human being and connoisseur of Life!
Daniel Budgell, the
founder of the Global Peace Network, and project co-ordinator
of Give Meaning will be facilitating this space. Over
$100 000 has been donated to foundations supporting
children - thanks to you!
At Chai Gallery, we
are trying to create a community of artists,musicians
& passionate individuals of like taste to make our
world a little better through a celebration of music,
dance, culture and selfless service. Come and be part
of this growing community by helping the world through
having fun!
Suggested Donation:
$25-35 sliding scale
$50-60 family rate (2 adults and children)
Children welcome by donation
Give
Peace A Chant: peace through music
Community Kirtan!
Every Friday Evening at 7:30pm
2111 West 16th Avenue (at Arbutus)
(at the `Yoga Sukha' Studio, Vancouver) $10 suggested
donation
Opening
Night Performance with Jim Greiner at World Rhythm Festival
2008
Watch
Jim and me on YouTube
Click
on this pix to watch a YouTube video of my Opening Night
Performance with Jim Greiner, Tyler Spencer & Friend
at
World Rhythm Festival 2008
Or
watch the Highlights of this Opening Night Performance
here
The
DivaDrum & me at the World Rhythm Festival in Seattle
April
25, 26, 27th
This
is My Schedule at The Festival:
DivaDrum
4/26/08
04:15
Center
House Main Floor
Earth
Prayers Journey
4/26/08
10:00
Center
House 4th Floor Room H (Black Box)
Dancing
Shekere
4/27/08
11:00
Center
House 3th Floor Room B
Put
Seattle World Rhythm Festival on your calendars! The yearly
annual migration essential for rhythm and dance lovers!
~
PAST PERFORMANCES WITH DIVADRUM~
DivaDrum
and I will also be sharing in the feast of music and dance
at ShivaShakti's Celebrating the Feminine Divine night
on SATURDAY, April 19 www.shivashakti.ca
Diva
Drum playing "Peace" at the Nanaimo Rhythm Festival
July 2008
Diva
Drum at the Nanaimo Rhythm Festival July 2008
~
PAST PERFORMANCES WITH PEPE DANZA & DRUM PRAYERS ~
My performance with Pepe Danza and Raphael at Silk
Purse Gallery (North Vancouver)
SEATTLE
WORLD RHYTHM FESTIVAL APRIL 2007
Call
or email Navaro to facilitate events in Corporate, Community,
Festival, and Retreat Center settings, Workshops, Performances,
School Shows, Dance Events & Private Instruction in
African Hand Drumming, Mbira & Healing Movement / Ecstatic
Dance, and Tribal Dance.
Give
Peace A Chant: peace through music
