{"id":1185,"date":"2009-04-09T12:48:36","date_gmt":"2009-04-09T17:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezing.me\/transfer\/?p=1185"},"modified":"2014-09-23T08:41:08","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:41:08","slug":"musicdrum040909","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/musicdrum040909\/","title":{"rendered":"Ole Miss African Dance-Drum Ensemble to Perform Spring Concert April 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OXFORD, Miss. &#8211; An evening of Tokoe, Gahu, Borborbor and new Ghanaian dances and music is offered Tuesday (April 14) at the University of Mississippi when the Ole Miss African Drum-Dance Ensemble presents its spring concert.<\/p>\n<p>Elikem Samuel Kwame Nyamuame, artistic director of the African Music Ensemble at the University of Florida (Gainesville), is guest artist for the 8 p.m. concert in the Music Building&#8217;s Nutt Auditorium. The program is sponsored by UM&#8217;s departments of Music and Campus Programming and Office of Multicultural Affairs, as well as the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council and Yocona International Folk Music Festival.<\/p>\n<p>George Worlasi Kwasi Dor, UM associate professor of music and OMADDE director, said he is pleased with the concert.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The concert is called &#8216;Creativity and Communality,&#8217; and it&#8217;s an opportunity for us to showcase new drums, new costumes and some new dances,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>OMADDE formed in 2003, with the purchase of 15 drums, hand-carved from tweneboa, a Ghanaian cedar tree.<\/p>\n<p>Concert tickets are $5 and available by calling the UM Box Office at 662-915-7511 or by visiting the Box Office in the Ole Miss Student Union from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on OMADDE, call Dor 662-915-7269. For assistance related to a disability, call 662-915-7268. 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