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Friday, August 10, 2012
Students make it on WHSV!
Updated: Thu 10:49 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Students Visit an African Village in Staunton
STAUNTON,Va –- Students from the Stepping to Success enrichment program had the chance to visit a real African village thanks to the Frontier Culture Museum. They were able to perform African drum rhythms the village.
It was thanks to their instructor, Jona Masiya. Masiya is from Zimbabwe and he teaches African music at Shenandoah University.
The lessons the kids learned in Staunton connected them to cultures existing throughout the community.
“I think we are living now in a global village,” said Masiya. “The kids have to care about the culture next door. They have to care about what's happening in other countries because we have a lot of traveling that's going on now.”
He said learning the drums is actually very easy. It is all about observation, listening and imitation. Masiya said he can teach you to play the African drums so well that if you ever visited the country, you would be able to jump right into a drum circle.
The students just finished up a unit on Hispanic culture. The goal is to have them learn about cultures that will help with career and life opportunities.
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Massanutten Water Park & Lunch Celebration (Day five of week four)
Students got a behind the scene explanation of the water park before the park opened!
Students watching the WHSV video about their drum circle.
The program finished with lunch at Cici's Pizza in Harrisonburg, VA.
This was the first year of the Summer Enrichment Program by Purple & Gold Connections!
To get involved call 540-820-2464 or send an email to purpleandgold0@gmail.com
Spoken Word & African Music/Culture at the Frontier Cultural Museum (Day four of week four)
Students working on their "Spoken Word" assignment. 
They shared their work in small groups and started getting ready to head to the Frontier Cultural Museum.
Challenge Day & African Music/Culture (Day three of week four)
Solar Oven Smores
The materials available for students to pick during the Marshmallow & Egg challenges
Marshmallow Challenge- make the tallest structure out of noodles that can hold a marshmallow
Egg Challenge- Drop and egg from 5 ft without breaking it
Students watching a team test their strategy
The winning team made this- their eggs were save!
In the afternoon students continue learning how to play the Mbira & drums. They used the Shekere (shakers) to create a beat for students to express themselves. Watch this video....
Jona Masiya brought his family and showed students how he plays the drums with his two sons
A video of their short performance
Students also learned how to tune a drum and participated in a drum circle.
Drumming is a group learning experience.
Students got better and learned to follow directions within the drumming circle.
Students learned to play musical chairs to a different beat.
This concludes their last day of learning & practicing before going to the Frontier Cultural Museum to perform at the African Village!
African Music/Culture (Day two of week four)
Watch the students practice!
At the end of this lesson they cooled down by doing some breathing exercises...
Students got to put beads on their jugs to make Shekere (shakers)
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