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Flyer for Raícitas Youth Program Bomba Dance, Drum and Music Classes.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Families are invited to learn, make music, dance and sing together. Participants learn the songs, dances, rhythms, music, traditions, history, art and…

Flyer for Raícitas Youth Program Creative Expressions Writing Circle.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
All young writers grades six and up are invited to join Raíces volunteer Emily Gibbons every Friday at 4:30pm for the Creative Expressions Writing…

From 2009-2010, Raíces Cultural Center held classes at the Hub City Teen Center in New Brunswick. Classes were held for children and adults. Participants learned the folkloric traditions of the Caribbean in dance, music and song. Almost one…

Flyer for Raícitas Youth Program Family Arts and Culture Workshops, a weekly series of dance, music, song and culture workshops for children and families to participate in together.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Families are invited to learn, make music,…

Raícitas Youth Program participants who registered for full program cycles had the opportunity to rehearse and perform with the Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble at community events and presentations, as well as student performances during Raíces…

Raícitas Youth Program dance class held at the Hub City Teen Center in New Brunswick, NJ. Students pictured here are learning about picoteos, or piquetes, which are movements used in bomba dance to converse with the drum.

All Raícitas share what they learn at community events, open houses, family performances and cultural festivals. These Raícitas presented the history and meaning of bomba.

Participant in the Raícitas Youth Program and Family Arts Day proudly displaying her Day of the Dead arts and crafts.