Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Littlefield
THE SWAY MACHINERY THIRD ANNUAL PURIM BASH - 8 PM
622 Degraw Street between 3rd and 4th Avenue in GowanusBrooklyn NY
PURIM in HAITI : Party to Help a World Turned Upside Down
THE SWAY MACHINERY's third annual PURIM BASH!!!
Featuring special guests DJARARA--New York's Premiere Haitian Rara Ensemble
(All proceeds to benefit the American Jewish World Service Haiti Relief Fund)
BROOKLYN UNITES to CELEBRATE, DANCE and PERFORM ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS!
On the heels of The Sway Machinery's performance and recording tour of Mali, Africa, the band brings its infectious and joyful vision of worlds of music colliding back to New York for the city's PREMIERE PURIM CARNIVALE!!!
In keeping with the holiday's roots in the salvation of a nation in peril, we have decided to dedicate this year's Purim party to the victims of the recent catastrophic earthquake in Haiti. We are joined in supporting this important cause by DJARARA, specialists in GETTING THE PARTY STARTED!!!
arrangements of Jewish cantorial songs whip up a frenzy wherein all the world's music can do that which music does best: celebrate. " -- The Village Voice
"Djarara have been bringing the energy of Haitian street music to New York for years"--WNYC
Sponsored by THE FORWARD and the AJWS