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Other performances, like The Drummers of the Pan-African Dance and Music Ensemble’s “Drum Call,” were directly influenced by Haitian art. In one thrilling performance, Sidi M. Camara paced back and forth across the stage while he drummed with inexhaustible charisma. The piece was a medley of vigorous Haitian rhythms, displaying the vitality of Haitian culture. While watching the performance, one got the irrepressible feeling that the energy that animates Haitian culture is still alive and well. Edwidge Danticat, as quoted by Dean Evelyn M. Hammonds, said of the Haitian people...
...perform at these public benefits. Sillah said that what truly mattered was the artists’ desire to thank the world that supports them: “we’re doing this because we know this is a good cause and this is our way of giving back...
Elling, a lounge lizard with a pink pocket handkerchief and slicked-back hair, unquestionably played the role of entertainer and host throughout the night. He makes a point of arranging poems to transcribed musical improvisations, and he did not disappoint with a version of Robert Pinsky’s “The Broken City” set to Wayne Shorter’s haunting “They Speak No Evil.” His voice, a piercing jet of sound, flew over the jagged melodics, weaving them into a blindingly rapid melody, as Malone and Barron easily grounded...
Clearly, there was some illegal colluding going on between the players, which they defended as ‘gotcha back-ing’. For the next few turns, these two players began giving each other low-interest loans whenever the other was short on cash, helping each other build up houses and hotels, while giving each other safe havens...
...have been home sweet home for the Dartmouth ski team, but the Big Green didn’t seem to care, as it won its relocated home carnival by over 50 points, leaving ninth-place Harvard far back in its snowy wake in Stowe...