After spending the fall semester learning the dance and drum conga rhythms, the Thomas Jefferson Jaguars came up with an English-language version of the Cuban conga classic, “Yayabo”: You were always saying that the Jaguars would never play again/but the Jaguars are in the street/Looking good and sounding sweet/and our rhythm can’t be beat/Hey, hey, […]
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Making a Splash at Thomas Jefferson
Today Carnival Arts had a great first day at Thomas Jefferson Middle School. We had a conga session in the morning that was too intense to document — but here is some video from the starfish maskmaking session with Herve Norgues. Fish masks made by Miami Bridge youth with Damian Rojo.