Stream
and The Blue Dragons With
The Esfahan Dancers
Monday, May 3, 2004, 8:00 PM
Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring
10309 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD
$12 advance/$15 door
When did you last see a beautiful woman dance balancing a sword on her
head? When The Blue Dragons perform, you can expect it! The Blue Dragon
Band is a unique World Fusion band, located in the Washington, DC area,
that combines the fascinating rhythms of the Middle East, Africa and
Brazil with a pinch of jazz, a dollop of rai, and a scoop of ju-ju music.
Flutes 
and
other wind instruments,Turkish lute, bass, didgeridoos, and drums of
many kinds in shifting combinations join in joyous, dancing, original
melodies. It is so infectious that everyone wants to join in, and the
show usually ends with audience, dancers and musicians uniting in an
exuberant dance and percussion celebration. Swedish-born multi-instrumentalist
Stream Ohrstrom, (who once was part of the New York loft-scene), plays
bird-whistles, flutes, clarinets and an array of percussion. Behind
him, six versatile musicians groove on Turkish saz, dumbek, riq and
many other instruments - even soprano-sax and Stratocaster - played
by Dan Barbiero, Mark Cheater, Gordon "Gondor" Coupe, Dale
Hall, Jon Morfit, and David Saile. The graceful dancers, Aleta, Aliya
and Mina, are all accomplished in the art of "raqs sharki",
(commonly known as "bellydance"). Their sensuous beauty and
agility will captivate you.
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