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A BEAT & BASKETBALL: CAPITAL CITY GO-GO EDUCATION DAY GAMES WITH TEACH THE BEAT
March 11, 2024 - Teach the Beat was honored to partner with Capital City Go-Go for another season co-hosting not one, but TWO Education Day games, bringing thousands of young people and teachers from across the D.C. metro area to fill the Entertainment & Sports Arena at St. Elizabeth’s East, home of the Washington Mystics and the Capital City Go-Go. Read more.
THINK LOCAL, CRANK GLOBAL
August 17, 2021 - DC educators joined the virtual workshop “Think Local, Crank Global” hosted by Teaching for Change’s Teach the Beat program and the DC Public School Office of Teaching and Learning, Music, and Arts. At the start of the meeting, participants introduced themselves in the chat, sharing their favorite go-go memories and songs. Chat contributions ranged from memories of being… Read more.
Go-Go Sound of Summer Series
June 2021 - Go-go music legends and the Teach the Beat and DC Public Library teams filled the Martin Luther King Jr. Library’s auditorium with the official sound of D.C. in celebration of a three part series Go-Go Sound of Summer. Each episode explored a different facet of go-go music and culture, breaking down the foundations of the music, showcasing its history in D.C., and celebrating its broader influence on other music genres, popular culture, political movements, and more… Read more.
Teach the Beat: Go-Go in DC
February 16, 2013 - “I’m going to start using go-go to teach across the curriculum, connecting DC history, math, and music. This was the best professional development ever,” said one of the participants in the groundbreaking full day seminar for DC teachers called Teach the Beat: Go-Go in DC on Saturday, February 16, 2013. Close to a hundred music and social studies teachers took advantage of the unique opportunity to learn from the leading luminaries and scholars... Read more.
Evolution of the Go-Go Beat in Washington, D.C.
July 9, 2011 - On July 9, 2011, the D.C. community convened for a beat, the Go-Go beat. The Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum hosted Evolution of the Go-Go Beat in Washington, D.C., the second program in a series devoted to Washington, D.C.’s homegrown genre of music. Go-Go music, the history of which has been carefully chronicled in The Beat! Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C., has West African roots and is recognized for its infectious heartbeat-based rhythm courtesy of its signature instruments, the congo, cowbell, and drum... Read more.