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Image of Souleymane N'Diaye playing drum during Adefua performance, Seattle, December 2002
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Souleymane N'Diaye playing drum during Adefua performance, Seattle, December 2002

Adefua is a cultural education organization and dance troupe founded in 1985 by Afua Kouyate, commonly known as Mama Afua. Mama Afua, a Seattle native, started Adefua to teach people about African cultures and African dance. Currently (as of 2024), Adefua’s programs include “African Arts for All to See,” an educational program that travels to schools, the Youth and Family…
ID Number:2000.107.20021214.CD01.001
Date:2002
Image of Adefua music and dance performance, Seattle, December 2002
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Adefua music and dance performance, Seattle, December 2002

Adefua is a cultural education organization and dance troupe founded in 1985 by Afua Kouyate, commonly known as Mama Afua. Mama Afua, a Seattle native, started Adefua to teach people about African cultures and African dance. Currently (as of 2024), Adefua’s programs include “African Arts for All to See,” an educational program that travels to schools, the Youth and Family…
ID Number:2000.107.20021214.CD01.002
Date:2002
Image of Souleymane N'Diaye and others drumming and dancing at Adefua performance, Seattle, December 2002
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Souleymane N'Diaye and others drumming and dancing at Adefua performance, Seattle, December 2002

Adefua is a cultural education organization and dance troupe founded in 1985 by Afua Kouyate, commonly known as Mama Afua. Mama Afua, a Seattle native, started Adefua to teach people about African cultures and African dance. Currently (as of 2024), Adefua’s programs include “African Arts for All to See,” an educational program that travels to schools, the Youth and Family…
ID Number:2000.107.20021214.CD01.003
Date:2002
Image of Ukulele players at Dusty Strings, Seattle, January 5, 2003
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Ukulele players at Dusty Strings, Seattle, January 5, 2003

Ray Mooers and Randy Hudson first encountered a traditional hammered dulcimer in 1977, quickly became fascinated with them, and decided to build them as a hobby. In 1979, they turned this hobby into a business called Dusty Strings. In the 1980s, they began to build harps as well, and Ray’s wife Sue finished the instruments and sewed the cases. They…
ID Number:2000.107.20030105.CD02.03.001
Date:2003
Image of Tap dance students practicing at TTAAPP Central, Seattle, January 2003
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Tap dance students practicing at TTAAPP Central, Seattle, January 2003

Darrlyn (Cook) Smith (1938-2002) and her husband Joseph Smith, both educators, relocated to Seattle from New Orleans in the early 1960s. In Seattle, Darrlyn Smith taught at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, where she kept a box of tap dance shoes in her classroom and taught tap to interested students during recess. Darrlyn and Joseph Smith later owned the…
ID Number:2000.107.20030114.CD07.001
Date:2003
Image of Tap dance students practicing at TTAAPP Central studio, Seattle, January 2003
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Tap dance students practicing at TTAAPP Central studio, Seattle, January 2003

Darrlyn (Cook) Smith (1938-2002) and her husband Joseph Smith, both educators, relocated to Seattle from New Orleans in the early 1960s. In Seattle, Darrlyn Smith taught at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, where she kept a box of tap dance shoes in her classroom and taught tap to interested students during recess. Darrlyn and Joseph Smith later owned the…
ID Number:2000.107.20030114.CD07.002
Date:2003
Image of Tap dance students practicing at TTAAPP Central, Seattle, January 2003
Photograph

Tap dance students practicing at TTAAPP Central, Seattle, January 2003

Darrlyn (Cook) Smith (1938-2002) and her husband Joseph Smith, both educators, relocated to Seattle from New Orleans in the early 1960s. In Seattle, Darrlyn Smith taught at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, where she kept a box of tap dance shoes in her classroom and taught tap to interested students during recess. Darrlyn and Joseph Smith later owned the…
ID Number:2000.107.20030114.CD07.003
Date:2003
Image of Tap dance students in front of mirror TTAAPP Central, Seattle, January 2003
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Tap dance students in front of mirror TTAAPP Central, Seattle, January 2003

Darrlyn (Cook) Smith (1938-2002) and her husband Joseph Smith, both educators, relocated to Seattle from New Orleans in the early 1960s. In Seattle, Darrlyn Smith taught at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, where she kept a box of tap dance shoes in her classroom and taught tap to interested students during recess. Darrlyn and Joseph Smith later owned the…
ID Number:2000.107.20030114.CD07.004
Date:2003
Image of Spectators watch Lion Dance performers at Tet festival at Seattle Center, January 25, 2003
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Spectators watch Lion Dance performers at Tet festival at Seattle Center, January 25, 2003

Tet, or Vietnamese Lunar New Year, is celebrated annually at the Seattle Center where festivities begin with a lion dance and continue with cooking demonstrations, music workshops, photo exhibits, martial arts, arts and crafts for kids, and Vietnamese Opera performances. In traditional Vietnamese culture, the first three days of the new year represent what will happen the rest of the…
ID Number:2000.107.20030126.CD02.01.001
Date:2003
Image of Spectators watch Lion Dance performers during Tet festival at Seattle Center, January 25, 2003
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Spectators watch Lion Dance performers during Tet festival at Seattle Center, January 25, 2003

Tet, or Vietnamese Lunar New Year, is celebrated annually at the Seattle Center where festivities begin with a lion dance and continue with cooking demonstrations, music workshops, photo exhibits, martial arts, arts and crafts for kids, and Vietnamese Opera performances. In traditional Vietnamese culture, the first three days of the new year represent what will happen the rest of the…
ID Number:2000.107.20030126.CD02.01.002
Date:2003
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