Photo used courtesy of Mamady Keita. Photo credit: Emmanuel Bless
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Mamady Keita Workshop Wrap-Up
This year’s Mamady Keita workshops were a huge success! This sold-out weekend was an exciting time of joy, community and celebration. People came from as far away as California to attend Mamady’s classes! There was even a group of musicians on tour from Ghana who came to the djembe intensive! Throughout the weekend, Mamady generously shared his culture and music, creating an atmosphere of warmth and fun. No one went home without a smile on their face!
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Highlights From The Weekend
- As a sign of Mamady’s increasing popularity, several of this year’s workshops sold out weeks ahead of time.
- Mamady Keita was featured in an interview on NPR/WFDD, in the Winston-Salem Journal, and in the Chronicle.
- Mamady publicly awarded Bill Scheidt, Living Rhythms Director, as a certified Tam Tam Mandingue professor.
- Mamady made an appearance at the Arts Based Elementary School in Winston-Salem where he did an hour long question and answer session with the students.
- Farafina Kan blew everyone away at their Saturday night performance and Sunday morning dance class.
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Our Thanks To . . .
Our deepest thanks to all those who participated in the workshops! The event was a huge success, marked by a strong sense of community and positive energy. We could not have done it alone!
Living Rhythms would especially like to thank all those who went above and beyond to make this event a success: Mamady Keita, Monette Marino, and everyone at TTM USA; The Winston-Salem Mamady Keita team – Robin Leftwich, Leah Roy, Diane Hitchcock, and Martha Murphy; all the Living Rhythms students who so generously helped with staffing the event, providing food, folding chairs, rental drums, and hauling stuff around –,Jim Matthews, Elke Bachman, Dave Fairall, Melissa Marley, Peggy Danka, Steve Nalley, Forrest Matthews, Judy Isaksen, Matt Scheidt; San Gee Tam, Annukka, Rashmi, Julie and everyone at the Golden Flower; St. Anne’s Episcopal Church; Farafina Kan, Diallo Sumbry, Mahiri Keita, and Sekou Soumah; Beverly Botsford, Ronnie Pulley, RJ Perz-Edwards and the Raleigh-Durham drumming community; Kevin Munroe and the Charlottesville drumming community; Tom Harris and everyone at Inner Harbor; Kathleen, Caren and The Charlotte Community Drummers; Laura Rich and the Columbia Drumming Community, Tom Medlin; Chuck Cogliandro; Baluba’s African Market; The Winston-Salem Journal; The Winston-Salem Chronicle; NPR/WFDD; and all the students at Living Rhythms for their dedication and commitment to this community and all the inspiring things that happen here. Please forgive us if we’ve inadvertently neglected to acknowledge your contribution, and know that you are deeply appreciated for your help in creating this amazing event!
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Photos From The Weekend
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