Balkan dance music: Veelah Saturday. Happy Mothers Day!

The AfroPop Ensemble gave a great performance last week at the Naropa University Music Department Final Concert. I was very proud - the end to a great first year! Many thanks are due: to Janet Feder and Emily Harrison, the heart and soul of the Music dept. To Adje Abankwa and Kofi Mawuko of the Bao Bao Festival, who gave meaning to the whole project, as well as lots of sweat and love.

How did life get so busy? In spite of the doom and gloom, weird fears and what not... here goes another busy weekend! It began tonight (sorry folks, I was remiss) with the first ever parade of the newly named Bateria Alegria. Whats that? Picture 30 people strolling the Boulder Mall at 7:30pm on a warm (spring?) evening ... with Brazilian drums, bells and a whistle. You got it - just like carnaval - loud, and fun! We were all grinning from ear to ear and by the looks on faces of young and old, Alegria is a pretty good name to descibe what goes on. I promise to tell in advance next time. Then I raced to Denver to play with Joao Junquiera and Amy (2/3 of Samba Song) at Enoteca in LoDo. Joao's last gig in the states till next fall. OK, enough of the stuff you cant do anything about...

SAT May 9: Balkan brass band music by Veelah in a great house concert. 6pm potluck, music at 8. $15 suggested donation. Reservations and directions: dhf2000@comcast.net or else call Dan at 303-886-9887. What is Balkan music? This is an all too rare appearance so dont miss it! Listen to our CD: http://cdbaby.com/cd/megyorkveelah to get what its all about...

SUN May 10. Mothers Day Tea Dance 2-5pm @ Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe(Bldr) with Susan Rogers, Eric Moon, Mike Fitzmaurice and Dexter Payne. Free dance lesson at 1:30. (303-440-8303, avalon@villageartscoalition.org )


Happy day to those make all this possible! Spring is definitely here!!!