Oct 4: JuJu House and Bo Beedy at Cardozo EC
It was an all day affair with the first in-person classroom visit for Teach the Beat since May. Founding Teach the Beat artist William “JuJu” House and newcomer Bo Beedy led a series of workshops on the universal language of music for Olivia Dougherty’s and Beth Barkley’s classes for students new to the United States. Most of their students are emergent English learners and have experienced interruptions in their schooling, so House and Beedy highlighted the common origins between go-go and music of the Latino/a/x/e diaspora. They also noted that Godfather of go-go music Chuck Brown developed some of his unique sound during his time with the band Los Latinos. Dougherty reflected:
The students commented how much they appreciated learning about go-go music. It was their first time ever hearing about this genre of music.