On Sunday, March 29^th KOSA went to New York City at Lehman College in the Bronx. Clinicians were: Memo Acevedo,
Victor Rendon, Bobby Sanabria, and Aldo Mazza.  Over 100 people
attended on a rainy and cold day. TAYE endorser, drummer, Memo Acevedo
presented a clinic on the basics of Afro-Cuban drumming.
Taye Drums' Artist, Memo Acevedo
and Victor Rendon. Memo and Victor performed their part of the clinic
on developing solos on timbales. They started out with general concepts
and proceeded with a demonstration of one, two, and four bar phrases.
Audience participation was included in this portion of the clinic. 
He's pictured here with David, the winner of the TAYE Bass drum head
and Nicola who won the TourPro snare drum!
The
event was a smashing success culminating with the 80 piece Lehman
College Concert Band (led by Alan Hollander) performing the tune, Mambo
# 5 arranged by Armando Rodriguez and Victor Rendon. Former NY
Philharmonic percussionist, Morris "Arnie" Lang joined the group on
timpani. The event was dedicated to timbale/bongo player, Manny
Oquendo, who passed away on March 25, 2009. Many thanks to Allan
Molnar, Michael Wimberley and Alan Hollander for helping to coordinate
this date.
Thanks to Memo Acevedo and Aldo Mazza with KoSA and the great people at Lehman College.