El Tanbura band at El Dhammah Center on Thursday Aug 30

El Mastaba Center for Egyptian Folk Music invites you to attend El Tanbura Band concert next Thursday August 30, 2012 at El Dammah Theater (formerly El Tanbura Hall) at 9:00 PM (arrive by 8:30 PM) El Tanbura Since quarter a century ago in the city of Port Said a group of Damma and Simismia artists undertook the responsibility to gather, keep, and revive this musical legacy which was under the threats of loss and vanishing. These artists responded to Zakaria Ibrahim's call for establishing a new band to achieve those goals. This was the beginning of El Tanbura band. In the first five years, the band successfully managed to gather 20 hours of that precious legacy which is orally transmitted through consecutive generations and had never been documented before. The band documented it in writing, recording, video, and photography. As important are the live performances which have continued over 24 years and through which the band presents regular, weekly shows on the beach of Port Said. These shows are presented free to the people of the city whose ancestors had helped in creating this special heritage. The band also presents two annual festivals held in the city streets: one is held in the spring and the other on Victory Day, December 23, which commemorates the peoples' victory over the tri-partitte attack of France, Britain and Israel in 1956. The resistance songs which the people created during this attack and after have become an important part of the band's repertoire. The band has continued to compose new patriotic songs for other situations and events, such as the repeated and punishing carnage of Israeli occupation of Palestine., the criminal American invasion of Iraq, the 50th anniversary of the nationalization of the Suez Canal, the war of 1956, the revolution of 25th January during which the band performed often in Tahrir square and, most recently, the first anniversary of this same revolution for which they composed the "Aadi El Dalma" song. In 2003, under the direction and encouragement of El Mastaba, the members of El Tanbura established a school in Port Said for teaching a new generation this art of singing, percussion, instruments and dancing. Young Tanbura, as it is called, is run by Mohsen El Ashry, and this young band has developed to the point where they perform with a high level of professionalism in Port Said, Cairo, Alexandria and other places. Theater Info: The ticket is 30 EGP delivered at the counter But you can save 10 EGP and get it for 20 EGP by RSVP Note: The reservation will be canceled at 9:00 pm and the door open at 8:30 pm  The concert starts 9:00 pm Address:(Scroll Down) For more information please visit www.elmastaba.org  RSVP info@elmastaba.org 011 50 99 5354 0223926768    www.elmastaba.org