{"id":2280,"date":"2012-02-24T13:05:18","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T18:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/blog\/?p=2280"},"modified":"2012-03-01T13:16:46","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T18:16:46","slug":"afro-caribbean-workshop-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2012\/02\/afro-caribbean-workshop-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Afro Caribbean Workshop today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2284\" title=\"Jorge Arce with Puerto Rican percussion instruments\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/JorgeArce_instruments.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jorge Arce performs twice today at  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/lowe\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Lowell National Historical Park<\/a>.\u00a0 At 3:00 pm, Arce\u00a0gives an Afro Caribbean workshop as part of the park&#8217;s Kids&#8217; Week activities.\u00a0 Tis evening at 7:00 p.m., he performs for the  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/lowe\/historyculture\/lowell-folklife-series.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Lowell Folklife Series <\/a>in the Visitor Center theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Expect an interactive experience featuring music, dance, lore, and stories steeped in the African ancestry of Puerto Rican culture. Try your hand with a Puerto Rican percussion instrument. Learn how to move to the beats of <em>bomba<\/em> and <em>plena<\/em>. Be surprised by two carnival masqueraders wearing typcial vejigante masks of the season.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2294\" title=\"Vejigante with Loiza style maks\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/vejigante.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2292\" title=\"Finale with audience participation\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/JorgeArce_stage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jorge Arce performs twice today at Lowell National Historical Park.\u00a0 At 3:00 pm, Arce\u00a0gives an Afro Caribbean workshop as part of the park&#8217;s Kids&#8217; Week activities.\u00a0 Tis evening at 7:00 p.m., he performs for the Lowell Folklife Series in the Visitor Center theatre. 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