Zambaleta Open House & Carnaval | Mission Dist.

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Zambaleta, San Franciscos new school for world music and dance, will be transforming its historic Mission District campus into an eclectic all-day jam session celebrating the spirit of Carnaval on March 6, 2010, 11am to 11 pm.

Bring musical instruments, singing voices, and dancing shoes for a kaleidoscope of live music and movement. The mini-zambaletas erupting throughout the day will include sessions of Brazilian samba, kirtan, kecak (interlocking vocal rhythms) gypsy jazz, klezmer, old-time, improvisation, Roma brass music, square dancing, and more.

The all-day event, hosted by some of the Bay Areas premiere performers and teachers of world music and dance, also marks the opening of Zambaletas dance and yoga class programs, an in-house café, and the facility’s performance space a 5200 square-foot hardwood-floored dance hall in the heart of the Mission.

Zambaleta Carnaval 2010
Performers: Members of the Pork Pies, Brass Menazeri, Classical Revolution, Body of Sound, Gaucho, and community members.
When: Saturday, March 6, 2010, 11am 11pm
Where: Zambaleta, 2929 19th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Cost: Free, all ages
More info: www.zambaleta.org

Line-up
Zambaleta instructors and friends will be leading music and dance throughout the day and they want you to come out and play with them

11:00 – 12:00 Improv Session hosted by Amber Lambrecht & Cara Davis
12:00 – 1:00 Gypsy Jazz Jam hosted by Dave Ricketts
1:00 – 2:00 Klezmer Jam led by Aaron Novik and members of the Stanford Klezmer Band
2:00 – 3:00 Kecak led by Alyssa DeCaro
3:00 – 4:00 Greek & Balkan Kafana
4:00 – 5:00 Middle Eastern Hafla led by Rachid Halihal & Faisal Zeidan
5:00 – 6:00 Sound Cave Open Improv hosted by Tyson Ayers
6:00 – 7:00 LoveTech’s Digital Jam Lounge
7:00 – 8:00 Flamenco led by Dan Fries and Sandra Durand
8:00 – 9:00 Brass Hoedown led by the Brass Liberation Orchestra
9:00 – 10:00 Colombian Parranda with Tambores de Colombia, Adriana Sanchez, Viviana Guzman, Mario Patino y su Orquesta
10:00 – 11:00 Samba with Blocura

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