Public Performances 2002

Special Double Concert: Saturday, December 7, 2002

Silent Auction Benefit gig for 

"Georgena's Journey: A Community Confronts MS."

Time: Dancing Trees plays from 4:30 - 6PM. 
Auction starts at 1PM and bidding ends at 4:30. 
Rubyfruit and Dziva marimba bands will be performing from 1 - 4:30PM.
Where: Trinity United Methodist Church, 3915 SE Steele St., Portland.

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Julia Tsitsi Chigamba and her Chinyakare Ensemble

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Dancing Trees Marimba Band

Time: 7:30-11PM. (Doors open 7:15PM).
Where: Trinity Methodist Church, 3915 SE Steele Street at 39th, Portland.
Cost: $7-10 sliding scale ($4-5 children).

True to its name, "deep traditional," the Chinyakare Ensemble represents traditional music and dance from Shona, Ndebele, and other tribal groups from around Zimbabwe. Some of the main instruments the Chinyakare Ensemble plays are mbira (thumb piano), hosho (shakers), ngoma (drums), marimbas (wooden xylophones), chipendani (mouth bow), among others. The Ensemble performances feature the complex weaving of all of these instruments into beautiful melodies and polyrhythms that are still performed regularly at spiritual ceremonies throughout Zimbabwe. Under the direction of Julia, the Ensemble boasts a collection of diverse and experienced musicians from both Africa and the United States.

Proceeds of this event will benefit Tawanda muChinyakare (see www.chinyakare.org), a network of musicians, artists, teachers, and community organizers that was created for the purpose of weaving ancestral wisdom and creative expression with contemporary education and community work through the medium of African music and dance. Tawanda muChinyakare teaches classes to youth and adults that explore not only music, song, and dance, but also African culture and history. In addition, members spent this past summer working on developing a cultural center in Hatfield, Zimbabwe. This cultural center is designed to be a place where master musicians and dancers from Zimbabwe and beyond, will teach and inspire both Zimbabwean and foreigners from abroad.

 

More to come - Stay tuned

Time: TBD PM
FREE! (usually)

 

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Previous Performances in 2002

Saturday, April 21st - Earth Day Celebration - City Repair Project

Sunday, Jun. 16th -- PRIDE 2002 Waterfront Park -- Main Stage

Sunday, June 30th - Tryon Creek State Park Music Concert Series

Sunday, August 11th - Fernhill Park
Portland Parks & Rec - Summer Concerts in the Park 2002

Saturday, Aug. 31st - Art in the Pearl 2002

Sunday, November 17 - Mount St. Joseph's Senior Care Center


Previous Performances in 2001

Saturday, April 21st - Multnomah County Library North Branch

Saturday, April 21st - Earth Day Celebration

Sunday, April 29th - Beaverton Library

Saturday, May 5th - Benefit for Zimbabwean Charity
Dishman Community Center

Fri, May 25th -- Opening Eastside Esplanade

Sunday, Jun. 17th -- PRIDE 2001
Waterfront Park

Sunday, June 24th - Tryon Creek State Park Music Concert Series

Friday, Aug. 3rd -- Eastside Esplanade

Saturday, Aug. 4th -- Wilsonville Celebration Park Place

Saturday, Aug. 18th -- Lents Founders Day

Sunday, Aug 26th -- Oregon Symphony in the Park Kenton Park

Saturday, Sep. 1st -- YWCA Fun Run / Walk
Waterfront Park at Ankeny

Monday, Sep. 3rd -- Art in the Pearl Pearl District

Sat, Sep. 8th -- PDC / Rosemont Commons

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Previous Performances in 2000

Community Concert
Special dual-band all-ages concert co-hosted with Kukuva Marimba.
Community Music Center
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Multnomah County Library, North Branch

Gay Pride
Waterfront Park, Portland, OR

Couch Park Concert Series
Couch Park, Portland, OR

Zimbabwe Music Festival
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

Concerts on the Commons
Tualatin Commons, Tualatin, OR

Tryon Creek State Park Music Concert Series
Tryon Creek State Park, Portland, OR

1999

Cannon Beach Summer Concert Series, Cannon Beach, OR

Wallace Park Concert Series, Portland Parks and Recreation, Portland, OR

Sand in the City Kids on the Block Awareness Program Benefit, Portland, OR

Tryon Creek State Park Music Concert Series, Portland, OR

Portland Community College, Cascade Campus, Barbecue, Portland, OR

Coal Creek Education Foundation, Wanderland Rainforest benefit concert, Nehelam, OR

Habitat for Humanity, completion celebration, Portland, OR

No Limits For Women Artists dance, Portland, OR

1998

Cascadia Commons Co-Housing ground-breaking ceremony, Portland, OR

Tryon Creek State Park Music Concert Series, Portland, OR

Montessori School Teacher Training Graduation, Oregon City, OR

Oregon Potters Association Annual Show and Sale, Portland, OR

Friends of Carl Jung annual meeting, Portland, OR

Chemeketa Community College, Take to the Streets dinner, Salem, OR

Portland Community College, Cascade Campus, student barbecue, Portland, OR

Peninsula Park Community Pool grand opening ceremonies Portland Parks and Recreation, Portland, OR

Western States Chiropractic College, summer party, Portland, OR

 

1997

Tryon Creek State Park Music Concert Series, Portland, OR

Cedar Mill Days, neighborhood celebration, Portland, OR

Oregon Family Support Network, benefit auction, Portland, OR

Ronald McDonald House grand opening celebration, Emmanual Hospital Portland, OR

Family Marimba Concert, Com`munity Music Center, Portland, OR Borders Books, Beaverton, OR

Portland Unitarian Church, New Years Eve party, Portland, OR

Portland Community College, Cascade Campus, student barbecue, Portland, OR

1996

Multnomah County Fair, Portland, OR

Belmont Street Fair, Portland, OR

Sequent, employee party, Portland, OR

Family support Network, benefit auction, Portland, OR

Doernbecher Children's Hospital, OHSU, concert for patients, Portland, OR

Washington Park Zoo, employee party, Portland, OR

This page last updated November 25, 2002

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