Tribe of Doris has been supporting a brilliant little charity called Playgrounds for Palestine for many years now, giving them money from the programme sales. This year was their tenth anniversary and everybody who contributed had their names painted on the horrible wall…we are proud to be associated with Playgrounds for Palestine. Click on their name for further information about their work with children in Palestine.
Doris goes to Korea
For the last few years Doris was very proud and excited to have been invited to be part of South Koreas oldest cultural festival - the Ulsan Cheoyong Culture Festival - that has been running for 40 years. Through meeting the Korean drummers Dulsori we were fortunate to have been invited to be part of the Ulsan World Music Festival, itself a new part of the Cheoyong Festival.
In the first week of October 2007 we travelled with Penny Avery from Jamaica/UK, Eugenia Ledesma from Argentina, Claudio Kron do Brazil and Laercio dos Angos Borges from Brazil. We ran workshops and had jam sessions to create a Doris flavour at the event, culminating in our usual wonderful, celebratory finale involving all the workshop participants.
It went so well they invited us back in 2008. That year we took Ansoumana `Vieux` Bakayoko, Nigel May, Penny Avery and the Seckou Keita Quintet. Please check out their website www.cheoyong.or.kr
Although we were again invited to be part of this innovative festival in 2009, sadly, due to the flu scare the entire festival was cancelled.
Please check out their website
Flying a korean flag
