Info for West African Drum performers for performance, 1/18/12
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Stuff for Friday's MLK Performance - song words and performance agenda
Balakulanjan song (via Famoudou Konate):
Balakulanjan de na fissa
Kemey tie in so din na
Iba, kemey kay den kelen sonko di
Kemey tie in so din na
Yankadi song (via Moustapha Bangoura):
Ay kera muna cola muna
Ay kera muna cola muna
Ya kosi kele sowku fe, kera muna cola muna kedi nan kerarar
Makru song (via Famoudou Konate):
Aboroma moboroma AY!
Aboroma moboroma AY!
Aboroma moboroma ay yaya baga gine, faday boromba woto qui AY!
Order of performance:
- Balakulanjan break
- Sing Balakulanjan song 4x, going into rhythm after 4th time
- Rhythm goes until ending break
- Yankadi break
- Dununs only come in, as rest of ensemble sings song one time, then djembe's come in
- Rhythm goes until break to transition to Makru
- Break for Makru, 3 booms, sing song one time, after which dununs come in, sing song one more time (with dununs playing underneath), after which djembe's come in, joining dununs (all play djembe 1 part)
- Macru call/response (once or twice)
- After echauffment, break or call to end
Downloads:
/uploads/messages/Info_for_MLK_Performance_at_Waldorf_1-18-12_8.pdf