Bergen

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:51 am

I think we have 1 or 2 people from Bergen around here. The percussion/dance group I play in is going to Bergen 1rst to 5th April. I think we are going to play a lot on the 2nd and maybe some on the 4th too. Rumor says it will be mostly mall gigs. The group goes by the name Vimoroz (it is not an actual word, but it comes from "vi morer os" = we are having fun). We play up-tempo ghanesian music. You'd likely get a kick from watching the dancers too

thermos · Post by **thermos** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:58 pm

ill be there
i think piddi is from bergen aswell

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 1:57 am

That's great. While waiting, here is a picture of our bass drums. Boom Boom

next to nothing · Post by **next to nothing** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:42 am

ey!

bergen it is... hopefully ill be in town those days

Spirit · Post by **Spirit** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:36 am

Lets see a picture of the group for all the southern hemisphereans suffering from continual sunny days, mild nights & gentle breezes

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 12:30 pm

I have managed to misplace my CD with new pictures, so I only have acces to these old ones. Here is a picture of some dancers having a good time and Here is a picture of the guy composing most of our music and making most of the choreografy

Post by **hubird** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:30 pm

............. 'If they ever will be like indians?...well...yes I think so'

Post by **hubird** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:31 pm

sorry, just stupid nonsense

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:16 am

That's ok. If it changes anything to you, I can assure you that we are not a bunch of people trying to be more african than the africans. If you saw us at a party, you probably would not be able to guess what keeps us together. We will give PlanetZ a go for "most international group of people" though. Currently we cower (including old part time members):

Denmark
England
Ghana
Iceland
India
Italy
Lithuania
Polen
Spain
Tanzania

I'd say that is pretty good, considdering we are only ~30 full time members and ... i don't know ... 15-20 part timers scattered all over Denmark/the Earth.

Post by **garyb** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:03 pm

yeah, when THEY do ballet or bach, it is said, "finally they have some culture". i would argue that the same logic applies here.

all people know these forms anyway, although in europe tribal dances often degenerate into the goose step(seen some incredible looking goosesteps and stepped lively to drums!).

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:14 pm

Here is our scedule as of today:

Saturday 2nd of April:
11.00: show/parade in Bergen centrum
13.00: show/parade in Åsane senter
15.00: show/parade in Lagunen senter

We will also play x number of gigs on the ferry both ways.

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:27 pm

Don't know much about... but nice pictures...

emzee · Post by **emzee** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 7:24 pm

Gary you crack me up.......in a good sense.

Post by **garyb** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 8:31 pm

then i have finally done my job here...

next to nothing · Post by **next to nothing** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:43 pm

in a crowd of 30, how will i recognize u ?

ill probably manage the bergen at 11 gig, so i might just say hi ( if i manage to get up that ealy that is, us bouncers work late hours :s )

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Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:34 am

Here are some more pictures (aproximately 200-400kb each)

This guy studies acoustics real hard. Here are some dancers getting ready. And lift off. I guess, they are having a good time.
Look at the size of that mask. I will be easy to find in Bergen. Up there, I will be the only one playing a bell like this one.

Post by **hubird** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:43 am

Post by **garyb** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:26 pm

aren't those dancers wearing too many clothes?

does that bell make you an agogo dancer?

that looks fun!

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Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:47 pm

About clothes

It was close to 0 degrees celcius, so that is the reason. Personally I had a glove to hold my bell, because that thing can really suck out all body heat in a few seconds. There where some other groups too though. In the Samba group (pocologo) the dancers looked like this
Don't ask me, if they surviwed. I have seen non of them ever since (2 weeks).

Post by **garyb** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 3:08 am

that's a lot of clothes for brazillian carnival as well......

really though, that looks like a lot of fun.