Bobi is coming!

Bobi and her band will be on stage this Friiday!

Following up a night of Irish music with Afro-Cuban sounds pretty awesome – here’s more from Jan at the Community Theatre:

“Funkloric” Musical Evening in Friday Harbor!

One of the leading female voices of Afro-Cuban culture brings her “funkloric” rhythms to San Juan Community Theatre on Friday, March 18.

Bobi Céspedes and her five-piece band featuring guitar, bass, drums, percussion, and trumpet/piano, perform on the Whittier stage at 7:30 p.m.

Céspedes is not only an acclaimed folkloric songwriter, dancer and percussionist but she is also an accomplished recording artistic, storyteller, lecturer and cultural arts teacher (she will present a workshop for Friday Harbor 4th – 6th grade students earlier in the day of her concert).

For over 40 years Céspedes has been directly involved in the preservation and teaching of the Afro-Cuban culture and traditions.  She sings in three languages:  English, Spanish and Lucumi, the mother tongue of the descendants of the Yorubas of West Africa in Cuba.  She makes and plays a variety of folkloric percussion instruments, including the Chekere, a beautiful beaded calabash gourd.

Céspedes’ Northwest appearance is partially funded through a grant from the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Business Partner for Bobi Céspedes’ appearance is Kings Market. Concert tickets are $24 for adults, $12 for student reserved, with $5 RUSH at the door.  A  Coho dinner/theatre package is also available–Coho Restaurant will be serving a special Afro-Cuban menu that evening.  The package is only available via the SJCT box office.  The box office is open Tuesdays through Fridays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets are also available on-line at www.sjctheatre.org

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