This year we are hosting four full days of Capoeira Angola for our annual roda at the Odunde African-American Street Festival. The founding masters (mestres) of FICA will be traveling from Brazil to help us honor 20 years at Odunde.
To support the event and travel costs of the mestres, we are throwing a fundraiser concert with an incredible line-up. Come join us for a night of music, drinks and dancing!
Concert Features:
FICA-PHILADELPHIA CAPOEIRA ANGOLA DEMONSTRATION
HARDWORK MOVEMENT
Hardwork Movement is a 21st Century Hip-Hop group based out of Philly. We aim to make music that is inclusive, original, and inspires all listeners to strive towards uniqueness in all that they do. We believe that the power of the group is much stronger than the power of the individual, and we aim to push ourselves and those around us to new heights inside and outside of the music.
DRUM LIKE A LADY
Drum Like a Lady is an organization whose mission is to provide a safe space for women of all ages, ethnic backgrounds, religious beliefs and lifestyles to express their uniqueness through collective drumming, dance, music education and mental health advocacy. Founded in 2014, in response to the discriminatory and sexist practices observed in the drumming community, Drum Like a Lady encourages women, and young girls alike, to see the drum as a healing instrument, a community tool, and one of the most powerful and effective methods of non-verbal communication known to humanity. Unfortunately, Western culture has indoctrinated us (women) to see the drum as masculine, loud, dominant, and aggressive, all of which is anti-female. Through the Drum Like a Lady jam sessions, musicians at all skills levels, ranging from the novice to the world traveler, are invited to share in the creation and celebration of a new soundscape – rooted in improvisation and inspired by the beauty of femininity.
AMA CHANDRA
Songwriter Ama Chandra (the name “Ama” is of Ghanaian origin), brings to the microphone a voice that is the convergence of gospel, jazz, and soul-inspired vocals. From her humble beginnings in Plant City, Florida, Ama has firmly established herself as a citizen of the world, thanks in great part to time spent in Brazil, learning Portuguese, learning how to play the berimbau (a single stringed percussion instrument used to accompany the Afro-Brazilian martial art of Capoeira, which she also studied extensively), and internalizing the syncopation that is the core of Brazilian music.
Donation: $10
**Drinks will be on sale throughout the event.
Please come support Capoeira Angola, and help them strengthen their presence in the City!
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