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Brazilian Carnival! - 2011

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,018
Project of
Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative Legacy Grant SFY 2010 - SFY 2011
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Le Sueur
Waseca
Le Sueur
Waseca
Project Overview

Batucada do Norte, a Brazilian samba drumming group, played for a large group of people and brought enough drums and other rhythm instruments so that each of the kids present could play something.

Project Details
  • Date:  Monday, 6/24/11 7pm
  • Locations:  Waseca Le Sueur Regional Library (Attendance = 85-90)  
  • Partner Organization(s):  Friends of the Waseca Public Library
  • Partner Organization(s) Contribution/Role in the Program:  Friends of the Waseca Public Library - coordinated the program. 
  • Program Outputs: What an incredibly fun night!!    Due to the larger band size, we held the event outside.  Glad it was a nice night.  The drums were so loud!  We drew some listeners from around the neighborhood.  The band brought a plethora of drums and rhythm instruments.  (They had enough for the70+ kids in attendance plus some adults to play).  Each section of the band played a different rhythm and when they combined all of the sections, the sound was great.  Once we got the kids to put their instruments down, they got into dancing and learning basic samba moves. Upon questioning children as they left, the event most (80%) could, or, were willing to show me a few samba steps.  A higher percentage (98%), were able and willing to drum their rhythm for me!
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,018
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Measurable Outcomes may be collected by survey, anecdotal responses, pre-test/post-test, observations; Describe proposed end user change in Behavior, Attitude, Skills, Knowledge, Condition and/or Status.

  • By the end of the evening, those in attendance should be able to do a combination of recognizing samba rhythm, dancing a simple samba, and/or beat a samba rhythm on the drum.
Measurable Outcome(s)

The kids learned basic samba drumming, basic samba dance steps and were able to sample Brazilian mangoes.

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