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Caravan World Rhythms Society

Mission Statement

Caravan World Rhythms, founded in 2000, is a non-profit charitable organizations whose mission is:

* To provide high-quality, engaging live cultural entertainment with artists from a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds

* To increase the general public's understanding of the different traditions of music and dance.

* To provide the public with the experience of "spirit" that underlies the expression of tradition-based music and dance

* To provide talented local world musicians and dancers more opportunities for exposure and integration into the local art scene.

* To develop new ways for audiences to participate in cultural events, sharing in the experience of music making and movement.

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Saturday Nov 28, 8:00pm

CD-Release Concert

RAKISH ANGLES

With Special Guests

Doug Cox & Celso Machado

Heritage Playhouse Theatre, Gibsons (Sunshine Coast)

Tickets $15 advance / $20 at the door

Available at Gaia's Fair Trade Gifts,

MELOmania, and Windsong Gallery

Info: 604-741-2935

Blending stringband tradition and contemporary composition, the Rakish Angles weave an intricate tapestry of instrumental "Oldtime/Latin/Gypsy-Grass" music. The quartet is composed of Serena Eades (fiddle), Dan (guitar), Simon Hocking (mandolin), and Boyd Norman (bass). Special guests for the groups 1st CD-Release concert include Brazilian guitar master Celso Machado, slide-guitarist Doug Cox, and keyboard player/singer Anna Lumiere.

For more on the group, visit

WWW.RAKISHANGLES.COM

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Sunday, December 6, 8:30pm

CHIWONISO

& Special Guests ZIMBAMOTO

Red Room (Richards & Hastings)

Tickets $20 advance / $25 at the door.

On Sale Online HERE (see button to the right), or at Highlife (Commercial Drive), Sophia Books (Hastings @ Richards), and Rufus Guitars (Alma @ 10th Ave.)

Zimbabwe's Chiwoniso performs entrancing and uplifting songs with ancient soul and modern spirit. Backed by the mesmerizing interlocking melodies of the mbira and the deep grooves of an all-star lineup featuring some of Zimbabwe and South Africa's top musicians, Chiwoniso's voice resounds with defiant strength and profound tenderness. With a sound that recalls the fire of Angelique Kidjo, the inspiration of Oliver Mtukudzi, the rebellion of Thomas Mapfumo and the soul of India.Aire, Chiwoniso is one of the most exciting talents in African music today.

www.chiwoniso.com

Opening for Chiwoniso, is Vancouver's own Zimbabwean music maestro, Kurai Mubaiwa, and his band Zimbamoto.

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UPCOMING EVENTS 2010

- Feb 7: Masters of Persian Music

- April 6: Les Yeux Noirs

- April 24: Mighty Popo

- April 30: Anoushka Shankar

And more to come!!