Wamidan on the Road
Wamidan Artistic Director David Akombo took the College's world music ensemble on the road again Tuesday, this time to provide entertainment at the Crawfordsville High School Art Show. The event marked the last of six off-campus performances before the group's Spring Concert April 11.
Crawfordsville High School student Julia Beck joins the African dance.
Professor Akombo teaches CHS student Logan Everett and friends the dance for Mbombela, an African song played by the ensemble.
Bernard Meyer (right) joins Taz Ahmed on the drums. Myer, from South Africa, also led the group's gumboot dance number.
Shelby Hoover (left) and Savannah Weliver are two of several CHS students who are members of Wamidan, the College's world music ensemble.
CHS student and Wamidan member Caity Charles and Bernard Meyer finish the gumboot dance.
Taz Ahmed instructs a CHS student on the madinda, a Ugandan xylophone.
Shelby Hoover plays an African rain song on the madinda.
Steve Hernandez and CHS student and Wamidan member Alix Hudson join Taz Ahmed on a Bangladeshi drumming piece.
Professor Akombo invites the CHS audience to join the dance.
Bernard Meyer and Steve Charles join Taz Ahmed for the Bangladeshi drumming number.
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Taz Ahmed relaxes after the performance. This is the last year in Wamidan for the Wabash senior, who will leave for Cornell University in the fall to pursue his doctorate in chemistry.