17067: Wilcken: VODOU DRUM AND DANCE GROUP PERFORMS DAY OF THE DEAD ON NOVEMBER 15 IN BROOKLYN (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Lois E Wilcken <makandal-ny@juno.com>

For immediate release

Contact:  Lois Wilcken, 718-953-6638, makandal-ny@juno.com

VODOU DRUM AND DANCE GROUP PRESENTS RISING SUN: DAY OF THE DEAD ON
NOVEMBER 15 IN BROOKLYN

La Troupe Makandal, New York's center for Afro-Haitian drum and dance,
presents Part One (Day of the Dead) of Rising Sun: a Vodou Drama of Death
and Rebirth in Three Parts.  Day of the Dead celebrates Gede (pronounced
Gay-day), the eternal figure in black, the trickster who confounds life
and death, the cosmic comedian.  Meet Gede's family:  Mama Bridget, the
first Vodou woman; Pretty Boy, who flirts with the President; Gede the
Spider, who weaves destiny; and Baron Samdi, the quintessential corpse.
Drumming and song arrangements by award-winning Master Drummer Frisner
Augustin—"a spectacular drummer," according to the New York Times.
Choreography by Director of Dance and former Groupe RAM member Mikerline
Pierre.  Admission at the door: $15 general, $10
students/seniors/members; $5 children.  Reservations recommended:
718-953-6638; makandal-ny@juno.com

Date and place:
Saturday, 15 November, 8 pm
South Oxford Space, 138 South Oxford Street between Atlantic Avenue and
Hanson Place

Transportation:
Take the Brooklyn-bound local C to Lafayette Avenue.  Exit at the South
Oxford Street/Hanson Place stair.  Walk about 7 doors up from Hanson
Place to 138 South Oxford Street
or
Take the 2, 3, 4, 5, Q, W, N, R, to the Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street
stop; or the LIRR to Flatbush Avenue.  Exit at Hanson Place.  Walk along
Hanson Place toward the shopping mall 5 blocks to the traffic light, then
make a right onto South Oxford Street.  South Oxford Space is on your
right.
or
Take the G train to Fulton Street.  Walk 2 blocks up Fulton Street to
South Oxford Street, then make a right onto South Oxford.  Cross Hanson
Place.  South Oxford Space is on the right about 7 doors up from Hanson
Place.

Take the B25, B26, B38, B44, or B52 buses.  Call 718-330-1234 for further
information about bus routes.

Call 718-953-6638 or email makandal-ny@juno.com for information about
road travel.

Support from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National
Endowment for the Arts has made this program possible.