YOGA
Masimba Marimba
with Lilian Bianchi Honouring
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Lilian Bianchi has been teaching Yoga since 1982, in Rio de Janeiro, Vancouver, and in the Cowichan Valley for the past 20 years.
SPRING SESSION April 11-June 30
Marimba Dance: Spring to It!
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asimba Marimba is organizing a dance for you at the Mercury Theatre to share the joyful energy of our Africanbased music. We’ll play some of your favourites but also have some new songs for you. In addition, we are very happy that special guest Kurai Blessing Mubaiwa will join us again. A master musician and performer, he’ll entertain you and get everyone in the hall dancing. We play this music for a lot of reasons. It makes us happy, it makes other people happy, and it’s fun to work together. Also, we like to sing. Having words to many of the songs adds a lot of meaning to our enjoyment of them because they are soulful reminders of shared human experience—from light humour to deep suffering—and invite us to celebrate that experience together. The songs typically just sketch a story or theme in a call and response format, with the listener adding details. In Thomas Mapfumo’s “Ndave Kuenda”, the call says, “I’m out of here,” and the response says, “OK, so go” (lots of details to fill in). “Ndikutumbure” is a little more traditional and talks about removing a thorn from the foot of a traveller, about the importance of hospitality and helping others. “Yeukai” asks us to remember those
who have helped us become what we are today. “Zvichapera” asks when the suffering will end (many of the older songs refer to a time when people were very dependent on the land and the weather for their survival). “Taireva” simply says, “I told you” (the implication being that you didn’t listen at the time). Although we sing in Shona, one of the major languages of Zimbabwe, where much of our music is rooted, we’ll try to communicate something about the meaning of our songs as we play. Enjoy! The evening of the dance will start with our friends from Bopoma Marimba and will finish with a musical improvisation with Ted Wright on mbira and Chris Bertin on didgeridoo. As always, we give thanks to all our teachers, especially Ted Wright of Bopoma Community Music. Masimba Marimba Spring Dance, April 9 7pm Mercury Theatre, 331 Brae Rd, Duncan 250 748-9842
• Introductory, Intermediate and Ongoing levels • Gentle Yoga • Restorative Yoga • Breathing and Meditation Lilian is an honorary member of the International Federation of Yoga. Morning and Evening classes held at Namaste Yoga Studio and other locations in Duncan. Please call for a complete schedule and to register.
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