An article in the Western Front

WWU's student newspaper has written another feature about our work. you can read it here.

Spring Quarter

Our regular practices will be held on Mondays from 5:30 to 7:30 in the MultiPurpose Room of the Viking Union: bring shoes and pants you feel comfortable moving in, and come prepared to spend at least some time being upside down!

All experience levels are always welcome!

We are also meeting on Saturdays (including tomorrow) specifically to focus on learning the music and songs associated with capoeira. Given the forecast of rain for tomorrow, we will meet at the Whatcom Peace and Justice Center, at the north end of downtown: the address is 1220 Bay Street, close to the intersection of Bay and Holly Street. we will have (some) instruments to provide.

A journalist from the Western Front came to see our Saturday music practices, and took some pictures. Here's one:

A few dates to look out for: 

-we will be having a roda at the African - Caribbean culture night on Saturday April 27th 

- On Sunday May 5th, Community to Community is sponsoring a Farmworker march that will end at Maritime Heritage Park. Participate, and perhaps join in a roda at the march's end!

- We will be having a performance/roda at the WWU event Cabaret on May 18th

-The Folklife festival in Seattle will be memorial day weekend. there will be a roda there with members of FICA and other capoeiristas!

-This year's Afro-Brasilian Festival is scheduled for June 2nd.

Join us in our 7th annual Community Supported Justice potluck as we honor the legacy of Cesar Chavez and the work of Community to Community Development (C2C). This year, we will be honoring the work of Columbia Legal Services and Executive Director, Aurora Martin, our keynote speaker. More than ever before, C2C needs the support of the community as we move into a critical year for immigration, economic, gender and racial justice. Help us fund the movement at the grassroots, raise awareness and build community! Don’t miss this opportunity to continue the legacy of Cesar Chavez! Aurora Martin is the Director of Columbia Legal Services (CLS), a statewide non-profit civil legal services program whose mission is to achieve social and economic justice for low-income people in Washington State. Among the many communities CLS serves, the program has a long history of serving farm workers and immigrant working families across Washington to ensure the protection and advancement of equal justice and opportunity for all. Aurora has worked to recruit farm worker attorneys to her program. In addition, she has worked with Community to Community on cooperative development for local farm worker women and a pilot project with Heritage University Latino farm worker and Yakama nation students to develop a community program intended to foster public service, entrepreneurship and leadership in the Yakima Valley. Friday, March 29th, 5:30-7:30 pm St. Luke’s Community Health Education Center 3333 Squalicum Pkwy., Bellingham, WA COST: A healthy potluck dish and $5 solidarity donation. DESSERT WILL BE PROVIDED by Las Margaritas www.foodjustice.org for more information

UPDATE: visit by Mestre Cobra Mansa

Bom dia! as winter quarter comes to a close, a few announcements. 1) we WILL be training next monday, March 18th, at 5:30 in the Lounge of the Fairhaven commons. 2) we are continuing to meet on Saturdays to play music at the Whatcom Peace and Justice Center, at the corner of Bay and Holly. 3) Next quarter we will be back to train in the MPR at the Viking Union 4) Mestre Cobra Mansa, the founder of the International Capoeira Angola Foundation, and easily one of the most important living Mestres of Capoeira Angola will be in Seattle, Olympia and Portland on March 22 - 26. This is a very exciting opportunity that does not happen often! The schedule is below: MARCH 22 SEATTLE/ UNION CULTURAL CENTER 803 SOUTH KING ST/INT.DISTRICT/ SEATTLE, WA 98118 -capoeira angola roda: 7 to 9pm MARCH 23 UNION CULTURAL CENTER -10am to 12pm - capoeira angola workshop -1pm to 2:30pm - lecture / roots of capoeira angola -2:30pm to 4:30pm - capoeira angola workshop -4:30pm - roda please, for the workshops bring your own berimbau MARCH 24 OLYMPIA/ EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE 2700 EVERGREEN PKWY NW OLYMPIA, WA 98505 THE EVENT WILL BE AT THE LONGHOUSE -10am to 12pm : capoeira angola workshop -1pm to 2pm :lecture- permaculture in brazil -4pm : capoeira angola workshop and roda EVENT INVESTMENT: $20 per class $50 for the weekend MARCH 25/ 26 PORTLAND, OREGON Monday, March 25th Capoeira Angola Workshop - 5:30 to 7:30 pm ($20) Welcome Roda! - 7:30 to 9:00 pm (All are welcome to come play.) Tuesday, March 26th Morning Training - 7:00-9:00 am ($20) Capoeira Angola Workshop - 5:30 to 7:30 pm ($20) Presentation from Mestre Cobra Mansa: Searching for the roots of Capoeira - 8:00 to 9:30 pm ($10) $60 for all Portland Workshops. Please RSVP, as space is limited!

