Join us at the Bankhead theater as we present Julia Chigamba and the AMAZING Chinyakare ensemble as LSOD dance students showcase various dance styles during their Mardi Gras Dance Extravaganza at the Bankhead theater. This will be an unique opportunity for Cheza Nami Foundation to show off a beautiful African cultural performance to young dance enthusiasts and their families with the help of the very talented Chinyakare ensemble. We are especially excited about this guest performance as it helps us with our efforts of bringing more African cultural programming to the Tri-Valley. If you would like to support local youth dancers and see the Chinyakare ensemble perform, please see the link below to purchase tickets. 

Date: January 11th, 2013

Where: Bankhead Theater

2400 1st Street Livermore, CA 94550

Program starts at 7pm.

Link  for more information about the Chinyakare Ensemble
Link to Purchase tickets

Join us on December 29th, 2012, 3-6pm at the Bothwell Arts Center in Livermore for an Afternoon of conversation, arts, music, and an African Drum circle as we usher in 2013. Purchase your ticket early for this family friendly event and check out our flyer for more information.

Jayson Fann of Big Sur Spirit Garden will be joining us tomorrow at the Livermore Community Drum Circle and we couldn't be happier!! If you missed our first drum circle last week, you have to join us tomorrow to learn some new rhythms and pick up a few African dance moves. What's more, the drum circle is free and is fun for the entire family!! What more could you ask for? Grab some dinner if you need to and come on over. We hope see you there!  
 
Jayson Fann is a musician, visual artist, director, producer and multi-cultural arts consultant. Jayson performs, designs and produces hundreds of concerts and educational programs annually celebrating cultural diversity . His work has taken him around the world many times to direct a diverse range of artistic projects in Europe, African, Haiti, Cuba and Brazil. Jayson has taught and served as a special consultant for California State University Monterey Bay, San Francisco State University, The Esalen Institute, Centro d’Ompio International Center for Holistic Studies as well as many other schools and centers internationally. His work has been featured in many prestigious publications such as the London Guardian, BBC, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times, Conde Naste European Travel Magazine, Sunset Magazine and many others world wide.