{"id":211,"date":"2013-09-24T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/?p=211"},"modified":"2013-09-24T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T11:00:00","slug":"october-5-3rd-annual-be-fit-through-west-african-drum-dance-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/october-5-3rd-annual-be-fit-through-west-african-drum-dance-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"October 5   3rd Annual &#8220;Be Fit&#8221; Through West African Drum &#038; Dance Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wonawomalan.com\/Wona_Womalan\/Welcome_files\/LogoFinalCut2.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"239\" data-src=\"http:\/\/wonawomalan.com\/Wona_Womalan\/Welcome_files\/LogoFinalCut2.jpg\" width=\"320\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 320px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 320\/239;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Wona Womalan West African Drum &amp; Dance Ensemble&nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>and Nia Productions  Inc.&nbsp;<\/b><b>will be hosting their&nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>3rd Annual &#8220;Be Fit&#8221; Through West African Drum  &amp; Dance Conference &nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span data-term=\"goog_434726438\" tabindex=\"0\"><span>Saturday, October 5, 2013<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Dance FX Charleston Dance Studio,&nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>635 Rutledge Ave #103, Charleston, SC.&nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\n<p>The focus of the conference is to expose residents of the lowcountry to traditional Malian, Ivory Coast and Guinean music, song, dance, folklore and drum while getting them physically fit. Moreover, we will focus on heart health and longevity while having fun.<\/p>\n<p><b>WORKSHOPS<\/b><br \/>This will be a full day of workshops, from <span data-term=\"goog_434726439\" tabindex=\"0\"><span>10am-5:30pm<\/span><\/span>,  that will be taught by internationally renowned artists from Mali,  Ivory Coast and Guinea.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Participants will get to participate in dances  that are the predecessors of the Gullah people and understand its  connection. &nbsp;The classes are $12 in advance.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>A children&#8217;s only dance workshop will be at <span data-term=\"goog_434726440\" tabindex=\"0\"><span>10:00am<\/span><\/span>. Children will learn traditional dances. Children&#8217;s specific class is $5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>CONCERT<\/b><br \/>The concert &#8220;Traditions of Africa Relived&#8221; will feature original and  authentic pieces of dance, drum and song from Mali, Ivory Coast and  Guinea. The concert will feature Charleston&#8217;s own West African Dance  Ensemble, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wonawomalan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wona Womalan<\/a> and teaching guest artists.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The concert will be  at Physicians Auditorium on the College of Charleston&#8217;s Campus at 66  George St. The cost is $15 in advance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>For additional information, full schedule, register and pay for classes visit <a href=\"http:\/\/wonawomalan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">wonawomalan.com<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wona Womalan West African Drum &amp; Dance Ensemble&nbsp; and Nia Productions Inc.&nbsp;will be hosting their&nbsp; 3rd Annual &#8220;Be Fit&#8221; Through West African<\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a class=\"myButt \" href=\"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/october-5-3rd-annual-be-fit-through-west-african-drum-dance-conference\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1600,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,20,26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1600"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}