Winter Quarter; and a visit By Mestre Cobra Mansa!

During winter quarter 2013 we are continuing to practice in the Lounge of the Fairhaven Commons on Mondays from 5:30 to 7:30; we have also been having music sessions on Saturday mornings starting from 11:15 or so at the Whatcom Peace and Justice Center, at the corner of Bay and Holly. And now for a few special events!

1) Mestre Rene, from ACANNE (Associacao de Capoeira Navio Negreiro) will be in seattle the weekend of February 15th and 16th. the detail of the schedule is below.

 

FRIDAY / FEB 15 : Open Roda - 7 TO 9PM

SATURDAY/ FEB 16 : capoeira angola workshop - 11am to 1pm
capoeira angola music class - 2pm to 3pm
"bring your own berimbau"
capoeira angola open roda - 3pm to 5pm

SATURDAY 7PM : CELEBRATION WITH SEATTLE FANDANGO PROJECT

SUNDAY / FEB 17 : capoeira angola workshop 10am to 12pm
discussion with mestre rene 1pm to 2pm
"acanne and capoeira angola
in brasil, working with kids and youths"

OPEN RODA WITH WHITE CLOTHES 3pm to 5pm

ALL THE CLASSES AND RODAS WILL BE AT

UNION CULTURAL CENTER

803 SOUTH KINS ST/SEATTLE/WA/98104

206 669 0273

workshop fees: $20 per class OR $50 for the weekend
to register please contact:
silvioaleixo@hotmail.com
206 669 0273

 

2) Mestre Cobra Mansa will be in Seattle from March 22nd to the 26th. Details are still TBA, but he will certainly participate in the festival of afro-brasilian arts at the Evergreen State College the weekend of March 23rd and 24th.

A calendar for fall quarter!

Mark your calendars!

Mestre Silvinho is planning to come train with us on the weekend of October 13th and 14th. Workshops will start at 4pm on Saturday in the Fairhaven Commons Lounge at Fairhaven College, on the south end of WWU's campus. On Sunday, workshops will start at 9:30 am.
Mestre will be back on the weekend of november 16th to the 18th. He will also come to Bellingham on tuesday, november 6th to give a guest lecture in WWU's "movement and culture" class.

Criss, one of M. Silvinho's students will join us for our Monday practices on Oct. 15th, Nov 4th and Dec 3rd.

Also, Sunday Dec. 2nd is the tentative date for FICA Northwest's annual gathering at the studio in Seattle, with the presence of Mestre Jurandir!

Vamos vadiar n'angola, n'angola vamos vadiar...

Welcome back!

We are happy to start training again with the start of the school year at WWU! Our regular practices will start again on Monday Octobet 1st. We will always train on Mondays from 5:30 to 7:30 in the Fairhaven Commons Lounge at Fairhaven College, on the south side of the WWU campus. Practices are free and open to the public. Bring comfortable shoes and pants you feel comfortable moving in- and be prepared to be upside down! Also, mark Nov 4th on your calendar: the second annual FICA Northwest gathering will be held in Seattle!