Tulane article

Tulane's online journal, "The Wave," did a great article on the dance festival we'll be playing at for 12 days.  There is a great shot of Awal, the Ghanaian master dancer who we are supporting that week.  Check it out!

Almost ready to go...

We leave on June 26th for New Orleans.  We'll be traveling down 87, 84, 81 and into the south - if we're lucky, the drive will go smoothly over 2 days, having us arrive late in the area on June 28th, or early the morning of the 29th if not.  Into a 12 passenger van will go three sets of drums - an Ewe set, a Dagbamba set, and some hand drums from the Ga region.  Also into the van will go 5 people trying to pack very conservatively!  We'll be housed on the Tulane campus, and will have access to laundry and kitchen facilities so that we can keep our costs down while there. 

We're still scheduling performances off campus with various groups - there will be no shortage of playing time!  The link to the festival itself is at: http://nodancefestival.org.

*ring* - wow, the Addison Independent, our local newspaper, just called - they want to come over and do an article on the group and the trip to New Orleans! 

First Blog Entry

We've moved our blog from our google page site to here, so it's more easily edited, accessible, and readable - this is where our daily updates from the New Orleans trip will be posted.