Over April vacation, kids got a lesson on Brazilian culture and music that had all ages moving to the beat!
Grooversity brought their Brazilian percussion program to Nevins Library’s Great Hall. The trio taught the crowd about the Samba (Brazil’s most famous dance) and the Brazilian language of Portuguese. They also shared a pair of drums favored by Brazilian musicians: the deep and loud Surdo and the smaller rat-a-tat-tat of the Caixa.
By “turning sounds into beats,” young volunteers followed their leaders and banged away! The crowd helped by clapping along, then hopped up and turned the Great Hall into a dance hall!
The program was made possible thanks to the Methuen Cultural Council.
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- Volunteers (from left) Liorah Murachver, 5; Kennedy Johnson, 3; and Josephine Fernandez, 5, bang away!
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- Three-year-old Kai Adams waved his arms in sync with dance leader Isabella.
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- Damian Ramirez, 8, tries his hand at the drums with encouragement from Grooversity leader Shrek (also known as Marcus Santos). MethuenLife photos by Melissa Fili
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- Kyla Bouchrouche, 1½, claps along with help from her grandmother Maggie Bouchrouche.
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- Grown-ups got in on dancing to the beat and the kids went wild!
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- Gianna, 3, moves her feet to the beat with mom Yajaika.
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- Juliana Ortiz, 3, and her big sister Amilia shared drumming duty.
