African Community Night
showcases music, dance
The event featured songs
and dances from Lucky
Moyo, a Zimbabwean
musician visiting Eugene
By Lennon Bergland
Freelance Reporter
A packed Gerlinger Annex expe
rienced a slice of Zimbabwean cul
ture Saturday at the African Com
munity Night.
Headlining the event were perform
ances by Dance Africa, Cedric Weary
and the UO Gospel Singers, the Kutsin
hira Cultural Arts Center and about 50
third-grade children from the Village
School and Irving Elementary.
The audience clapped and shouted
with the performers, who learned the
original dance pieces and traditional
songs from Zimbabwean musician
Lucky Moyo.
"If there is ever to be an understand
ing in this world, it must surely come
through cultural exchange," Moyo said.
"Only in this way can people begin to
understand each other a little better."
Moyo's stay in Eugene was hosted by
the Kutsinhira Cultural Arts Center, a
local nonprofit organization dedicated
to the teaching of Zimbabwean music.
Moyo shared Zimbabwean culture with
more than 300 children through
games, singing and stories.
"He told stories, and he made jokes,"
said Village School student and per
former EllianaTessler. "We danced, and
we learned a song and played a bunch
of games."
The majority of seats were reserved
for families of the performers. Brothers
and sisters squirmed in their chairs as
their siblings paraded on stage, singing
"Away... away to Zimbabwe."
Many of the students' parents
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Tim Kupsick Freelance Photographer
Lucky Moyo performed dances and songs at the African Community Night celebration
Saturday. He also used games to share Zimbabwean culture with the children in attendance.
shared their pleasure that Moyo
could visit the schools.
"I am very happy with the work that
Lucky has done with my company,"
said Rita Honka, director of the Univer
sity Dance Department's Dance Africa.
"His greatest gift was offered joyously
and accepted joyously by my company."
Dance Africa jumped and stomped
on stage to the beat of hand drums in a
dance that demonstrated the different
roles of men and women in traditional
Zimbabwean culture.
The UO Gospel Singers sang two
songs in Zimbabwean style with ex
pressive voices and powerful solos.
"I want you all to be humming these
songs in your car on the way home,"
Moyo said.
Kutsinhira Arts Center organizer Erin
Ely said she was excited about the
African Community Night and thank
ful to have Moyo's talents in Eugene
"It is a showcase of Lucky's visit" she
said. "It's a cool culmination of all that
he has done here."
Lennon Bergiand is a freelance
reporter for the Emerald.
NEWS BRIEF
APASU Spring Fling
draws nearly 170 people
Asian Pacific American Student
Union members and a few others
strutted their stuff Sunday at the APA
SU Spring Fling '04 fashion show,
which also included a talent show
and date auction.
APASU put on the event, which
drew nearly 170 people, primarily to
publicize the organization.
"It's just something ... to get expo
sure for our union," junior and APA
SU Programs Coordinator Clarissa
Chan said.
The fashion show featured sports
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wear, beachwear and business attire.
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warmups by unzipping his jacket and
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Manager Becky Leung said the organi
zation actively recruited non-Asian
students to participate in the event.
"I wanted to see more diversity in
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Asian people," she said.
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Spanish rap and Tagolog. Students
also wowed the crowd with their
performance of a Korean and Eng
lish rap song. The event concluded
with a date auction to raise money
for the organization.
Sophomore Erin Fanshier said the
event is important "to increase aware
ness that there's an international com
munity on campus."
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