End of Summer Fair: Bomba Music & Dance Workshop

Program Type:

Arts, Movies & Performances, Music & Concerts

Age Group:

All ages, Families
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Program Description

Event Details

Family celebration includes face painting, lawn games, refreshments, a selfie station and a workshop about Puerto Rican bomba music, where you’ll learn about its rhythm styles, traditional, hand-crafted instruments and costumes, typical storytelling songs and basic dance steps.

Bomba is a Puerto Rican music genre that emerged 400 years ago from the colonial plantations where West African enslaved people and their descendants worked.

All ages.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Friends-Sponsored

This program is brought to you by the generous support of the Friends of the Ferguson Library.