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Minds Wide Open: Harp Recital and The African Drum

Presented by Courthouse Galleries at Courthouse Galleries

March 13, 2010

The Courthouse Galleries will be celebrating women in the arts throughout the month of March. Two performance groups will hold the spotlight. Hye-Yun Chung Bennett will open with a harp performance followed by her students' recitals on the harp. Following the harp recital at 2:00pm, the performance art group Atumpan -The Talking Drums, will perform live music and dancing in THE AFRICAN DRUM: Woman's Creation, explaining traditional West African dances, drumming, and rhythms,...More

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