Watts Towers Festivals Trailer 2011
The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and the Friends of Watts Towers Arts Center are proud to present this annual two-day festival of music, drumming, drum circles, dancing, art exhibitions,
arts and crafts for sale, international food, and crafts activities for kids with free admission.
The Watts Towers Day of the Drum Festival and the Simon Rodia Watts Towers Jazz Festival welcomed more than 7,500 attendees in 2010. Held the last weekend in September every year at the Watts Towers and Charles Mingus Youth Arts Center, music lovers enjoyed an ethnically diverse free two-day program of live music, dancers, and drummers, by international and local professional performers.
Artistic Directors: Rosie Lee Hooks, Patrice Rushen, and Munyungo D. Jackson
Saturday , September 24 – Day of the Drum Program Schedule
Masters of Ceremonies: Ndugu Chancler and James Janisse
11 a.m. Cuauhtemoc Mexico Dance Group - A synthesis of pre-Columbian and contemporary music and dance in the
ancient Mexican tradition
12 p.m. Korean Classical Music & Dance Company - One of the best Salmunori performing groups in the U.S.A.
1 p.m. Ron Bruner Drummers for JC - Pushing drumming into new horizons
2 p.m. Charlo Eduardo & The Brazilian Beat - Bringing hot rhythms from Rio de Janeiro Carnival
3 p.m. Leon Mobley and “da Lion” - Traditional African American Music
4 p.m. Drum & Percussion Summit: Stevie Wonder’s Rhythm - Featuring Stanley Randolph, Fausto Cuevas, and Munyungo
Jackson; with Ron Bruner Sr. and Ron Bruner Jr.
Sunday, – September 25 – Jazz Festival Program Schedule
Masters of Ceremonies: Kamau Daaood and James Janisse
11 a.m. Alaadun - Yoruba ground blessing uniting all cultures based on common themes and principles
12 p.m. Presentations - Tribute to Mrs. Lillian Harkless Mobley and Annual Charles Mingus Awards
12:30 p.m. Adaawe - Seven dynamic and diverse women, creating rich organic music of the voice and drum, which comes from
the heart and speaks to the soul
1:30 p.m. Nedra Wheeler - Straight ahead jazz and blues
2:30 p.m. Patrice Rushen and the Jazz Mentorship Program Women All Stars
3:30 p.m. Horace Tabscott Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra - Celebrating 50 years of community arts
For more information of the Watts Towers Arts Center visit www.wattstowers.org