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LEGACY: BROTHERS OF KUUMBA REUNION CONCERT
Singing is my thing. It’s my passion, so anytime I can do it and do it well, I feel like I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing. Whether I am singing with the Opportunes, Kuumba, the Mariachis, or even alone, I sing from the heart, and I’m happy. And that’s only half the story. Specifically referring to the performance of Mexican music, what has inspired me these last few years has been people’s reactions. Besides my parents, or my friends...
...after performing with the Opportunes for about a year, I quit because the extensive time commitment didn’t allow me to pursue other interests—mainly my dream of starting a Mariachi band here at school. I subsequently began singing, and continue to sing, with the Kuumba Singers. Singing with this group has been one the most fulfilling experiences I’ve had at Harvard...
...most inspired group on Campus is an organization called the Kuumba Singers of Harvard College. In my opinion, everyone should join Kuumba— or at least attend one concert before they graduate. It’s this huge diverse group of beautiful and talented people who sing to celebrate Black Creativity and Spirituality. There’s no auditions, no competition, no cliques, no negativity, just music...
Last weekend, the College seemed a lot like a college. You know the place where everyone says you have “the best four years of your life”? Harvard was that place. The campus had a pulse: concerts by Busta Rhymes and Kuumba, Eleganza and the Freshman Musical, an ’80s dance in Leverett and a Black Men’s Forum party in Dunster, and Springfest. As a college, we had fun; it was the kind of weekend that goads a giddy sense of school pride, and it happened here at Harvard...