Education
Music 271: 3/16/07II: The preservation of African values in the US: “Yonder Come Day”: • Bessie Jones - Lived on St. Simon’s Island, GA• Was the new Music Master in the new world (African drum masters)• Documentary Ideas:• Everyone was responsible for preserving the culture• Game Songs• Call & Response practice bought everyone into music making• Functionality - Each job has a song to take up the boredom or pain• Central role of religion in preserving culture• When deprived of their drums, Ms. Bessie ancestors devised “Drum substitutes” (Clapping, “Hambone”, Tambourine)