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Magnolia Street String Band
Magnolia Street String Band started in 2013 as an informal project among some friends, meeting and picking in Highland Park, NJ. Originally there was a cellist. And no banjo. In the summer of 2013, they stumbled into a booking for a local festival…
Bobby Baxmeyer - Dobro
Magnolia Street String Band’s Bobby Baxmeyer on dobro, a stringed instrument used in traditional bluegrass music.
Raíces Roots Music Concert Series - Magnolia Street String Band
Members of Magnolia Street String Band share their talents and knowledge of traditional bluegrass music with audience members at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series in 2018.
American Bluegrass
Magnolia Street String band performs a medley of traditional American bluegrass songs from throughout the genre’s history while educating the audience about the history of this folkloric music style. This performance was part of the Raíces Roots…
Matthew Backes - Mandolin
Magnolia Street String Band’s Matthew Backes on mandolin. Matthew is also a historian, focusing on the history of bluegrass music.
Grupo Senzala
Capoeira Senzala in a group photo with Raíces Cultural Center Co-founder and Archive Curator Nicole Wines after their performance at the 2018 Raíes Roots Music Concert Series.
Capoeira Senzala
Capoeira Senzala, Raíces Roots Music Concert Series, Highland Park, NJ, 7/14/2018
Raíces Roots Music Concert Series - Mestre Zumbi & Grupo Senzala
Capoeira Senzala in a group photo with Raíces Cultural Center Director Francisco G. Gomez after their performance at the 2018 Raíes Roots Music Concert Series.
Encore - Playing Capoeira
In an encore to their presentation at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series, Capoeira Senzala invited their students in attendance to come up on stage and “play”.
Taking a Bow
Capoeira Senzala taking a bow at the end of their July 2018 concert at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series in Highland Park, NJ.
Sharing Gratitude, Sharing Culture
Mestre Zumbi and Francisco G. Gómez exchange words and gestures of affection and gratitude for the opportunity to collaborate on sharing the cultural traditions of capoeira from Brazil at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018.
Mestre Zumbi
Mestre Zumbi of Capoeira Senzala giving thanks to the audience, organizers and fellow performers at their presentation at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series July 2018 in Highland Park, NJ.
Student Sharing
Students in the Capoeira Senzala school were invited to share with the audience at the groups performance during the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018.
Sharing Capoeira
Capoeira is more than a martial art or dance, it is a community and way of life that builds character and guides its practitioners with a set of values. Students are requested to share what they have learned with the community.
Capoeira is Community
Mestre Zumbi of Capoeira Senzala invites students and youth capoeiristas to the stage to share about their own experiences with capoeira.
Samba with Capoeira Senzala
Samba, like other variations of the Afro-Brazilian capoeira tradition, is rooted in song, drum and dance and is often practiced in a circle.
Samba - In the Roda
Capoeira Senzala’s Mestre Zumbi introduced all forms of dance, music and song presenting in their concert as variations of capoeira, as they come from the same roots and share similar elements, such as samba dance in a circle, or roda, like in…
Capoeira Senzala - Drummers
Drummers performing with Capoeira Senzala in July 2018 at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series in Highland Park, NJ
Samba
Capoeira Senzala performs the samba tradition at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018, adding the element of theatrical narrative to their performance.
Capoeira Senzala - Samba
Capoeira Senzala demonstrates the evolution of the samba tradition by adding the element theatrical narrative to their presentation of samba dance, rhythms and songs at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series in July 2018.
Samba Fight
Sapulha Senzala “stabbed” in a samba fight during Capoeira Senzala’s Raíces Roots Music Concert Series performance in July 2018.
“Fight to the Death”
Capoeira Senzala illustrates the evolution of the samba tradition by adding the element of theater and theatrical narrative to their samba performance at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series in July 2018.
A Stabbing
Capoeira Senzala’s Sapulha Senzala is “stabbed” by Levi Cacique de Ramos Guerrero in a choreographed narrative samba dance dramatizing a fight and stabbing.
Stabbed
Capoeira Senzala members Sapulha Senzala and Levi Cacique de Ramos Guerrero choreographed a narrative samba dance dramatizing a fight and stabbing.
A Challenge
Capoeira Senzala shares the Afro-Brazilian tradition of Samba in Highland Park, NJ as part of the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018, adding a dramatic flare as the dance tells a story.