After a busy week of workshops and rehearsals, and a busy weekend ahead, one would think that the MaSamba membership would be taking at easy, but NO!
In an amazing [...] Continue Reading…
The Community that is MaSamba
July 29th, 2010 by SimeonHappy Campers
July 28th, 2010 by SimeonCongratulations the drummers who completed our recent mini ‘Summer Drum’ event over the month of July!
Euro Festival Fun
July 25th, 2010 by SimeonThe band and dancers are just back in Dublin after a great day in Athlone, at the Euro Festival.
This event is a celebration of peoples from 15 European countries, [...] Continue Reading…
Slap Bang in the Middle of the Country
July 23rd, 2010 by SimeonAfter another busy week of workshop with a variety of groups, our sight are set on a big event in Athlone on Sunday.
This is a parade to celebrate the [...] Continue Reading…
Samba Mania!
July 16th, 2010 by SimeonAll this week, Simeon has been ‘trapped’ in the office, helping our primary funders Pobal with an extensive audit of all our activities and procedures. On top of that, [...] Continue Reading…
A Week in the Life of MaSamba
July 9th, 2010 by SimeonThank God It’s Friday!
Despite the recession and all the doom and gloom, we have had a few reasonably busy weeks, with this past week being particularly interesting. Here’s a [...] Continue Reading…
Music for Bloco Afro Brasil
July 8th, 2010 by SimeonTonight, we had a great rehearsal working on several different grooves. Mainly, however, we are concentrating on some seriously old-school samba reggae rhythms, for our new show – ‘Bloco [...] Continue Reading…
Emilio Martins Workshop
July 2nd, 2010 by SimeonNext Thursday, we are hosting a workshop with Emilio Martins from Sao Paulo, Brasil.
Emilio Martins workshop details.
Emilio Martins is a percussionist, composer, and producer from [...] Continue Reading…
A Short Reprise
July 2nd, 2010 by SimeonAfter a couple of very busy weeks, it was nice to this week to have no events on, and to be able to catch up on the more mundane [...] Continue Reading…
Endings and Beginnings
June 24th, 2010 by SimeonAs the school year draws to a close, so too do a lot of our projects with children and young people – every day this week, drums have been [...] Continue Reading…
