Happy New Year!

Happy 2012 Samba family and friends! We are really excited for this semester.  Last semester was filled with so many exciting events. We’ve said it before we’ll say it again, we love getting to work with our community.  Thank you to all that invited us to participate in the various events throughout Tucson.   

This semester we will be trying some new things and learning some new rhythms, breaks and dance moves. It is very important to us to get input from our kids and to hear their ideas.  For them to feel like they have a say and that we value their opinions. The kids came up with so many ideas it would take years to get through them all, but we think we have figured out what to focus on.  We will also be giving our Jovert mentors the opportunity to step up and teach a song of their own. They will be teaching and directing. We feel it is very important for our mentors to feel like they have a voice and that we trust what they bring to the table.  

With all that being said, we feel it is important to take you all on our quest.  We have approached members of Batucaxe with the hope of being able to work together. Mr. Alfie was a member for many years and would be amazing to get to work together.  Also, Mr. Alfie has joined the Ochoa Elementary School family. He will be teaching music there and we hope to collaborate with kids from Ochoa as well.  So if you see him be sure to congratulate him. Its very exciting and we are all very proud of him! Don’t worry while Mr. Alfie is NOT leaving Samba. He is fully committed to CCS and has no plans to leave.  The Jovert mentors and I have committed to help him balance both things right now as he gets settled in at his new job and prepares.  This promises to bring nothing but positivity to community! Just think more kids to play music with! Its really exciting.

Mr. Alfie and I have big dreams for this group. We know and are fully aware that it will take a lot of hard work and time. Many do not know that this group is primarily funded out of our pockets. It gets expensive and have been looking for ways to get help. 

Thank you again to everyone that supports us helps us and believes in our vision.  We are very passionate about what we do.