CARIBBEAN ARTS PROGRAM THROUGH PRIAA

BOMBA AND PLENA IN THE BIG LEAGUE.
 A SPARK IN THE CURRICULUM AND IN THE EDUCATION OF HARTFORD, CT

A 90 minute carnival-style workshop introduces students to Puerto Rican culture. Students will explore Puerto Rican traditions like"BOMBA AND PLENA" dance, mask making, costume showcasing, and poetry reciting. The workshop will also introduce students to fun call and response songs. At the conclusion of the workshop students will put what they have learned to the test as they play instruments, and perform the songs, giving them a more personal experience with the Puerto Rican culture.

The workshop was held at Hartford Stage Rehearsal Studios on Main St., in Connecticut as an introduction for teachers in the Professional Development Conference-2013. Soon the program will be run in all school in Hartford, Connecticut.


 August 20, 21, 2013


Hartford Performs  Professional Development-2013

LOCAL IN HARTFORD, CT.
A  brief  introduction of the History of Puerto Rico by Dorothy
  
 BOMBA:  African style of music and dance that flourished along the coastal region and sugar cane fields of Puerto Rico, where a lead singer chants short vocal calls to which the group sings fixed responses; sometimes described to be a challenge between the lead dancer and the lead drummer, where the drum has to follow the movements of the dancer with a synchronized beat.  Robertico and Yidell teach Bomba Classes.

Vejigante:  Mythical figures from town festivals and folklore in Puerto Rico
Robertico teach rhythms and Lydia teach the Beat with her shirts
 
 
Plena rhythms:  Three different hand drums make up the complex beat: the Punteador, which keeps the bass beat, the Seguidor, which add the main beat, and the Requinto, which is the lead drum and can improvise to the player’s liking. There can be any number of panderetas present at any time, but in the case of multiple Requintos, only one may assume lead while the others take the beats of Seguidores


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