Ashkenaz Dance and Community Center will host a benefit concert January 16, 8pm, for the victims of Hurricane tomas on the island of St. Lucia in the Caribbean. The concert will feature the music of ‘Koudmen’ and the ‘CSM Panhandlers Steel Orchestra’.Koudmen is a group of veteran Bay Area musicians who come mainly from the Kweyol-speaking islands of the Caribbean. These musicians are featured performers with local Caribbean bands in the likes of Shabang, Pan Exstasy, Tropical Vibrations and the Harmonics.
Members include Harry Best (St. Lucia), Peter Best (St. Lucia), Benjamin Glasgow (St. Lucia), Rasmo (Dominica), Bernard George (Dominica), Clayton Hazel (Dominica), Dilly George (Dominica), Andrew Charles (Barbados), Cliff Manswell (Trinidad&Tobago) and Ashton Craig (Trinidad&Tobago). Their musical repertoire is a mix of original and cover tunes with a decided emphasis on Kweyol lyrics in the Zouk genre.
The players agreed to come together for this special performance in support of the victims of Hurricane Tomas in St. Lucia, a member of the Kweyol-speaking family of Caribbean islands. ‘Koudmen’ is Kweyol for ‘helping hand’.
Also featured that evening is the award-winning CSM Panhandlers Steel Orchestra led by Jim Munzenrider, the top steelpan program in the Bay Area for over 20 years.
The Panhandlers will be performing some new music recorded recently for the upcoming CD.
A representative from the St. Lucia Ambassador’s office in Washington will also be on hand to give a note of thanks to those present.
We will be posting more details as they become available.
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