All Around This World Philadelphia announces an exciting collaboration with International House, one of Philadelphia’s premier hubs of international cultural programming, to offer interactive, informative and FUN hands-on cultural workshops for families with small kids. Programs will be 2pm the first Saturday of every month, starting November 1st.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1: HANDS-ON BOMBA WORKSHOP FOR FAMILIES WITH SMALL KIDS

Everyone will love drumming, humming and dancing with the Puerto Rican bomba rythms and chants of drummer, performer, singer and educator Alberto Pagán-Ramírez.

DATE: Saturday, November 1st, 2014
TIME: 2pm. (approximately 45 minutes)
LOCATION: International House Philadelphia, 3701 Chestnut Street in West Philly
COST: $5 per person 2 years and up, at most $15 per family. International House Members FREE.
AGES: Appropriate for families with children from infants to 8 years old.

Upcoming workshops

— December 6, Samba drumming with PhillyBloco’s Jay Beck
— January 3: Capoeira!
— February 7: Malian drumming with Ira Bond
— March 7: Dende (Afro-Brazilian drumming)
— April 4: African dance and movement with Adwoa Tacheampong
— May 2: Bhangra dancing!
— June 6: tabla with Daniel Ando Scholnick

About International House:

“International House Philadelphia has a critical three-fold mission: to maintain a diverse and welcoming community for scholars from around the world, while introducing them to the American experience; to broaden the horizons of its residents and the Greater Philadelphia community through high quality international arts and humanities programs; and to encourage understanding, respect, and cooperation among the people of all nations.”

Due to some unexpected twists and turns the All Around This World weekly webcast program is going to start in full this summer rather than this spring as originally planned–exact start dates will come soon. Part of the delay has to do with the fact that All Around This World has decided to birth an international holiday and needs to focus on making it great. 

WHAT!?!? An INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY?????

Yes. All the music-meet-holiday excitement of AATW’s nearly daily Song-a-day webcasts has inspired Jay to go even further off the deep end. 

So, introducing . . . 

<H2>INTERNATIONAL MAKE YOUR OWN INSTRUMENT DAY!</H2>

What is International Make Your Own Instrument Day?

International Make Your Own Instrument Day is a modern musical holiday for everyone–cross-cultural, participatory, inventively fun.

To celebrate this holiday you will MAKE YOUR OWN INSTRUMENT in any way, shape or form, and enjoy playing it tremendously. The instrument can be a simulated “real” instrument–a drum made from a storage bin, a guitar-like broomstick using rubber band strings–or you can create something entirely new. You may play your instrument by yourself in your living room or in an arena with thousands of other friends who have also made their own instruments. You may have just a little fun, but you will probably have a lot.

When is International Make Your Own Instrument Day?
The official holiday will take place on JUNE 21st–the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. Though shouldn’t every day be make your own instrument day?

Learn more about International Make Your Own Instrument Day here.

So many exciting things happened in the AATW world this summer, and I look forward to sharing the results of them with you this fall and beyond. One of the most exciting advances is that a multinational coalition of musical magicians, led by tabla master and revered guru Samir Chatterjee, finished final tracking for All Around This World: South and Central Asia, which will ultimately become a two CD set featuring 34 songs from all over the region, especially India. Samir called together phenomenal musicians from far and wide to create the easily enjoyable yet complexly layered music that will populate the CD. If you’re an educator in a home or school environment you will be able to have access to the AATW: South and Central Asia “classroom kit” in the spring. The rest of us … we have a huge springtime 2015 AATW: Africa release to wade through before we get there. But we’ll get there.

Hi friends . . . Taking the leap and starting to offer music classes by weekly webcast. LEARN MORE HERE.

Announcing All Around This World’s Weekly Webcast Classes for You and Your Kids

All Around This World’s unique, inspiring world music and global cultures classes for little kids (0-9 years-old) and their families will soon be available to you, wherever you are, LIVE each week, beamed right to your computer via webcast.

Jay Sand, founder and lead teacher of All Around This World, will soon start offering his one-of-a-kind world music and global cultures program for your family or school classroom to enjoy.  

Each weekly AATW webcast class will be approximately 40 minutes long and will consist of interactive songs, dances and cultural experiences from the inventive All Around This World curriculum. These will be classes intended for parents/caregivers to enjoy with their little children and teachers to enjoy with their preschool or daycare students. Don’t just stick those little ones in front of the screen! This is a time to sing and dance together.

Live classes will take place Thursday mornings but the video will be available for your singing, dancing and learning pleasure several times throughout the week. Now, no matter where you live, you can explore global music and cultures with into your family, playgroup, daycare/preschool/kindergarten/lower elementary school classroom or community group. Hurrah!

LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL AROUND THIS WORLD’S WEEKLY WEBCASTS.

Hi friends . . . Taking the leap and starting to offer music classes by weekly webcast. LEARN MORE HERE.

Announcing All Around This World’s Weekly Webcast Classes for You and Your Kids

All Around This World’s unique, inspiring world music and global cultures classes for little kids (0-9 years-old) and their families will soon be available to you, wherever you are, LIVE each week, beamed right to your computer via webcast.

Jay Sand, founder and lead teacher of All Around This World, will soon start offering his one-of-a-kind world music and global cultures program for your family or school classroom to enjoy.  

Each weekly AATW webcast class will be approximately 40 minutes long and will consist of interactive songs, dances and cultural experiences from the inventive All Around This World curriculum. These will be classes intended for parents/caregivers to enjoy with their little children and teachers to enjoy with their preschool or daycare students. Don’t just stick those little ones in front of the screen! This is a time to sing and dance together.

Live classes will take place Thursday mornings but the video will be available for your singing, dancing and learning pleasure several times throughout the week. Now, no matter where you live, you can explore global music and cultures with into your family, playgroup, daycare/preschool/kindergarten/lower elementary school classroom or community group. Hurrah!

LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL AROUND THIS WORLD’S WEEKLY WEBCASTS.

Nice news! All Around This World: Latin America is now officially a “Parents’ Choice Recommended Award Winner.” The Parents’ Choice Awards is “the nation’s oldest nonprofit program created to recognize quality children’s media.”

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Check out the Parents’ Choice Awards’ review of AATW: Latin America

— Check out this year’s other award winners.

— Learn about The All Around This World: Latin America CD.