We have been playing a rhythm called African Samba in our Tuesday night drum class. We also played it during the show at the Loons Club on July 3rd. Donald Duck dances the Samba to drums from 3.30 to 4.15 of this video
“Donald, now you’re in the spirit of the Samba”…. more Donald dancing the Samba in Brazil, the land of Samba and drums, 5.40 through 8.06 of this video
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Jon Vivian runs a capoeira school in Christchurch, here is a link to his website www.qudo.org.nz/capoeira
In this video he is playing the berimbau at the Loons Club in Lyttleton, New Zealand. The berimbau is a Brazilian instrument used to accompany capoeira, a Brazilian martial art .
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Here is a short video of Kpanlogo from our show at the Loons Club
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Here is a short video of the Earth Rhythm, Neeka from our show at the Loons Club in Lyttleton
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Starting on Monday July 13th, I will be teaching an ongoing intermediate drum class 7-9 pm at Abberley Park Hall.
If you are interested in coming to this new African drum class, send me an email or let me know next time you see me.
Happy drumming 
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Here are some more details on the House of Pleiades vision, project, and band.
On the night of the show, there will be some video being taken for a new upgraded version of the House of Pleiades music video.
The plan is to have several videos made out of the footage, to feature the drumming, the dancing, the band playing with the drummers, and the band itself. This is going to be interesting to see where this all takes us
The House of Pleiades is an ongoing project and we hope to continue improving along the way.
If you haven’t seen the video for House of Pleiades, here is a link to House of Pleiades on you tube.
If you are inspired by this project, sign up on youtube, go to the houseofpleiadesnz channel (type in houseofpleiadesnz when you get to youtube) and become a subscriber to our channel. While you are there, rate it at 5 stars (simply click on the fifth star) and leave a good comment, thanks!
all the best,
Jeff
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At Mohamed’s African drum and dance weekend we learned Dibon. Dibon is the name of a large bird, a bird of prey similar to an eagle. The bird wakes people up and knows everything. The bird is very important to the village. The melody of the Dibon’s song was heard by hunters and put to a rhythm when they came back to the village. Dibon is also used to accompany farmers returning from the fields.
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On Wednesday Mohamed was interviewed by Dave Craig on Volcano Radio 88.5 FM in Lyttleton. I will get a copy of the interview and post it here or post a link to the archived show in a couple of weeks.
Volcano Radio is a local live show with a focus on building community and supporting New Zealand musicians. Carmel and Dave are some very cool people and the interview was smooth.
Mohamed shared some of his background and story of how he came to NZ and then he played the Kora. The Kora is an African harp that has a history dating back to the 5th century. After that we played a couple of rhythms with Anton on the djun djuns.
It was my first time visiting a radio station and it was a very relaxed scene. Volcano Radio is launching their new website any day now. Also, keep an ear out for a world music show they are putting together for the weekend line up.
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