Clips from 2008 Highlights DVD | Re-live great music of WRF 2008! Buy a DVD and help the WRF come back in each year  Click here to order | Drum - Dance - Listen - Learn World Rhythm Festival 2009 Over 100 Performances and Drum & Dance Workshops Free Admission! Friday Evening Opening Ceremony and Artist Showcase with: Che oke' ten, Shumba Youth Marimba Ensemble, Tyler Spencer, NW Taiko, Alessandra Belloni, Raquy & The Cavemen, Ibrahima Camara, Lance Lu & Navaro Franco, Modibo Traore, Melena, and Pepe Danza w/ Jacky Essombe & The Makalas Saturday Night Dance Party featuring: Soho Dounia, DivaDrum, and Thione Diop & Yeke Yeke  Gordy Ryan and other members of Drums of Passion, band of the late Babatunde Olatunji, perform at the 2008 Festival. See their historical performance on the 2008 Highlights DVD. Be in Seattle April 24 - 26, 2009 for the best weekend immersion in world music, drum and dance that you can imagine. The World Rhythm Festival is 3 days packed with an amazing range of world music traditions, including African, Middle-Eastern, Latin, Indian, Brazilian, North American, and more. About Seattle World Percussion Society: SWPS was founded in 1994 to produce the annual World Rhythm Festival, and to generally promote education and participation in world music drumming and dancing activities for people of all ages and backgrounds. SWPS is an all-volunteer community-based organization. The success of our activities and the extent of the services we can offer arise directly from the amount of participation offered by you and other drum and dance enthusiasts. See how you can help! | Stay connected! Join our Mailing List 
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